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George Orwell's Response To 1984

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dear Mrs. Marghiem. Recently I read George Orwell’s, 328 paged book 1984. Originally called Nineteen Eighty-Four, was published on June 8, 1949. The book was a huge success, but after getting tuberculosis, Orwell had a limited time to experience the books success, dying on January 21, 1950 he never lived to see 1984 and the big hair it brought with it. But however this book has left a lasting mark on the world of literature for now and years to come. I have to warn you this book is not a light read its probably the heaviest read you can get from a book that only has 328 pages in it. There were many times I had to stop reading for sake of keeping my mind from blowing up.
In the novel 1984, Winston man living in 1984, wants to overthrow Big Brother and the Party, both of which he believes are responsible for bad the state of the society he lives in. But such a crime would prove to be immensely hard seeing that “Big Brother is watching” always, through telescreens, cameras and hidden microphones. Not to mention the fact that you can be arrested for “thoughtcrime” alone, which would lead to vaporization. Winston rebels anyways alongside his illegal lover, by joining The Brotherhood, a secret organization set on bringing the downfall of Big Brother.

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All I could think was that I had seen that somewhere before, so I went to google and looked up “1984 in pop culture” and I found that in In the 2011 Doctor Who episode "The God Complex" The Doctor Amy and Rory find themselves in a hotel full of their own personal Room 101s, each with their greatest fear in it. I don’t know why but when I was reading the book all I seemed to be able to think about was this Dr. Who episode This made me enjoy the book even more than I was

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