1984 Power Of Government

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The novel 1984 over the years has so gained much recognition. This particular novel portrays the image of totalitarian regimes and how they can massively affect the setting wherever this form of government takes initial place. Author George Orwell talks about these dangerous governments in society in mostly all of his novels. George Orwell was one who pushed for social movements such as pushing towards social reform throughout the world. Social reform was a social movement that aimed to make gradual changes, or change in certain aspects of society, rather than rapid or fundamental changes in governments particularly. One of Orwell’s famous quotes was “The party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the goods of others: we are interested solely in power pure power” ~George Orwell. His famous quote went along well about how society operated during the 1940’s where the power of …show more content…

Remember it was the time of Stalin in the USSR, Moa of China, and Hitler of Germany and informs you about demi-god a militaristic society and how corrupt a government can be because of tyranny that's why I feel this book is great and needs to be read.” Another critic who likes the book states “ this book is good because it shows how much power the government has, the government has so much power everyone is afraid to talk to anyone because of secret police, they are afraid people will turn them in for anything.” There was only one negative critique I found on the internet in which the critic Karen Navarrete stated “ the book 1984 takes too long to build up the climax to the point that the book becomes dull. It felt like I was reading a communist manifesto at one point in time. There's also not enough action involved and it felt almost as if I was reading an essay. The book also lacks dialogue for less character interactions and makes reading the book

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