2006-10-22 06:06:05 · 15 answers · asked by garfet 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
I meant compulsory as in add it to the curriculum, to spread the ida and encourage free thought, not to force people to take on its message.
2006-10-22 06:32:15 · update #1
If you had met some of the children i teach you would realise that even at 16 they are incapable of reading anything longer than the back of a cd, and deeper than the Beano. Good idea though.
2006-10-22 06:09:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Many didn't get it the first time around, it may get less understanding in schools now.
But a good book, well it is a "Brave New World" that we live in now.
I don't think the lengh is a problem, more the age from where it comes from (old writing style). I consider it a quick read compared to the 1000 page volumes that contribute to trilogies, that push the boundary of contempory witting.
2006-10-22 13:09:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surely one lesson of this book is that we should have no respect for a society that tries to indoctrinate its children. Compulsory reading of anything would be ignoring this...
2006-10-22 13:17:49 · answer #3 · answered by Kat D 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I personnaly wouldn't make it compulsory but certainly as a suggested read.
2006-10-22 13:11:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you think children today will read a big book like that, not unless it's made into a film.
2006-10-22 13:09:11 · answer #5 · answered by redfcuk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a good book, but it's unrealistic, it's a piece of fiction. It would be better for them to study the former USSR and its failures.
2006-10-22 13:13:31 · answer #6 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1984 is a book that has one underlying message that is presented over and over again.
Orwell had good ideas, but the man could have witten the story in 5 pages and gotten his message across.
2006-10-22 13:22:45 · answer #7 · answered by CJ 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why? It didn't do much when it was first written and there were many more Dictatorships in the world then than there are now.
2006-10-22 14:24:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would be bootless as learning to read seems nowadays to be an optional extra.
2006-10-23 07:21:22 · answer #9 · answered by TC 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It should be compulsory reading for VOTERS!
2006-10-22 13:14:26 · answer #10 · answered by crx81 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