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Book Review: 1984

Name of the book: 1984

Book genre: Political satire (classic/fiction)

Page number: 318

Year of publication: 2005 (7th impression on August, 2014)

 

George Orwell's 1984 is a book that talks about the basic human qualities that change so often. Therefore, the book is all about the expression of the mood of despair of humanity.

 

Peace and justice are the goals of man. With the breakup of the medieval age, man's sense of strength and his hope, not only for the individual but also for social perfection assumed new strength and took new ways –war and peace are inevitable part of society.

 

While one experiences freedom, there are societies facing prejudice, irrationality and injustice that are the main cause of sorrow and unhappiness.

 

Precisely the significance of Orwell's book also talked about the new mood of hopelessness, which pervades our age and has taken hold of our consciousness. The book discussed in great length about the mood of the present and warned for the future to behave well and accordingly, otherwise the consequence will be different and severe. 

 

The personal life to professional life, what is called "ego" plays a very important role. It will make as well as it will destroy mankind. I mostly liked the author’s idea of war, war means the end of an organized society and by dropping a bomb to end war is not the ultimate solution to end any form of injustice.

 

One of the most remarkable points in the book I have found is the human truth, that basically what the author called it as "double think". What he found was that weapons might destroy most of our population and that of our enemy but it can't root out pain and suffering. 

 

The book predicted about the future of mankind in a mesmerizing way that I think would be a turning point in ages. Whatever maybe the cause it is important for all of us to be mindful, be reminded of human race and ego. More importantly what matters above all is the leadership. Not to forget that we need to respect each other's existence and the spirit of humanism. Like any other authors of negative utopia, Orwell is not a prophet of disaster, he warned and awakened every mankind to behave as one race of human and politics shouldn’t interfere with human society. 

 

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