Read this 1921 dystopian novel by Russian writer Zamyatin, who shows us a world of harmony and conformity-lockstep-in a totalitarian state. It is a story of dictatorship-and political commentary at its finest. In his 1945 allegorical novel of the Russian Revolution and the age of Stalin, he details the lives of farm animals in their quest for sovereignty from their human keepers-and shows that they cannot escape subjugation. Golding wrote the book in 1954 as a study of the conflict between human impulse and the desire for power. Join Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon, Maurice, and the rest of the boys as they about the costs of freedom and integrity at the expenses of innocence, youth, and in some cases-their lives. What type of society do they develop? Think primal. Bradbury wrote the book in 1953 because of his concerns about the “witch hunts” of the McCarthy era-and the threats to democracy.Ī group of British school boys crashes on a deserted island-and invents their own society.

The characters commit books to memory-and use their insights and answers to attempt to affect change. The temperature at which “firemen” burn books is 451 degrees in Bradbury’s dystopian future, where it’s illegal to own a book. So, whether you're a student of literature, or simply liked 1984, and want some fresh insight, try these. 1984 offers a dystopian vision of a fascist regime ruled by Big Brother, and a tragic hero in Winston Smith who tries to understand it all. By the end of January 2017, the novel – a staple of secondary school English classes – was topping charts and became the best-selling book on Amazon. 1984 has never been out of print since its initial publication in 1948, but the harrowing account of life, and love, in a fictional totalitarian, surveillance state reached new levels of popularity this year. George Orwell’s classic, 1984, has been giving readers just that for nearly 70 years. When you feel like it might not be the “best of times,” as Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said last week, then chances are pretty good that you’ll look to a great book for some insight, if not some answers.

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