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2007-02-16 21:44:26 · 2 answers · asked by DS 3 in Social Science Psychology

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I wouldn't think so Goldstein's Book is a fictional book which is an important element in both the plot and the overall theme of George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Orwell's novel describes a totalitarian society ruled by the all-powerful Party. Emmanuel Goldstein figures in state propaganda as the chief enemy of the state — a former Party member who conspires against the "wise" leadership of Big Brother. Early in the novel, Orwell introduces the concept of the book supposedly written by Goldstein: "There were...whispered stories of a terrible book, a compendium of all the heresies, of which Goldstein was the author and which circulated clandestinely here and there. It was a book without a title. People referred to it, if at all, simply as The Book." In the text of the novel, The Book is usually written in italics, although there are exceptions such as occurs in the Signet Classic Centennial Edition print of Nineteen Eighty-Four, where The Book is simply in a different font.

2007-02-16 21:50:17 · answer #1 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0 0

I'd say more a book of uncalled-for violations!

2007-02-16 21:47:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0 1

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