Rough Draft of book reiew for 1984

1. If you've read other books by this same author, how does this one compare? (You don't need to decide which one is better, although you can.) (for some reason, blogger wont let me delete the number 1. it is actually number 6)

George Orwell, a renowned writer who writes sci-fi stories relating to governments and how they treat the People. I have read two books by him, Animal Farm, and I am still reading 1984. Both of these books have shocking and VERY disturbing realties. These stories have more in common than they do in differences. Because of this, my post is going to be about the similarities rather than the differences. 

There are many similarities that are shown in both books. The first one, Animal Farm, takes in place on a rebelled farm from the humans. The pigs take over and thus, rule the farm with the saying, "Everyone is created equal, but some are more equal than others." It is very scary to think that some are more equal than others. What does this mean? This is very confusing, but at the same time, makes complete sense. 

In the book 1984, the world is overrun by war, where it is run by the Three ministries, The ministry of peace, ministry of truth and the ministry of love which is the worst of the three because it has to deal with the war of the world. These three ministries work and are united in one to create what is called Big Brother, which run EVERYTHING, and when i mean everything, i mean everything. The face of Big Brother is everywhere, in every little spot. There is no way to escape it. 

Animal farm resembles the Russian Revolution and the way this revolution shaped the rise of the horrible dictator of communism, Stalin. In 1984, the historical back ground of this symbol is the way the Nazis used propaganda to formulate false ideas about their enemies. So, to say it simply, Animal represents the Communist Movement while 1984 explores the Fascist movement in the 30's and 40's. 

As you can, you cannot read Animal farm without reading 1984 or visa-versa. 

Gorge Orwell is an amazing writer who writes about reality before it happens. His 1949 novel 1984 depicts a story where propaganda rules over good intentions. Animal farm is a story about pigs who believe that are the natural born leaders and attempt to take over the farm. Both of the stories are novels that are way ahead of their time. Pretty much, everything in 1984 is relatively accurate, if you get rid of all the symbolism.

Gorge Orwell tells a story about a society that censors everything and forms ideas to dispense to the public.  Every day, they go through procedures and mechanics so that they are able to see what the people are thinking. They have a secret police that is not very secret. They are called the thought police and strike terror in their patents who commit thought crimes. "Thought crime does not entail death; thought crime IS death" pg. 28, 1984 the thought police remind me of the Gestapo of the Nazis. They forced much terror in the people, also familiar to the Soviet Union and their police that would take people to the Gulags.

Animal Farm is a story about rebellion going bad. First the farm revolts and takes down the tyranny of humans. The pigs, being the smartest, naturally take command of the new farm where everyone is treated equally. However, after much trials and tribulations, the Pigs have a shocking secret, that personally shocked me.

These two different books by the same author offer relatively the main facts about governments keeping facts and telling either whit lies or empty promises.

1984 and Animal Farm

George Orwell, a renowned writer who writes sci-fi stories relating to governments and how they treat the People. I have read two books by him, Animal Farm, and i am still reading 1984. Both of these books have shocking and VERY disturbing realties. these stories have more in common than they do in differences. Because of this, my post is going to be about the similarities rather than the differences. 

There are many similarities that are shown in both books. The first one, Animal Farm,, takes in place on a rebelled farm from the humans. the pigs take over and thus, rule the farm with the saying, "Everyone is created equal, but some are more equal than others." It is very scary to think that some are more equal than others. What does this mean? This is very confusing, but at the same time, makes complete sense. 

In the book 1984, the world is overrun by war, where it is run by the Three ministries, The ministry of peace, ministry of truth and the ministry of love which is the worst of the three because it has to deal with the war of the world. These three ministries work and are united in one to create what is called Big Brother, which run EVERYTHING, and when i mean everything, i mean everything. The face of Big Brother is everywhere, in every little spot. There is no way to escape it. 

Animal farm resembles the Russian Revolution and the way this revolution shaped the rise of the horrible dictator of communism, Stalin. In 1984, the historical back ground of this symbol is the way the Nazis used propaganda to formulate false ideas about thier enemies. So, to say it simply, Animal represents the Communist Movement while 1984 explores the Fascist movement in the 30's and 40's. 

As you can, you cannot read Animal farm without reading 1984 or visa-versa. 

PROMPT NUMBER 6....

Gorge orwell is an amazing writer who writes about reality before it happens. His 1949 novel 1984 depicts a story where propoganda rules over good intentons. Animal farm is a story about pigs who believe that are the natural born leaders and attempt to take over the farm. Both of the stories are novels that are way ahead of there time. Pretty much, everything in 1984 is relatively accurate, if you get rid of all the symbolism.

Gorge Orwell tells a story about a society that censors everything and forms ideas to despense to the public.  Everyday, they go through procedures and mechanics so that they are able to see what the people are thinking. They have a secret police, that is not very secret. they are called the thought police and strike terror in their patents who commit thought crimes. "thoughtcrime does not entail death; thought crime IS death"pg 28, 1984 The thought police remind me of the Gestapo of the Nazis. they forced much terror in the people, also familiar to the Soviet Union and their police that would take people to the Guloges.

Animal Frm is a story about rebellion going bad. First the farm revolts and take down the tyranny of humans. The pigs, being the smartest, naturally take comand of the new farm where everyone is treated equally. However, after much trials and tribulations, the Pigs have a shocking secret, that personaly shocked me.

These two different books by the same author offer relatively the ame facts about governments keeping facts and telling either whit lies or empty promises.

VIGNETTE REVEWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!

While search through vignettes of my fellow peers, I have discovered that fear plays a role in Elizabeth's, Mercedes and Bianca's Blogs. They all show fear, whether they be afraid of it or not.


Elizabeth shows that fear for her can be over powering and sometimes frightening in its self. She explains that the monster in the last story is unknown and barely has any description. 

 "I looked nervously back at the house.     “You know, we’re kind of almost out of sight from there... we should head ba-” I said nervously, getting cut off,     “Wait! What happened to the flag over there...? The monster must of taken it!”" 

I like this quote because it shows that she can still be fearful of the unknown. This is a totally different Elizabeth i know. The one that i know is hardly afraid of anything, but, she can still admit when she is, which means that she is open with her self and with others. 


Mercedes shows in her vignettes that her whole life has been fear, well, at least after she moved from Santa Cruz. Here, she writes that she was afraid to be by herself, but yet happy to be with her family.

"No beds for us tonight. We all shared. But I didn't mind. I was scared, truly terrified"

Here, she admits that family keeps her safe and makes her feel comfortable. The beds could possibly be a symbol for separation perhaps and she is thus afraid of separation. She describes the feeling of her family well here so as if to picture your self there actually feeling that feeling of security. 


Bianca's however, is different compared to theirs above. She admits that she is worried but takes the challenge as if it were to be her last. She writes that she she stares into the paper and just starts writing things that end up being the wrong answer.

 "Once he leaves, I stare at the pieces of paper, which stares right back at me. On it were all these weird numbers, blank spaces and a long series of words standing above the numbers. What am I supposed to do with this? Oh well, might as well just put in random numbers. A two here, a twenty-five here, and soon all the blank spaces were filled with my scribbled, messy nonsense. I stroll back outside and hand Mr. Fong the papers."

This quote embodies what i mean because it shows how she is not afraid of the act of losing, even though she is. Actually this is what i see in all these writers. I see them every day with a strong assertive posture. they take life and really try to make the full of it by showing others that it is possible to be strong and courageous even though it may seem impossible.