In the book Animal Farm the story was better than the movie. ... Squealer had squinty eyes and had an evil sound voice. ... The book didn't have extra unneeded information. I think Orwell's way of writing Animal Farm was good not putting information for entertainment. ... Orwell had related the book to real life. ...
1984 Book Review 1) Summary George Orwell's 1984 was a good book. ... Winston bought a diary, knowing it was illegal at a prole book shop. ... Though I think the thing I liked most about this book was how well the theme was carried out. ... Still I can say that I found the book interesting. ... The amount of information in the book was huge. ...
This sounds like such a good idea that they go through with it and eventually run the man off the farm. ... All of the ideas present in the book had already been observed recently in real life, and the simple, easy to read language used by Orwell made the book simple to understand. These would be key factors in this book becoming such a great one. ... (Information )" Many at the time of his book's publishing shared Orwell's views against totalitarianism. ... Who wouldn't then enjoy reading a book that reinforces their own ideas and is very entertaining as well? ...
The US government, just as much as the Party in Oceania, meet in secret to discuss important information that is needed to be found out or shared. ... Once getting to the middle of the book, we arent as shocked that Winston hears "ear trumpets listening through key holes" (1.5.67). ... Ear trumpets were a tubular or funnel-shaped devices which collect sound waves and lead them into the ear. This was a type of hearing device that was used for hearing aids, but in the book, it was used to spy and secretly listen to any conversation. ... A bill proposed last year in Congress, nicknamed the GPS...
The main theme in the book is power corrupts. ... "At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. ... Milk and apples were given to the pigs in the beginning of the book. ... Language can be used to control minds when you tell the people false information about you to make you look better and gain the people's trust or to use it on the enemy to make them look worse. ... The many themes and symbols in the book all show flaws in the society. ...
Language is communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols. ... "Telescreenes" now constantly viewed information that brought up greatness and beauty of the party, the Big Brother. ... "If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange - meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or State" Before Alex's character is "rehabilitated" he is one of the most amoral people in ...
Even the names of the Ministries themselves are doublespeak; The Ministry of Peace controls the war effort, The Ministry of Plenty controls rationing, The Ministry of Truth controls information and The Ministry of Love monitors, arrest and controls those who stand against Big Brother. ... An example would be "Big Brother is ungood ", sounding completely out of place the mind would resort to "Big Brother is good ". ...
