1984, by George Orwell

I am going to start by telling the summary. This book, which was published in 1949, takes place in 1984. It is about an imaginary future where the government basically controls all aspects of life. The government controls what people do and even what people think. The state is called Oceania, and is ruled by a group known as the Party, the leader of the Party is Big Brother. One guy has rebellious thoughts and keeps a diary, but the thought police will most likely figure him out. A guy named Winston starts to have an affair with a girl named Julia, and any sexual relationship between Party members is strictly forbidden. So they are secret about it, but a guy named Mr. Charrington tricks them into being caught by the thought police. So Winston is tortured and brainwashed into believing the way of Big Brother, yet he is later executed.

I found it funny that the people back in 1949 thought that in the future it would be controlled. I would think that in that time the governments must have been corrupt, so the people thought they would have total control. This thought came to me many times while reading this book, because of the things described, such as when it says, "Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power."

My thoughts on the characters were that they were very interesting. Winston and Julia were interesting because they were secretive and were hiding from the government. Mr. Charrington is interesting because he was deceitful. But the most interesting was the Party, because just the fact that they controlled everyone interested me, but they were such a high power that it made it seem interesting when Winston and Julia would hide from the Party. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense and fiction.

By, Alex Mullen