Nineteen eighty-four (1984) の感想

冷戦下の西側諸国において反共産主義のバイブルとして持ち上げられすぎた感もありますが、それを差し引いても、この作品は良くできています。1984は西洋においてある種の共産主義像を作り上げましたし、この作品中の造語は英語の一般語彙にいくつも取り込まれました。現在においても、英語圏ではこの作品に頻繁に言及されるので、（政治的趣向はどうであれ）文化を学ぶという意味でも、必ず読んでおく必要があるでしょう。

読めるのであれば、できれば翻訳より原文が望ましいのはどの本でも同じでしょうが、本書は、上記の文化的理由により、原文で読むメリットが特に大きい本だと思います。0

"Nineteen Eighty-four" is a remarkable book written by George Orwell. Its harsh style creates an authentic picture of a state turned by men themselves into hell where freedom is nonexisted, war is praised, and ignorance is encouraged.

People under the control of the party have no freedom exept to kill themselves. If they commit or seem to commit thougtcrime, the Thought Police will get them without fail and they will be vaporized as though the very existance of them had not been existed from the start. The party deletes any records related to the criminals, even the memory of them.

George Orwell also has coined new and potent words of warning for us all, such as "Newspeak", "Doublethink", "Big Brother" and "the Thought Police".

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

BIG BROTHER IS WATHING YOU.

The messages that the book delivers have not lost its power even today.