nineteen eighty-snore (2 Viewers)

[fx82au]

anyone else find 1984 boring? Im halfway through the book, and I legit hate it. Its is SO boring. I for the life of me cba reading it. If it wasnt for it being a prescribed text, I would have stopped reading it long ago.

Is it just me? any past/current students got some tips?

 

[Life'sHard]

Sparknotes? Lol never read that book.

 

[fx82au]

Sparknotes? Lol never read that book.

fair enough. my teacher will strangle me if she catches me on sparknotes or litcharts. quite ironic as she gave us verbatim litcharts material for prelim othello

 

[Run hard@thehsc]

fair enough. my teacher will strangle me if she catches me on sparknotes or litcharts. quite ironic as she gave us verbatim litcharts material for prelim othello

lmao try to enjoy it It wasn't that bad when I first read it!

 

[Masaken]

anyone else find 1984 boring? Im halfway through the book, and I legit hate it. Its is SO boring. I for the life of me cba reading it. If it wasnt for it being a prescribed text, I would have stopped reading it long ago.

Is it just me? any past/current students got some tips?

I read it in Year 8, I must have been the only person who liked it, I like Orwell's other books as well

Kinda sad it's not the common module text my class is studying for next term (like one group of the cohort is going to do 1984, mine isn't ;-; )

 

[dasfas]

Nah that book is awesome, I loved it. Maybe watch the movie? But yeah, it's very interesting and one of my first introductions to a dystopia, and seeing some aspects of it reflected in modern society is chilling

 

[Vall]

Same to some other people here I read 1984 in like year 8/9 and found it interesting enough to read all the way through (skipping the manifesto chapter though). As far as prescribed texts for HSC goes I think 1984 is one of the better ones (both to read and write essays on).

 

[Masaken]

(skipping the manifesto chapter though). As far as prescribed texts for HSC goes I think 1984 is one of the better ones (both to read and write essays on).

omg I have the orange penguin books copy of 1984 and when I saw the font shrink when I got to the manifesto my heart sunk, it was actually torture to get through

 

[Vall]

omg I have the orange penguin books copy of 1984 and when I saw the font shrink when I got to the manifesto my heart sunk, it was actually torture to get through

I still haven't read the manifesto bit and have no intention of doing so

 

[Run hard@thehsc]

I still haven't read the manifesto bit and have no intention of doing so

same lmao I zone out in that part!

 

[wendyredvelvet]

Guyss... Does anyone have a band 6 sampler essay on 1984

 

[carrotsss]

Nah I just read it a few days ago and I enjoyed it

 

[d1zzyohs]

orwell is a little bastard, who was a socialist who was anti-socialist and snitched on all his friends to the government.
1984 is a dumb, nothing book. though, I did enjoy 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' as a representation of the monotonous, capitalistic life he lived in.
(not against socialism in any way, shape or form. just orwell was a terrible, hypocritical one)

 

[Masaken]

orwell is a little bastard, who was a socialist who was anti-socialist and snitched on all his friends to the government.
1984 is a dumb, nothing book. though, I did enjoy 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying' as a representation of the monotonous, capitalistic life he lived in.
(not against socialism in any way, shape or form. just orwell was a terrible, hypocritical one)

oh yeah, i heard about orwell's list. while i still like 1984 and i do believe it's still relevant today, i find it interesting that not a lot of people know about it (he was anti-authoritarian, definitely, but not a very good socialist as you said)


i honestly wish nesa would prescribe orwell's other works (burmese days and homage to catalonia are personal favourites). 1984 is nice and i like it but i think it's one of his more 'weaker' ones

 

[fx82au]

i hate this text

 

[SadCeliac]

fair enough. my teacher will strangle me if she catches me on sparknotes or litcharts. quite ironic as she gave us verbatim litcharts material for prelim othello

if you have the litcharts for 1984 can you please send it

 

[SadCeliac]

i hate this text

especially when we have to analyse the living daylights out of it