1984

[[Ja...]]

I just finished reading the book 1984. I have to say it was pretty depressing, saddest ending ever.

[[so...]]

Like Animal Farm. No happy ending, just despair and heartbreak.

[[At...]]

Doesn't it bring to light a lot of what is going on these days with "Fake News" and the like?

[[br...]]

I read that book when i was in high school my junior year, which was 1982.  It was required reading in English class.  It's very powerful and stuck with me especially b/c of the timeframe.....there I was, in 1982, reading a book about things taking place in 1984....it was spooky to me as a teenager....and as I grew older, from time to time, I found myself making parallels between the book and present day.  Two other books that were required reading when I was in high school that were really good are Fahrenheit 451 and Flowers for Algernon....if you haven't read them, I recommend them. 

[[be...]]

I thought both books were great read. I must read them again. They are depressing, though.

[[Be...]]

The 1984 movie was very depressing and dark.

[[be...]]

The 1984 movie was very depressing and dark.

 

I agree. Well written but very depressing. I think I don't need "depressing" right now. I can get that on my own.

[[Be...]]

I was in a rather healthy state of mind when I watched 1984 and it put me into a funk for days.  It still haunts.  Propaganda movie to keep us all depressed. 

[[Ja...]]

I didn't realize there was a movie. I just hated how in the end he was broken and he actually loved big brother. I also hated how he and Julia ended. It actually made me angry.

[[Ph...]]

Many public schools in the People's Republic of California are now banning Animal Farm.  I wonder why.

[[Li...]]

When I was in high school I liked those gloomy books, I don't know why. I was fond of SF books. Besides 1984 I liked bladerunner, the day of the triffids and brave new world, all also quite gloomy. I didn't realise then that my life would be gloomy too later on. Now I have a chronic depression and for 16 years I have lost the ability to experience emotions.

[[Sh...]]

Try Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood if you want a creepy, frightening, prescient look at a near future dystopian society that might really happen.  I'm not talking about the HULU series, which I haven't seen, but the book.

 

She

[[be...]]

If you want to laugh, read The Shipping News by the great author, Annie Proulx. She won a Pulitzer for that book. Better yet, watching the move as it is  :2funny:

[[At...]]

Many public schools in the People's Republic of California are now banning Animal Farm.  I wonder why.

 

Ha!!  I'm in the East Coast ver of your state! 

[[be...]]

Many public schools in the People's Republic of California are now banning Animal Farm.  I wonder why.

 

Ha!!  I'm in the East Coast ver of your state!

 

Don't have a clue as Calif. is a very progressive state.