1984: The Graphic Novel

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In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called the Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.

I learned about this book accidentally, and although the person who showed it was also bewildered and could not say whether it is any good or not, I immediately included it in my priority list. Of course, I did not expect much. ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR (1903–1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist whose best-known works include the dystopian novel 1984 and the satirical novella Animal Farm. He is consistently ranked among the best English writers of the 20th century, and his writing has had a huge, lasting influence on contemporary culture. Several of his coined words have since entered the English language, and the word "Orwellian" is now used to describe totalitarian or authoritarian social practices. ist meiner Meinung nach eine Pflichtlektüre und 2021 im Verlag Ullstein als Graphic Novel erschienen und von Fido Nesti adaptiert und illustriert worden. With evocative, immersive art from Fido Nesti, this vision of George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece provides a new perspective for longtime fans but is also an accessible entry point for young readers and adults who have yet to discover the iconic story that is still so relevant today. Each of the three super-states is an oligarchy, set up with a single, all-powerful figurehead for the masses to blindly worship. The story takes place in Oceania, whose figurehead is known as Big Brother. No one has ever seen Big Brother; he may not even exist. And yet he is completely ubiquitous, present everywhere in posters bearing his moustached face and the ominous slogan "Big Brother Is Watching You". The iron rule of Big Brother is enforced by the Party, which is effectively the government of Oceania.

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One of the most influential books of the twentieth century gets the graphic treatment in this first-ever adaptation of George Orwell's 1984. Winston Smith ist Bewohner von Ozeanien und Mitarbeiter im Ministerium der Wahrheit, wo er für die Berichtigung der Vergangenheit zuständig ist. Ozeanien ist ein totalitärer Überwachungsstaat und wird von der Partei geleitet, dem sogenannten *Großen Bruder*. Auf Teleschirmen werden jegliches Verhalten und Äußerungen eines jeden Bewohners überwacht. Hinzu kommt die Einführung einer eigenen Sprache: Neusprech. Julia serves as a character foil to Winston, as Orwell compares and contrasts their political philosophies and their styles of resistance. For example, Winston believes that the Party must be resisted and overthrown, but Julia thinks it’s better to evade its authority while pretending to acquiesce to it. Winston, frustrated, tells her she’s “only a rebel from the waist down,” which she takes as a compliment. Je suis tout de même très heureux d'avoir enfin découvert cette œuvre et vais poursuivre mon exploration des diverses versions BD et romans de la nouvelle et de l'ancienne traduction afin de bien connaître car je pense que c'est un classique majeur et me demande pourquoi je ne m'y suis pas mis plus tôt. Anyhow, Winston Smith connects with a female from the Fiction Department named Julia in a way that we may view as strange, but this society is abnormal. They join the Brotherhood that revolts against the tyrannical establishment, but we soon learn what happens when residents of this society go against this tyrannical establishment and what the ultimately punishment happens to be.

Where individualism is dead, there’s no intellectualism, no invention or creativity, therefore by eliminating the main elements of humanism, it will also extinguish with nothing left but shadows of animals pretending to be else wise. Winston beginnt an das System zu zweifeln und schreibt seine Gedanken in ein Tagebuch nieder. Des Weiteren verliebt er sich in Julia und trifft sich mit ihr heimlich. Beides Verstöße, die sofort geahndet werden. The thing is that this graphic version provides an almost complete text of the original book (not simplifying or shortening it much, so the reading is really long and serious, as it is basically the same Orwell’s text), plus it dispels this dullness and “anchors” us to the story with eye-catching artistic techniques. Therefore, it represents the full story of “1984” only in a somewhat more entertaining and easily-digestible form. Entre lo que olvidé (el ambiente deprimente del Londres de 1984, la nuevalengua y el término Socing), encontré pasajes y términos que todavía recordaba: el concepto de Hermano Mayor (Gran Hermano en la actualidad); el libro de la hermandad cuyos títulos son los lemas del partido, "la guerra es paz, la libertad es esclavitud, la ignorancia es fuerza" (que yo estaba convencida que era más como "la ignorancia es el poder"); el prota que tiene la certeza de que los proletarios se rebelarán en un futuro contra el partido se me quedó grabado a fuego desde la primera lectura, así como la escena de la tortura con ratas, o el reencuentro del protagonista con su antigua amante.Ministry of Truth, the enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete and 300 meters into the air with three thousand rooms above ground level, concerned itself with news, education and entertainment, that was said, but in fact, its main task was to rewrite history, so that it’d correspond with the present time and announce the news that was more likely to be false. What Winston does is edit the published newspapers in a way that Big Brother’s predictions are always retroactively correct. He also removed references to “unpersons”, or “vaporised” political dissidents and he rewrites history so that Oceania appears always to have been at war with Eastasia —or with Eurasia. It changes, depending on shifting allegiances. It's the 75th year of Independence for the world's largest democracy 'Happy Independence Day'; and Ironically I'm reading the graphical adaptation of 1984. The titular year has come and gone, and the world is moving towards more freedoms & progress. But in some ways you could say we have less freedom & progress. We are seemingly headed towards an amalgamation of 1984 7 Aldous Huxley's Brave New World; with some Fahrenheit 451 added to the mix. Onto the book itself; 1984 is written to be dreary, depressing and mind numbing read, by design. Life under the watchful eyes of Big Brother is not a pleasant thing. It's a world of war, scarcity, lies, deceit where every aspect of life of controlled. Even the few scant inches of space inside your noggin is not free from interference from the man. Then again the ccp& the North Korean regime are still a thing, perfectly embodying the Orwellian themes of doublespeak, doublethink and 'Big Brother is always watching'. Which comprises of a fifth of the world populace under some totalitarian regime, so I suppose there is still ways for us to go.