“How Could the Text Be Read and Interpreted Differently by Two Different Readers?”
The book 1984, written by George Orwell, is about a man called Winston Smith. He is a secondary member of the ruling Party; the ministry of Truth, in London, in the nation of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes the Party keeps an eye on him; on everyone in fact, through the telescreens. He is even watched in his own home. Everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party’s seemingly all-knowing leader a figure of which is known only as Big Brother. The Party controls everything in Oceania and even controls its history and language by re-writing it and is forcing the application of an invented language called Newspeak. This is done in order to attempt to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is illegal. Such thought crime is, in fact, the worst of all crimes.
This essay is based on how two different types of readers read and interpret the book in different ways. Their different views upon this book will be based on who they are and on the characteristics they hold.
My two different readers are an upper-class, female Russian who is merely a teenager, very interested in the happenings in history and lastly an upper-class male German who is middle-aged and is supportive over his nationality. From these characteristics described I am able to answer the question; “How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers?”
My first reader is the Russian girl, Katarina, who is against the fact that the ruling Party is controlling the lives of so many as she grew up witnessing the terrible happenings of the communists control over Russia which began around 1918, through her grandmothers’ stories. Katarina relates this book to a historical background of the happenings in Russia and therefore is displeased to know of the cruelty and injustice that took place during this era. She can make comparisons between the book and the event as she believes, for example, that Stalin's persona comes
This essay is based on how two different types of readers read and interpret the book in different ways. Their different views upon this book will be based on who they are and on the characteristics they hold.
My two different readers are an upper-class, female Russian who is merely a teenager, very interested in the happenings in history and lastly an upper-class male German who is middle-aged and is supportive over his nationality. From these characteristics described I am able to answer the question; “How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers?”
My first reader is the Russian girl, Katarina, who is against the fact that the ruling Party is controlling the lives of so many as she grew up witnessing the terrible happenings of the communists control over Russia which began around 1918, through her grandmothers’ stories. Katarina relates this book to a historical background of the happenings in Russia and therefore is displeased to know of the cruelty and injustice that took place during this era. She can make comparisons between the book and the event as she believes, for example, that Stalin's persona comes