奧維爾在他的1938年的“我為什麽參加獨立工黨”(Why I joined the Independent Labour Party)中寫道:“過去的幾年我成功地讓資產階級付我幾塊英鎊來寫書批判資本主義,但這不會持續下去了,從長遠來看,一個允許言論自由的政權一定是社會主義政權……這是加入一個社會主義政黨的充足的理由。”(奧維爾自己加入了馬克思主義統一工人黨)。
奧維爾曾經解釋說,《1984》不是對社會主義和英國工黨的攻擊。用《1984》的眼光看,當今的西方社會也是集權統治,政府對民眾的控製也越來越嚴重,因為奧維爾推崇的是一個真正的動物莊園般的無政府狀態。“人民隻有在不被打擾的情況下才會舉止端莊”(people can be trusted to behave decently if you will only let them alone)。
當然,不管有沒有“老大哥”,上帝總在時時刻刻監視著人類的一舉一動,連孩子們都知道:“Santa Claus knows who's naughty and nice, He sees you when you're sleeping;He knows when you're awake,He knows if you've been bad or good……。 ”
Sorry, since I almost read all Orwell's works, I couldn't understand how you draw such an conclusion: 問題是,我們非要刻意地為政治而談政治嗎?非要把一種政治觀強加給周圍的一切,甚至動物和植物嗎? 而自然界原本平平淡淡的物象,非要有什麽寓言和政治隱喻嗎?
Except his 1984 and Animal Farm, I am afraid you have not read anything else from him. I feel very funny about your above words. You let people feel he is a politcal machine. How shallow and sad! Actually one of the greatest attractions from Orwell is his deep thinking and intelligence towards overall social life, not only politics.
Orwell had passion for democratic socialism, not socialism or communism. Your words are misleading.
Let's learn something from George Orwell: using plain and concise language and clear logic in writing.
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Continue megchen的評論:
my description "He was ranked the second greatest English writer for the past 100 years." was not correct.
In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". (wiki)
Personally, I have been deeply impressed by his intelligence.
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If we want to know Orwell well, only through his 1984 is far more enough. I got his complete essays and it's almost 1000 pages. Also, he had been trying to update his thinking all the time, so there is a saying that he's not consistent.
You would say his 1984 lack of arts of novel, but for his plain English writing style for his many essays as a well-known journalist and critic, he has been admired by many writers.
The overall impression for your understanding towards this one of greatest English writers is pretty shallow. Sorry to be so blunt!
He was ranked the second greatest English writer for the past 100 years.
奧維爾在他的1938年的“我為什麽參加獨立工黨”(Why I joined the Independent Labour Party)中寫道:“過去的幾年我成功地讓資產階級付我幾塊英鎊來寫書批判資本主義,但這不會持續下去了,從長遠來看,一個允許言論自由的政權一定是社會主義政權……這是加入一個社會主義政黨的充足的理由。”(奧維爾自己加入了馬克思主義統一工人黨)。
奧維爾曾經解釋說,《1984》不是對社會主義和英國工黨的攻擊。用《1984》的眼光看,當今的西方社會也是集權統治,政府對民眾的控製也越來越嚴重,因為奧維爾推崇的是一個真正的動物莊園般的無政府狀態。“人民隻有在不被打擾的情況下才會舉止端莊”(people can be trusted to behave decently if you will only let them alone)。
當然,不管有沒有“老大哥”,上帝總在時時刻刻監視著人類的一舉一動,連孩子們都知道:“Santa Claus knows who's naughty and nice, He sees you when you're sleeping;He knows when you're awake,He knows if you've been bad or good……。 ”