Most people know what the book ”1984” is about in broad terms. A big brother society where the totalitarian government keeps an iron grip on the brain washed masses.
This was about all I knew about 1984, when I decided that I should pick up this old sci-fi classic (sci-fi because of course 1984 was way the heck in the future when this book was written).
I came into the book with the attitude that this was a book that I “should” read as a sci-fi fan, but I honestly did not have too high hopes of it being very gripping.
Fortunately I was very positively surprised.
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While the propaganda infested society is certainly the central theme of the book, it is actually a very personal story about a single mans rebellion against the system and a tale of growing hope in a soul crushing world (A lot like “Up” really, but with more torture and Gestapo-like secret police forces).
