Por una parte, que el protagonista Winston en una sociedad distópica ha jincao más que yo en una sociedad pandémica. Ahora tengo ganas de releer "Un mundo feliz". Para ello me hice con una nueva edición de la colección Letras populares de Cátedra, con una estupenda introducción de 165 páginas a cargo del traductor de la antología poética de Huxley, Jesús Isaías Gómez López. In 1984, George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece, the world has been split up into three super-states: Ein Buch, das vor allem zum Hinterfragen einlädt und hoffentlich dazu animiert, sich zu fragen, in was für einer Gesellschaft wir leben möchten. Eurasia: Completed by the absorption of Europe by Russia. Comprised of the entire northern part of the European and Asiatic land-mass, from Portugal to the Bering Strait.

When George Orwell wrote 1984, the year that gives the book its title was still almost 40 years in the future. Some of the things Orwell imagined that would come to pass were the telescreen, a TV that observes those who are watching it, and a world consisting of three megastates rather than hundreds of countries. In the novel, the country of Eastasia apparently consists of China and its satellite nations; Eurasia is the Soviet Union; and Oceania comprises the United States, the United Kingdom, and their allies. Eastasia: Smaller than the other two, comprised of China and the countries to the south of it, the Japanese islands, and a large but fluctuating portion of Manchuria, Mongolia, and Tibet. Seems like Orwell himself was frightened by the ending his novel had, worrying for posterity and warning them to not pass by easily. One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell s 1984 War is Peace * Freedom is Slavery * Ignorance is Strength In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called the Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be With evocative, immersive art from Fido Nesti, this vision of George Orwell s dystopian masterpiece provides a new perspective for longtime fans but is also an accessible entry point for young reader

About the Book One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. Sin embargo, primero me terminaré esa otra distopía de Ray Bradbury, "Fahrenheit 451", que publicó el mes pasado Reservoir Books con ilustraciones bien originales de figuras geométricas de la catalana María Corte. I read 1984, the original George Orwell novel, twice: once in 2010 and again in 2017 as we were preparing to film our Literary Gladiators discussion about it during our 6th season. Charlie brought the graphic novel to my attention and nominated it for our channel's Roundtable Read. It won the main vote and became the graphic text that we would read and either review or discuss. Here is my written review, where as the video review will be released with the other contributors. The thing is that this graphic version provides an almost complete text of the original book (not simplifying or shortening it much, so the reading is really long and serious, as it is basically the same Orwell’s text), plus it dispels this dullness and “anchors” us to the story with eye-catching artistic techniques. Therefore, it represents the full story of “1984” only in a somewhat more entertaining and easily-digestible form.

Fido Nesti has faithfully adapted the oppressive, hopeless feeling which was generated by the Book. The visuals are simple, but hauntingly beautiful, possessing a rustic, psychedelic quality, and giving you the ever pervading feeling of the walls closing in on you. Written in the late 1940s (1948) based on what he knew about the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, our story happens in Oceania, London (which is called Airstrip One) following the daily life of Winston Smith, our main character. Winston, 39 years old, is an employee of the Outer Party in the Record Department in the Ministry of Truth ( Minitrue in Newspeak). Now, what this last sentence means, we’ll get into it in a minute! Winston is an indeterminate rebellion. He wonders whether life could possibly be different from the way it is; but how can he ever know when all the records of the past are changed and the history is rewritten? He is in a constant seeking of solitude, besides desiring love, companionship and freedom. The Three-Year Plan mentioned in the novel is principally similar to Stalin’s Five-year Plans, which was a process of increasing industrial production. However, it is doubtful if they actually ever expanded production. Giving a false sense of increasing the quality of life by announcing increasing the ration of food or certain items when they were actually decreased, they kept the population satisfied and oblivious to that and of course, celebrating the event. Each of the three super-states is an oligarchy, set up with a single, all-powerful figurehead for the masses to blindly worship. The story takes place in Oceania, whose figurehead is known as Big Brother. No one has ever seen Big Brother; he may not even exist. And yet he is completely ubiquitous, present everywhere in posters bearing his moustached face and the ominous slogan "Big Brother Is Watching You". The iron rule of Big Brother is enforced by the Party, which is effectively the government of Oceania. Hacía tiempo que había leído esta distopía, con unos veintipocos años, junto a la de Aldous Huxley, "Un mundo feliz".

