Why do we write a book review?

Why do we write a book review?

A book review serves the purpose of helping others to decide if they should or want to read a particular book or not. This is done by reading and evaluating a given book, and summing it up in terms of how well it has been written and/or how well the author has handled the subject matter.

Who does Big Brother represent?

Big Brother represents the totalitarian government of Oceania, which is controlled by the Party and therefore synonymous with it. Winston learns in Goldstein’s book that Big Brother is not a real person but an invention of the Party that functions as a focus for the people’s feelings of reverence and fear.

What is ironic about the 4 ministries?

The Party slogan is a string of irony claiming that opposites, like war and peace, or freedom and slavery, are equal to one another. It names its Ministries, the centers of its power, ironically as well. The Ministry of Truth is concerned with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture, and the Ministry of Peace with war.

How is the Ministry of Love ironic?

They are ironic because these ministries “produce” the opposite of what you would think they would. The Ministry of Love is devoted to punishing people in terrible ways for minor things (as Winston is tortured for his crimes).

Why is it called the Ministry of Love?

The Ministry of Love (Newspeak: Miniluv) serves as Oceania’s interior ministry. In a sense, however, the name is apt, since its ultimate purpose is to instill love of Big Brother—the only form of love permitted in Oceania—in the minds of thoughtcriminals as part of the process of reverting them to orthodox thought.