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Reader reviewed by carikube

1984 is an amazing description of an oppressive government, showing every facet of life in a totalitarian society: love, work, "fun," socialization... The main character, Winston, struggles to remember what life was life before the revolution. He wonders if capitalism is really what it is in the history books: rich men in top hats pushing the poor people into the mud. Is it really worse than Winston's life under The Party and Big Brother now? A life where his job in the outer party is to rewrite history? Where his every action is monitored by a telescreen? Where children, who are considered a "duty to the party," admit their parent's actions to the "Thought Police," whose job it is to execute anyone whose thoughts are against the party?

This is a great book to read for any person, especially those who have studied the Russian Revolution and Communism to some degree, because it draws amazing parrallels.