1984

            George Orwell’s 1984, is a horrible vision of the world where the totalitarian government is controlling almost everything. Written in 1948 George Orwell displays a nightmare vision of a society in London, which in 1984 is known as Oceania. The main character is Winston Smith who works for the Record Department of the Ministry of Truth. His job is to change all the written documents and change them the way the party wants him to. He also makes sure to get ride of all of the documents of the people that get vaporized. Winston’s job is to change the history, and nobody knows the real history of Oceania (London). While Winston works for the government he hates it at the same time. For having thoughts like this you can get killed by the thought police. The Thought police can vaporize you if you have any thoughts trying to conform against the government at any time.

            As all of this is going on Winton is hiding a love life from society. Winston is married, but then they moved separate ways and never got a divorce, so they are still legally married. Winston is in love with a younger lady named Julia who also works in the same office. They have meetings in secrecy so they don’t get in trouble with the thought police. They move locations every time they meet and they keep their love life secret from everyone, which is a crime. Also there is a group called the Brotherhood that looks out for the people and makes sure that the government doesn’t overtake all the civilians’ rights.

            That is just a brief description of all of the events that happen in the novel 1984. This novel is written in third person, and is an easy read. I feel that it would be a good book to use on the AP exam this is because it creates a good vision of what could happen in a totalitarian government. Overall this is one of the best books I have every read and I give it three thumbs up and recommend it to everyone.