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Motoreducteur t1_iucj2os wrote

Hahaha 1984 is horrible in that regard, I still shudder when I think back on it.

Yes they are happy, but I won’t spoil the book for you. Orwell’s take on this is very interesting and troubling.

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ClaudioMoravit0 OP t1_iucj8rn wrote

actually i already read it, but it's been a while (few years from now) and i definitely don't have time to read it again. But yeah this book was amazing

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Motoreducteur t1_iucl3an wrote

Ok then I'll add an answer to your question in spoilers just in case.

>!In the beginning, the main character is not unhappy, but he can't be said to be happy either: he's just living. He has wants but he doesn't really act on them. He finds the situation all around him to be very strange.!<

>!The common people, socially lower than him, find happiness in their lives, but they're more free than he is in some regards. The people higher than him seem to have it better than him too. !<

>!The most important take you can get from the book, in my opinion, is that when Winston and Julia try to get away from society and become free to build their own happiness, they're denied that. However, in order to have no martyrdom, the regime makes people happy that they will die through brainwashing before killing them. The final lines are about Winston loving Big Brother.!<

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