What is the mood of this novel? Do you find this novel saddens you in any way? Why?
I would describe the mood of the novel as depressing and hopeless. I think George Orwell revealed the mood of this story successfully through Winston. Winston, the main character of the novel, lived under the oppression of the government. Winston had to go through extremely hopeless and depressing society, secretly but stubbornly fighting against it. Through the strong mood, I could connect myself well with the novel.
Ending part of the story was especially depressing and hopeless. At the end, even Winston changed and stood for the government. From the beginning, I hoped Winston would success in rebellion against the government. However, the ending wasn't as I hoped. As I lost my hope and realized how everything is useless against the overwhelming power, I was very depressed.
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I agree with everything you've said about the mood of the novel 1984. It is a very good novel, and talks about the dystopian world very well. As I was reading the book, I too hoped, and actually expected Winston to gather more followers with Julia, start a rebellion, and succeed in his revolution against the Inner Party. When he got caught and went to the Ministry of Love, my hopes soared because I thought that he's gotten to a place where members of the "Brotherhood" would be very easy to spot, and intterogate with. However, the book didn't end in such a way and that made me truly believe that the book is unique.
I totally agree with this post too. The things he wrote are exactly what I wrote on my post. I do not know how many times I repeated this, but I will say it again because I think it is necessary: the dystopian world that is shown through this novel is so cruel and miserable that if I were to live in a world like this I would not even survive a day. Even though I mostly agree with him, I cannot say that his last sentence of this post is quite right. "As I lost my hope and realized how everything is useless against the overwhelming power, I was very depressed." I believe that no matter how depressing or bad the situation is, there's always a hope no matter what because there is God. The bible said that everything is possible to God, so if we beg truthfully and whole-heartedly, and it looks reasonable to Him, then I am sure that he will listen to our prayer, and situations like that can be changed too.
I agree with this post, also. Your opinion is exactly what I have been thinking about the novel. I was also depressed at the ending just as how you felt, and wondered why did the author made it that way. In my opinion, the reason why he did was to give a strong after-image to readers. For instance, people tend to remember stories with weird or unexpected endings better than normal and ordinary ones with happy endings. Anyway, nicely done!
In the beginning, yes, the mood is depressing. However, near the middle, we begin to feel a bit hopeful. We think that Winston had joined the Brotherhood and that they are going to overthrow the government. But they get captured and the mood becomes as depressing as ever. I like this book because bad guys win this one.
I 100% agree with you! Hopeless and depressing are exact feelings I felt when I was reading. I was really depressed after reading the book. While I was reading the middle part, I kept hoping that he could succeed. However, it did not happened. Not only did he failed but also he loved Big Brother. When Winston said he loved Big Brother, everything just ended miserably. Nice work.
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