Anyone read 1984?

[Chu]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
allright, ive been reading this book for fun during my summer vacation and i have reached page 120ish, and it has started going downhill with the girl passing winston the "i love you" note. The book was freaking awesome up untill that point. if i dont like love stories, any point to continue? please, no other spoilers, just want to know if the thing is ONLY love story from here on out.

Finish the book. You won't be dissapointed, and besides It is a huge stretch to call what is going on between them love . . . the gratification is more physical then emotional, which ties into some of the other points orewell was trying to make . . .

 

[ArcticChill]

i read it last year, i found it pretty intersting, btw the guy dies ahahah, i spioled it, ahhaah

 

[pyonir]

Zim: i didn't read this book until i was 23 or so. It was never required in school, and i didn't read much in my younger days.

 

[Freejack2]

I doubleplus recommend you finish reading this book.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: TerryMathews
If 1984 is a love story, The Diary of Anne Frank is a teenage soap opera.

Hehe. The point of the relationship between Winston and Julia in 1984 was to show how the government of Oceania controlled every aspect of the people's lives, including their private sexual relationships, and how the government discouraged sex among the people except for reproduction. Remember that Julia is a member of the "Junior Anti-Sex League". Their affair then, a simple and beautiful thing in a free society, is the worst sort of crime in the IngSoc society.

1984 is a short book that packs a big punch. After reading it, I suggest Animal Farm if you haven't read that already.

 

[Chaotic42]

I did my senior critical analysis on it.

Go ahead and finish it. It won't take more than a couple of hours.

 

[civad]

The book is NOT a love story, and in a few years from now, 1984 is going to be a reality.

 

[civad]

originally posted by: KingNothing
Obviously one of the most critically acclaimed books of the past twenty years isn't worth finishing because two of the characters are affectionate towards each other. Good call

George Orwell wrote the book in late 1940's...

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
allright, ive been reading this book for fun during my summer vacation and i have reached page 120ish, and it has started going downhill with the girl passing winston the "i love you" note. The book was freaking awesome up untill that point. if i dont like love stories, any point to continue? please, no other spoilers, just want to know if the thing is ONLY love story from here on out.

Its taken you a whole summer to read it and you're on page 120?

No. Probably no point to continue.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Xionide
Do they talk about the germans who decided to make a car that breaks down every 5 miles? (Pissed at my 84 318i)

-Xionide

Sounds like the guy you bought it from did a piss-poor job maintaining it.

Originally posted by: civad
The book is NOT a love story, and in a few years from now, 1984 is going to be a reality.

Thank you Chicken Little, people have been saying that for YEARS.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

I bought this book off amazon.com about a year ago but lost the book about halfway through it! I still can't find it to this day

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
I bought this book off amazon.com about a year ago but lost the book about halfway through it! I still can't find it to this day

Ever heard of the local public library? Free books!

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Zim: i didn't read this book until i was 23 or so. It was never required in school, and i didn't read much in my younger days.

Wow, everyone I know had to read it in high school here in NYC, maybe it's a local thing?

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
Wow, everyone I know had to read it in high school here in NYC, maybe it's a local thing?

I had to ask to have it added to the list of acceptable books to do my critical analisys on.

 

[Iron Woode]

I got the 12" single by Nash The Slash.

 

[n0cmonkey]

I got to read both 1984 and a brave new world in high school, although I think I had read 1984 before that.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I got to read both 1984 and a brave new world in high school, although I think I had read 1984 before that.

Neither book was required reading at my high school for some reason.

Though, the Scarlet Letter was. I hated that book, it still pisses me off to this day.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I got to read both 1984 and a brave new world in high school, although I think I had read 1984 before that.

Neither book was required reading at my high school for some reason.

Though, the Scarlet Letter was. I hated that book, it still pisses me off to this day.

I had to read that too. It wouldn't have been quite as bad if it wasn't so predictable.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
I got to read both 1984 and a brave new world in high school, although I think I had read 1984 before that.

Neither book was required reading at my high school for some reason.

Though, the Scarlet Letter was. I hated that book, it still pisses me off to this day.

I had to read that too. It wouldn't have been quite as bad if it wasn't so predictable.

Too much symbolism with no substance. 1984 has a lot of symbolism, but at least it makes you think. The Scarlet Letter just seemed like a movie script.

 

[RadioHead84]

Finish teh book. The ending is the best part. It all comes together and your like..wow.

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: RadioHead84
Finish teh book. The ending is the best part. It all comes together and your like..wow.

I was like "Pw3nd" .

 

[RadioHead84]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy

Originally posted by: RadioHead84
Finish teh book. The ending is the best part. It all comes together and your like..wow.

I was like "Pw3nd" .

very "Pw3nd" as you would say.

 

[Chronoshock]

Read the whole book, it's good.

 

[civad]

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[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: civad
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