PRINT-1984 by George Orwell

It has taken years, but I finally got around to reading 1984 by George Orwell. It has been on my list for a long time. The book is simply the most influential and most important work of fiction of the 20th century. Barely a day goes by without some reference to it.

The story centers on Winston Smith, a citizen of Oceania who is under constant surveillance from a telescreen and the presence of Big Brother. His job in this totalitarian dystopic nightmare is to revise propaganda for the government, erase history, and throw it all down the memory hole. The goal is cognitive tyranny. If you question this tyranny, you will be guilty of thoughtcrime and will incur the wrath of the Thought Police and endure the tortures of Room 101.

Winston endures all this when he commits the ultimate thoughtcrime. He falls in love with another human being. By the end of the novel, you realize that love is reserved for Big Brother. The novel leaves you sickened and horrified and angry. It is one everyone must read.

It is said that Orwell was a socialist, but the book indicates that his thinking evolved from that stupidity at some point. It is no coincidence that leftards seek to control thought through speech codes and what have you. It is said Orwell merely put into print the desires of his socialist peers. I believe it. I've never met a leftard who didn't think they had the right to control the lives and ends of other people.

1984 is the ultimate understanding of tyranny. Tyranny is all consuming. It is never satisfied until it has eaten every last inch of your being. It cannot be appeased or satisfied. It can only be defied. All I can say is that Oceania is a horrible place, and I would prefer death to that existence.

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