what was the reaction of the people during the time when the book 1984 (George Orwell) was released?

Question

some reliable online sources would be great
and i already checked wikipedia
this book came out in 1948/1949

Answer 1

Wow... I like how no one answered your question.

Apparently (and ironically) right-wing publishers, to Orwell's dismay (as he was Liberal), used the book as anti-communist propaganda- which is how the book became so popular.

This goes against what Wikipedia says, so I am unsure of which one is correct.- thus showing the inreliability of the internet.

Here is one article that Orwell wrote, himself, about the reaction of the public to books. Whether or not it is about his book "1984", "Animal Farm", or just books in general, I am not sure, but the source appears reliable.. and it has good links to other Orwell sites
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http://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/leviathan/english/e_wal

From what I am seeing on the internet, it would probably do you some good to go to the actual library and find biographies on Orwell. LexisNexis is a great and reliable source to use. It is not free, but your school may have already signed up for it- if so, you can access it for free via your school library website.

Answer 2

1984 was an allegory about the Soviet Union of the day.

It was bascially a followup to Animal Farm, which was an allegory about the Russian Revolution and how, in Orwell's opinion, Stalin subverted Lenin's dream of a working class-ruled state.

Orwell was a socialist, and he supported the original goals of the Russian Revolution. He also felt that Josef Stalin had destroyed those goals, and created a brutal totalitarian regime in their place.

1984 was intended to show a British audience the horrors of Stalinism, by transposing them to a famiar setting - London, England - in the near future.

Answer 3

Orwell wrote 1984 as a warning against totalitarianism--of course, it had a huge impact during the time of its release and should still have a huge impact when one considers the "State of Surveillance" we now live in. If you have access to a college library database, use the LRC (Literature Resource Center) to search for credible, scholarly articles about Orwell and 1984. Good luck!

Answer 4

A lot of people though it was were the world was going many still do. In "Amusing ourselves to Death" By Neil Postman he dose a neat little compare and contrast between 1984 and "Brave New World" its a good read.

Answer 5

Some reviewers thought his blunted razor blades, smell of cabbage, etc were more convincing than his totalitarianism.
Bertrand Russell said "This book is that rare thing, a genuinely philosophical novel."

Answer 6

1948....he rearranged the date into 1984
He was writing about modern day London

Answer 7

it was meant for a warning