Winston Smith ist Bewohner von Ozeanien und Mitarbeiter im Ministerium der Wahrheit, wo er für die Berichtigung der Vergangenheit zuständig ist. Ozeanien ist ein totalitärer Überwachungsstaat und wird von der Partei geleitet, dem sogenannten *Großen Bruder*. Auf Teleschirmen werden jegliches Verhalten und Äußerungen eines jeden Bewohners überwacht. Hinzu kommt die Einführung einer eigenen Sprache: Neusprech. With evocative, immersive art from Fido Nesti, this vision of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece provides a new perspective for longtime fans but is also an accessible entry point for young readers and adults who have yet to discover the iconic story that is still so relevant today. Entre lo que olvidé (el ambiente deprimente del Londres de 1984, la nuevalengua y el término Socing), encontré pasajes y términos que todavía recordaba: el concepto de Hermano Mayor (Gran Hermano en la actualidad); el libro de la hermandad cuyos títulos son los lemas del partido, "la guerra es paz, la libertad es esclavitud, la ignorancia es fuerza" (que yo estaba convencida que era más como "la ignorancia es el poder"); el prota que tiene la certeza de que los proletarios se rebelarán en un futuro contra el partido se me quedó grabado a fuego desde la primera lectura, así como la escena de la tortura con ratas, o el reencuentro del protagonista con su antigua amante. The initiating incident that sets the plot in motion occurs when Winston begins to write his subversive thoughts in his diary. He begins to think of himself as “already dead,” suggesting he has abandoned the impulse for self-preservation, and his life has little value to him, making him ready to sacrifice it to a cause. One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell's 1984.

Then again the ccp& the North Korean regime are still a thing, perfectly embodying the Orwellian themes of doublespeak, doublethink and 'Big Brother is always watching'. Which comprises of a fifth of the world populace under some totalitarian regime, so I suppose there is still ways for us to go. It's the 75th year of Independence for the world's largest democracy 'Happy Independence Day'; and Ironically I'm reading the graphical adaptation of 1984. The titular year has come and gone, and the world is moving towards more freedoms & progress. But in some ways you could say we have less freedom & progress. We are seemingly headed towards an amalgamation of 1984 7 Aldous Huxley's Brave New World; with some Fahrenheit 451 added to the mix.After being deprived of all his morality by betraying Julia, in the very last chapter, Winston is totally surrendered to the party, losing his ability to love and his faith in his own humanity. He slips his days away by sitting in the Chestnut Tree Cafe, where political criminals gather and wait for their execution. He is psychologically broken, so he finally starts to think in Newspeak. He doesn’t feel the same towards himself or Julia anymore; nor does she. Winston whispers he loves big brother. And that, is the last state of self-regulating. He ceases to be an individual and becomes part of the collective mass of the cult, being proof of true power is power over human beings, over the body, but above all, over the mind —to the point that you believe, with your whole heart, that two plus two makes five. Anyway, it’s a very recent book (published first in Brasil in 2020 and then in the UK and USA in 2021, so I suppose people will start talking about it soon). I very am glad I discovered it among the first readers.

Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, working or eating, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or in bed - no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull." His memory has put him in danger, as he recalls having seen proof, before it was destroyed years ago, of the Party having told a lie: a newspaper article, since re-written, proving that three Party members who had testified to betraying the Party, and who were later executed for it, were innocent. Memories like these cause Winston to constantly fear he will be found out by the Thought Police, that he will be captured and tortured into a confession, and subsequently killed. Im letzten Jahr durfte ich bereits "Farm der Tiere" und "1984" von George Orwell auf meinen Kanälen vorstellen, woraufhin ich viele Nachrichten von Lesern erhalten habe, die sich anschließend die Weltklassiker gekauft, gelesen und meine Gedanken geteilt haben. This is not “an adaptation” or “re-interpretation” or some other unorthodox representation of the classical Orwell’s book. It’s more or less Orwell’s book itself, only in a graphic form. The illustrator (a Brasilian artist Fido Nesti) made a drawing of everything that can be drawn (rather than described with words) but left almost everything else from the original novel. Some editorial changes and corrections, if any, are very slight, and I personally had an impression that this book contains about 80% of the original text word by word or very close to it. So it was like a re-reading of the original Orwell’s book, only now we also have a very interesting visual representation of the described events and just a cool design of graphic novel art.

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In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called the Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. The moral to be drawn from this dangerous nightmare situation is a simple one. Don’t let it happen. It depends on you.” I learned about this book accidentally, and although the person who showed it was also bewildered and could not say whether it is any good or not, I immediately included it in my priority list. Of course, I did not expect much. Winston beginnt an das System zu zweifeln und schreibt seine Gedanken in ein Tagebuch nieder. Des Weiteren verliebt er sich in Julia und trifft sich mit ihr heimlich. Beides Verstöße, die sofort geahndet werden.