Looking to the Future 1984 "WAR IS PEACE FFREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"(Orwell 3). It is the year 1984 in London, Oceania. Winston Smith is one of many people in Orwell’s prediction of the world in the future but is today’s past. The world appears as a dark and fearful place where the only rhyme or reason is created by Big Brother, ruler of the state and the head member of the Party. All …showed first 75 words of 717 total…

…showed last 75 words of 717 total…and why he wrote it, I felt like the book showed important ideas. Overall, my opinion of the book is neutral. I could have done without reading it, but I also gained a little knowledge. It didn’t consist of the amount of action and edge of my seat suspense that I enjoy. I found it hard to sit down and read 1984, which was more of a person’s vision, rather than a developed story.