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She reads 1984....
Ok so i'm a 15 year old boy and there's this girl that i havent really met....but i see her around A LOT and shes very hyper and goofy around everyone and shes just idk seems special, ya know? and she has this battered up worn book which i think is called 1984...it has a white cover with like a blue eye on it. Every now and then i catch her rereading it. I think its her favorite, so i was wondering whats the book like about? is it some chick book? and like what does it say about her?
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1984 is a book by George Orwell. It basically describes a totalitarian government, under which you are always being watched by "Big Brother," as others have mentioned. The plot follows Winston Smith, a man who slowly begins to break the ridiculous, oppressive rules set by the government. I read this a while ago, quite a good book. You should read it!
You should also go for this girl. She seems cooler than most of the other so-and-so's you find in your local high school.
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Like others have said, it's 1984 by George Orwell, and it's about the Big Brother concept of the government watching everyone's every move.
Basically, this girl is a catch. She's probably really intelligent and if she loves reading, she probably has a good vocabulary, and can probably hold really good conversations.
Ask her to hang out or something. You might find you like her.
--Jack
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It's called "1984" by George Orwell, not Aldous Huxley like the first Advicenator said. He wrote "Brave New World". Orwell also wrote "Animal Farm".
Skim through the Spark Notes and decide for yourself whether you like the plot. And read it so you can have an intelligent discussion with her. It's not chick-lit. It's a politically controversial literary novel. A classic. She probably isn't into conformity and is slightly rebellious (in the speaking up for yourself way). I have read it. It rocks.
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This article is about the Orwell novel. For the year, see 1984. For other uses, see 1984 (disambiguation).
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
British first edition cover
Author George Orwell
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Dystopian, Political novel, Social science fiction
Publisher Secker and Warburg (London)
Publication date 8 June 1949
Media type print (hardcover & paperback) & e-book, audio-cd
Pages 326 pp (Paperback edition)
ISBN N/A
Nineteen Eighty-Four (often abbreviated to 1984) is a classic dystopian novel by English author George Orwell. Published in 1949, it is set in the eponymous year and focuses on a repressive, totalitarian regime. Orwell elaborates on how a massive oligarchial collectivist society such as the one described in Nineteen Eighty-Four would be able to repress any long-lived dissent. The story follows the life of one seemingly insignificant man, Winston Smith, a civil servant assigned the task of perpetuating the regime's propaganda by falsifying records and political literature. Smith grows disillusioned with his meagre existence and so begins a rebellion against the system that leads to his arrest and torture.
The novel has become famous for its portrayal of pervasive government surveillance and control, and government's increasing encroachment on the rights of the individual. Since its publication, many of its terms and concepts, such as "Big Brother", "doublethink", and "Newspeak" have entered the popular vernacular. The word "Orwellian" itself has come to refer to anything reminiscent of the book's fictional regime. The book is generally considered to be George Orwell's magnum opus.
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'1984' is a very famous book by Aldous Huxley, describing a country in the grip of a dictator called Big Brother. The country is in a perpetual war, everyone everywhere is under surveillance, and there is no such thing as freedom. It's ultimately a very depressing book, because there is no happy ending. It's well worth reading, though. This girl is probably politically and socially aware, and pretty smart. Read the book, then go up and talk to her about it. You're in for some pretty interesting conversations.
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