Category: Book 1984

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Quote Analysis This is the opening line of the novel “1984” written by George Orwell and it sets the overall tone of the story. April is spring, the month when most of the flowers shall bloom and the nature awakes from…

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. Quote Analysis This quote appears several times in the book “1984” written by George Orwell. We meet these words for the first time in Chapter II at page 44. This phrase is said by Winston to O’Brien and is the motto…

1984 Written by George Orwell In the book “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” written by George Orwell, readers are introduced to a dystopia, where the Party controls everything that people can do, such as thoughts, language, behavior and media. In the grim world of “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” the government even wants to control the thoughts… 587 words 1984 and…

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Quote Analysis These three sentences are another quote from “1984” by George Orwell. They are engraved on the building where Ministry of Truth is situated. They seem absurdly controversial to the reader, especially if we think about the fact it is the official slogan of the…

In the history of the literature of the twentieth century, there are few novels as important as the book that George Orwell wrote. “1984” is an anti-utopia, telling about a society of the future, which lives under the yoke of totalitarian power. The Origins of the Novel The writer finished work on his main book…

Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood. Quote Analysis We have this quote at page 318 of “1984” by George Orwell. This is the part of mind control tortures that O’Brien applies to Winston. Winston suffered a terrible pain interrupted by the single question – how many fingers…

Big Brother is Watching You. Quote Analysis The well-known motto of the dystopian country Orwell describes in his work have grown above the book and now embodies the tyrannic oppression and paranoid watch over someone. We see it from the very first pages and later we understand that these are not just words. Big Brother…