1984
When I first read the first chapter in the
book 1984, I felt sad because it described Winston and all his surroundings as
a depressed life, no life. He was suffering of varicose ulcer. He did not have
anything healthy to eat. He was being watched like a criminal and so everyone
else in the party. I hoped it would change as I would continue reading the story.
I was hoping Winston and O’Brien could be friends and that it would have a good
ending. I think this book was excellent by the way it was written, the details,
the suspense, the feelings that it produces, it makes the person to travel in
time. I think I want to read it again just so that I can learn to write like
that. I did not like the story; I think is something
I would not like to go through. I did have a hard time trying to understand the
different parties or groups. The politics was confusing and more if it is in
another language. I did not think I would need to read it in Spanish. I thought
I would be fine since literature is usually more relaxing and enjoyable than a technical
science document.
As I said before, a while ago I got to
read To Kill a Mockingbird and this
book was actually fair reading compared to 1984 novel. The story is mostly
based on events that are common to people. The words that are used are also
fairly common compared to 1984 novel. This class in which I read this book was
ENL. My assignment was to read the book and understand the theme, the symbols,
the main characters etc. For 1984 was
about the same assignment I think but it was harder to keep track and to
remember the things that were going on. I think that if I read this book like
five more times then, I would really like it because I like the detail in which
it is written. When I was in high school in my country I had a literature class
in which I had to write a short story without really saying what the main
character was. It was based mostly on description of the surroundings. My
subject was merely a prostitute and by describing her life in kind of poetry
she was being described. I did a good job that time; my instructor was very
pleased with it that he actually wanted it to publish it in a book.
