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I really like 'Nineteen Eighty Four' and think it a very thought provoking book. The parallels with modern life, in the UK at least, are striking - political doublespeak, increasing surveillance, softening attitudes to torture, wars with unclear aims. The way in which Winston and Julia's love for each other is destroyed, and replaced with their genuine love for Big Brother, subverts our commonly held notions of what love is. In many ways, the book makes us question how much we are the dupes of present-day propaganda, and encourages us to question everything, even if it is ultimately futile to do so.
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