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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:11:24 AM EDT
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10 years ago I'd say that was true, that you had to read 1984. Now, I think you could just take a vacation in Mr. Blair's Britain and get the same effect.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:13:23 AM EDT
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I think Chicago, IL is cheaper for most people, although I agree the screnery in Britian is nicer.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:21:29 AM EDT
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I teach it. It is amazing how you can open up the eyes of a high school junior or senior with that book. I used examples of the news coming out of New Orleans as doublethink and newspeak today. What is really weird to me is that the "fiction-y" parts of the book (eg telescreens and no books) are readily believable by today's youth, but the political parts seem far-fetched. I explain to them that most governments in the history of the world did not greatly differ from Orwell's vision, especially Nazi Germany and Stalin's Russia, and they look at me like that is inconceivable.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:21:32 AM EDT
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It was part of my HS english class in the seventies. Seemed pretty far fetched then but still scary. I bet they dont let you read it now.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:24:24 AM EDT
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Yes. I've read "1984" a few times.
How about "Farenheit 451", "Animal Farm", "Brave New World", and "Atlas Shrugged"? All should be required reading IMHO. echo6 |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:26:04 AM EDT
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I read "1984" in 1983.
It jaded me forever.. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:26:14 AM EDT
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My girllfriend is a 1st grade reading teacher. She had never heard of it before I talked about it. Obvoisly its not a book for 1st graders, but with all her formal education, she was never exposed to 1984. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:26:57 AM EDT
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"1984" and "Animal Farm" are on my list of essential books.
Orwell was a prophet. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:27:05 AM EDT
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Whats it about? And don't say the year 1984
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:27:52 AM EDT
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*glances at screen name*
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:30:31 AM EDT
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The way the world is visioned to be in 1984. Socialist JBT extream bad juju kinda thing. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:32:33 AM EDT
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speaking of 1984 and related incongruencies...
how did republicans who were abolitionists and proponents of civil rights in the south during the 1960's get to be bad guys in the eyes of blacks  |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:32:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:34:06 AM EDT
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Its Bush's fault. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:43:19 AM EDT
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I listened to the book on tape (unabridged). So I'm counting that as reading.
What really struck me was not 'Big Brother is Watching'. It was 'New Speak'. The idea was to change the language so that 'Thought Crime' was not possible. I was like HFS that's exactly what political correctness is all about. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:45:24 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:47:51 AM EDT
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I read it, but it was a long time ago so I don't remember much. I think I'll go to the bookstore tonight and try it again.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:48:30 AM EDT
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I read it in jr. high school in '84.
I should read it again. And I still have to get read up on Ayn Rand... |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:49:14 AM EDT
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1984 was required reading in my high school English class.
As I understand, it is barely ever taught anymore and I know many English majors who have never heard of it. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:52:56 AM EDT
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+1 Those two are among my favorite books |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 9:53:42 AM EDT
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Read it in 7th grade. Thanks Sister Mary.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:00:04 AM EDT
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Agree with that 100%! Atlas Shrugged is probably my all time favorite.Just started reading "The Fountainhead". |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:01:56 AM EDT
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read it twice.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:02:18 AM EDT
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Late 1983/very early 1984 I realized what year it was and set about to read the book.
It never happened. Still hasn't, over 20 yrs later.  One of the great failures of my life.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:03:06 AM EDT
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I've read all but the highlighted ones..they were a part of mandatory reading as well as another political commentary "The Mouse that roared." I was a member of the graduating class of 1984 so we all thought it was pretty funny at the time.... 20 years later, and ya know, it's lost some of that humor! |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:05:17 AM EDT
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+2 |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:17:24 AM EDT
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All good reading. ...I read 1984 in 1980. Lies, none of it came true. Some visionary. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:25:38 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:29:55 AM EDT
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Okay, so maybe he should have named it 2084. But some things have come true and some things are trying to come about. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:43:49 AM EDT
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He was off in the timing (yeah, I remember everybody talking about "1984" in 1984), but you can see much of what he wrote about happening today, if you dare open your eyes. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 10:55:20 AM EDT
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Then get off your butt and read it now... 
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Posted: 10/4/2005 11:01:05 AM EDT
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In case anyone wants to read up on some classics, here's a good link: www.gutenberg.org/browse/scores/top
Keep in mind most of these are old, and there are no Orwell books that I could find. But where else can you print out a copy of the Koran and use it as toilet paper? 
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Posted: 10/4/2005 11:08:53 AM EDT
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one of the best books I have ever read.
I read about once a year. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 11:14:25 AM EDT
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We Read Farenheit 451, Animal Farm, and Brave New World in high school. 1984 was never required, but I read it on my own.
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Posted: 10/4/2005 11:26:18 AM EDT
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How many people died in the Superdome?
Why, none of course...just put those stories of dead and raped 7 year olds down the memory hole. Semi-automatic assault weapons designed to be spray fired from the hip? New speak. Think that black guy the company just hired got the job because of his race? Thought crime. Red light cameras? Telescreens. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 12:51:31 PM EDT
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Gettin there. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 1:11:53 PM EDT
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I suspect you would not have noticed if it all had come true.  It is a book of ideas and concepts not a railroad schedule. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 1:21:00 PM EDT
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Read Brave New World and Farenheit 451. voted no in the poll because I haven't read it, but I plan too, because I have seen the movie. I am just waiting a while before I read it so that the movie won't be so fresh in my mind and I can read the book with an open mind instead of interpreting it in terms of the way it was portrayed in the movie. Not that there is probably any differences really, I just don't want to be thinking of what I saw in the movie the entire time.
animal farm and Ayn Rand are also on my to get to list. |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 3:53:34 PM EDT
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There was a movie? ETA well I be darned. www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/ |
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Posted: 10/4/2005 3:58:15 PM EDT
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No.
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