Why Ali loves this book
I know it's an old standard, but it feels like it has fresh relevance today, as social media and algoryhtms urge us not to believe what we see or hear. I felt it was important to revisit it now, reading it alongside my teenager, even though it spiked some panicky, sad feelings in me along the way. There is something nourishing about reminding yourself of what have always been greater truths. Including the almost certainty that absolute power corrupts, absolutely.
64 authors picked 1984 as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 9, 10, 11, and 12.
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU . . .
1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party's power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth, the Party's department for propaganda, Winston Smith's job is to edit the past. Over time, the impulse to escape the machine and live independently takes hold of him and he embarks on a secret and forbidden love affair. As he writes the words 'DOWN WITH BIG…
