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I had just finished reading 1984, by the same guy who brought u ur most hated Animal Farm.

It is like a predecessor of Animal Farm; in fact, both books share nearly about the same themes of a bleak future, totalarilism, unfreedom. The only difference is that 1984 portrays a much more bleak future, where English itself is being rewritten so that there can be no hidden meanings, no truth-beneath-the-lies, only what is conforming to the party. There is also no freedom; people live in fear of the Thought Police, who hunt down people who are against the Party. They are constantly being monitered by telescreens; screens which are in every household.

After reading 1984, I've seen the ugliness of human nature; how many live in fear so that the miniority have unrestrained power, how power indeed corrupts. I've seen how media is manuipulated in such a gigantic way that you do not know what to believe in; you do not even know if the the book "1984" is really set in year 1984, or is it one of the fabrications of the Party again? I've also learnt how to treasure the freedom that we enjoy in many parts of the world.

Summary of this post: READ 1984! IT RAWKS! =)