Discovery School - Great Books - George Orwell's 1984
The novel 1984 is a frightening prediction of the future with its references to privacy issues and totalitarian control. The characters Winston and Julia represent hope in a world of dictators. In this video, autobiographical information about Orwell reveals his disillusionment with revolution and his honest desire to change society.
George Orwell wrote many essays and political pamphlets, yet most know him for his fable "Animal Farm" and novel "1984". The essays in this enhanced "Bloom's Modern Critical Views" volume offer precise commentary on Orwell's political views, his perspective on totalitarianism, and the forms of realism in his works. It provides an enriching resource for students looking to gain a deeper comprehension of Orwell's relevant themes.
Added by: lucius5 | Karma: 1660.85 | Fiction literature | 11 February 2010
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Animal Farm: 50th Anniversary Edition
Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the Shortest Serious Novel It's OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwell's intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism, Animal Farm is a nearly perfect piece of writing, both an engaging story and an allegory that actually works.
Added by: arcadius | Karma: 2802.10 | Fiction literature | 14 October 2009
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Island is the final book by English writer Aldous Huxley, published in 1962. It is the account of Will Farnaby, a cynical journalist who is shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala. Island is Huxley's utopian counterpart to his most famous work, the 1932 novel Brave New World, itself often paired with George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. The ideas that would become Island can be seen in a foreword he wrote in 1952 to the 20th anniversary edition of Brave New World.
