1984（英文原版）

1984 is a great book, (spoiler warning), Winston conceals himself from the party and wrote a secret diary about his life and what he thinks about the party and big brother. The twist was really unexpected and the lure is great. 1984 is amazing since it shows us how brave and cowardly we can be. In my opinion, this book is amazing! But, in the pages, there is voilence and blood so, it is slightly not recommend for young audience.

終於啃完了，實際上只有最後一部份讓我感覺刺激，可能也和我太斷斷續續的閱讀有關。最讓我感觸的是，如果你要保守一個祕密，你最好自己也不要知道，而是在心裏留一個空白的位置，類似潛意識。否則始終會被抓到。願思想自由，即使big brother is watching you

★★★★★ the best definition of the term totalitarian:everything within the state,nothing outside the state,nothing against the state.

Do it to Julia！ Not me！ 這個可怕的世界曾經出現在昨天，也可能會重現於明天，人真他媽沒記性！

2022上海疫情期間重讀。Winston loved big brother at last.

之前也看了《動物莊園》，順帶着做一點比較。 《動物莊園》採用全知視角敘述，更爲客觀，帶有一定的寓言和童話的色彩，講述了不完善的、缺乏對民主和法制的深刻認識，又沒有建立起完善的權力制約制度的革命造成生活更加悲慘的悲劇，強調了革命外表下逐步達到個人獨裁目的的政治手段 主旨是由於掌握分配權的集團的根本利益在於維繫自身的統治地位，無論形式上有着什麼樣的訴求，其最終結果都會與其維護社會公平的基本訴求背道而馳。 《1984》用限知視角敘述的部分，用人物意識來實現聚焦，讓故事更精彩，比如後文O'Brien和店主Charrington身份的反轉就讓人充滿了意外，讀起來更有代入感，最後被洗腦的內容恐怖感很強。揭露了現實社會某些因素極度誇張後的結果，十分悲觀絕望。 主旨是在極權主義盛行的國家，個人是沒有自由的，只能忠實地服從於國家領袖。反映極權主義的恐怖。 就我個人理解，《1984》中黨和Winston的衝突其實是思維和存在是否具有同一性的一種爭論，思維能否正確反應存在。也就是不可知論與可知論的對立：不可知論不承認思維與存在的同一性，否認人認識世界的能力，不相信科學；可知論承認並堅持思維與存在的同一性，認爲世界是可以認識的，人有認識世界的能力，相信科學。最終我們可以看到擁有絕對權力的黨所採用的不可知論勝出了，黨用其統治世界也帶來了無意又有意的思想消滅。 不可知論現在在我們看來是具有其合理性的，因爲人的思想是具有其侷限性的，認識會具有一定的偏差。但是如果我們完全不相信科學，很可能就會被人牽着鼻子走，喪失掉自己的想法。 所以現在的我們認爲，在人類世代的連續系列中，在社會實踐的發展中，人的認識能力又是無限的，一切尚未被認識的事物終究會被認識。世界上只有尚未被認識之物，不存在不能認識之物。用辯證的思維方式看待科學，不一味相信，也不全不相信。而不可知論也暗示了應當以不同於自然科學方法的方法研究人類自身存在的意義，帶來了積極的影響。可見認識到理論的利與弊，才能更好的行事。 因此我認爲本書奧威爾在闡述其政治主張的同時也探討了一種深刻的哲學問題，是十分值得再去細細研究的。

從本書寫作的時間和內容在日後一一在現實復刻來看，佩服作者的想象力和對人類政治準確的預見力。 這種生活，活着又與死亡有何差別？不，是有差別的，因爲活着，比死亡更加痛苦。 三個章節注意推進，直到最後一章全面爆發，令人閱讀時心如刀絞，脊背發涼的同時可笑於O‘Brain的無腦唯心主義教義崇拜。和無知卻以爲自己信奉的一切都是絕對正確並神聖的人是無法講道理的，不僅講不通道理，還要遭受身心俱損的酷刑直到無力再反抗，甚至最終被洗腦對其臣服。畢竟對Big Brother來說，放棄反抗或是假裝歸順相比於發自內心的自願成爲其信徒相比都不夠完美…… 說句題外話，剛開始讀的時候由於對Winston的生活和社會背景的不適與牴觸，使人無法提起興致繼續閱讀。直到女主角Julia的出現，紙條上的那句I love you瞬間給了我無限動力繼續喫瓜。這本書要是沒有愛情的美好點綴，恐怕很多讀者都堅持不到最高潮的第三章 哈哈 五星推薦本書！

