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I don't really know how to write this one as I am not really one of those who report on books.

Just wanna say to y'all who didn't read the book you should really go get it. It tells the story of a very dark world, where each uniqueness of our world is exaggerated and shaded, where all is inspected, monitored and controlled by a central authority. a centralized world, where nothing is beautiful but one thing - the common truth. How does living in a world like this feels? How far fetched is this world from ours? What is the nature of truth, and freedom?

These are my thoughts. hope that's working for you.

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[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A rapist, a snitch, a plagiarist, and a racist walks into a bar. The bartender asks; “How’s the new book coming along Mr. Orwell?

[–] src@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Believe it or not, it's entirely possible to separate the artist from the art. Shocker, I know.

Whatever it is you think about him really doesn't matter.

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I completely agree, it just happens that in this case a terrible person was also a terrible writer. It was simply a joke.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this because of the animation movie with the farm animals and your beloved leader bring depicted as a fat pig?

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't care about boring films about boring books, I've despised Orwell's works since the moment I've read them when I was a liberal, because they are of poor quality. 1984 is even misogynous with its portrayal of the female character and the whole story is poorly written, as others have pointed out, there are better implementations of the same idea, such as a Brave New World.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl -2 points 1 year ago

So you consider Orwell a plagiarist, but not Huxley?

[–] bigwag1@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] 133arc585@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was that supposed to be some sort of joke or do you actually not know Orwell himself was: a rapist, a snitch, a plagiarist, and a racist? One man, four horrible qualities.

[–] bigwag1@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

No, the joke was the the former. And not the point of the post. Rather than dismiss the reality we're in, presented by various authors reflecting the cyclical nature of mankind, it would be advantageous to the self to reflect on as well.