The book starts out by describing where the main character, Winston, is. It describes it with words like, “Bright cold day… vile wind… swirl of gritty dust.” (5, Orwell) The book really ‘captures’ you to be like you’re with Winston. Then it goes on to describe a poster with a man named “Big Brother” and the words “Big Brother is Watching You.” With Big Brother is the Thought Police and the Ministry of Truth. They’re trying to change English (Oldspeak) to a new language, “Newspeak.” It is basically English just in summarized wording. If you get caught writing anything, you’re supposed to be arrested or ‘disappeared.’ If you get too ‘advanced’ or you know too much you will likely be taken away and forgotten about. Or even if you think about certain things, the Thought Police will come and (like before) take you away.
The main idea of this book is that Stanley lives in a world that which almost everything is controlled. Like the Thought Police always knowing what you think or knowing what you write. With Stanley breaking the rules by writing a diary and starting a story knowing that he will get caught is a little intriguing making you want to know if he’ll get caught. I personally think that this book is an interesting topic. But there isn’t much action to keep you reading. But of course i’m going to finish and see what happens.
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