War is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is Strength are the three statements that appear most often in the book and are seen as the leading lines of the times. When I first read the book, these three sentences seemed to me to be completely contradictory and illogical. But as the world in the book unfolded, I got a glimpse of the theoretical support behind them: War is peace. The world in the book has only three major powers, and they are constantly at war with each other, a complex triangle. From the world's point of view, this is a time of **constant turmoil**. But from the perspective of the nation, it was a time of **unprecedented unit.** All the hatred was directed to the **invaders**, and all the poverty had a cause to be traced. All single forms of entertainment were also deserved. The only pleasure of the people was to watch the execution of their captives. **The only enthusiasm was to look forward to the coming of peace.** At this point, the mind is monolithic. In addition to this, war brings one more benefit—the destruction of surplus materials. It is only when people are struggling to make ends meet that it is difficult for them to be enlightened in their thinking. War is a good excuse. In the words of the book, the problem is how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the wealth of the workers. In other words, Goods must be produced, but they must not be distributed. In practice, this goal can only be achieved through constant warfare. In the book, there is a question: Do you want to live a life of freedom or a life of happiness? I think most people would choose the latter. But happiness comes at a price - the offering of your freedom. The freedom here is not physical, but spiritual and mental. The party invented an electric screen for better control of the mind. It is like a television, which plays music and interrupts the news. In addition to that, it has a recording and monitoring function. It has someone behind it watching your every move. In the world of 1984, there is no family, no friends, no children, no husband, no one can be trusted. A child will eavesdrop through the eyes of a lock and tell on his parents; one of your friends may be a thought police undercover; There is no such thing as falling in love all unions are just obligations to the state. Ignorance is power. All books, movies, newspapers, and other information vehicles are carefully designed. All history has been revised. You don't know whether your current situation is good or bad because there is no "past" and you can't compare all people are "ignorant". However, it is the”obedient” that makes them ignorant. In the long run. A hierarchical society can only exist if it is based on poverty and ignorance. The people here are just a bunch of machines with real flesh and blood. This is a warm but unusually cold world. The departments of this world are divided into four main ones: **Ministry of Truth, Ministry of Love, Ministry of Plenty, and Ministry of Peace. As the story progresses**. I realized that the Ministry of Peace is responsible for war, the Ministry of Truth creates lies, the Ministry of Love is responsible for torture, and the Ministry of Plenty creates hunger, which is as contradictory as the three lines.

看了個開頭，這本的英文排版很有問題，這樣的情況反覆出現：上一句的結尾句號“.”後沒有空一格，導致與下一句的開頭第一個單詞編成同一個單詞了。 證據就是長按選中句號附近前一個單詞，會把後一句的單詞也連着選中了。 已經放棄這本了，換了一本遼寧人民出版社版本的，就沒出現這個問題（只粗略看了開頭，不保證後文也不出現錯誤），體驗感比本書好多了。 2026.04.13二編 遼寧人民出版社那本也出現排版格式錯誤了。目前在看「小熊寫字」的版本。 2026.04.13三編 「小熊寫字」版本的大寫字母標語那部分沒有分行，導致字母連在一起了。目前在看上海譯文出版社的《一九八四（中英雙語珍藏本）》的英文部分。

畢竟是1910年代的小說，前半部分的情節都不是那麼讓我驚訝，直到最後Winston被抓到Miniluv的部分。他們的手段看起來真的很普通，拿出一籠子的老鼠的時候我也沒覺得出乎意料，更沒覺得能改變什麼。直到Winston最後說Do it to her，我才明白過來這整個過程的意義。他們的目的從來不是真正意義上的洗腦Winston，他們是要碾碎Winston過去的“自我意識”，讓他失去一切支撐他的東西。於是後期他不論接收到什麼樣的信息，他都只能無條件的接受，他沒有足夠的自尊去支撐他做出別與他人的思考。這一段情節真的深深震撼了我，仔細一想又是非常合理的情況。再之後，將Winston投入社會的時候，他逐漸地將思想交付於社會來塑形，讓我感受到了這個ingsoc手段的強大，毫不誇張地說這等同於將一個完整的人打碎了重塑那樣的神力。我也相信，要是真有這樣的社會的存在，應該沒有方式能真的挑起叛亂，推翻他們。 最後Appendix裏的Newspeak也是很有趣的一部分。通過對語言的控制來控制人的思想，這樣的想法真的是很科學，放到現在也很難去argue它的現實性。 這本書厲害就厲害在，在作者的設定裏沒有那麼多科幻成分，沒有太多超前的科技，所以放在現在也不會過時，而且故事中一切policy的可行性絲毫沒受到時代發展的影響，所以這樣的故事對於人類來說還是有可能的一種對未來社會的展望。