Researcher: WHAT? A MOVIE?

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Did you know that there was a movie for the book, 1984 that came out on December 14, 1984 (Haha, the date. (: )

The main characters are played by...

Winston Smith is played by John Hurt.
O'Brien is played by Richard Burton.
Julia is played by Susanna Hamilton.
Mr. Charrington is played by Cyril Cusack.

You guys! We all need to watch it together!

-Michelle Xia (:

Researcher: George Orwell

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(Yeah, that picture, because he is soo creative, it's only half of him)

After reading this AMAZING book, I wanted to know a little bit about the AMAZING author who wrote the book. So, I wanted to share it with you guys, because maybe you will feel the same way.

George Orwell
June 25 1905 - January 21 1950 (Age 46)

This real name is Eric Arthur Blair but he is well known as George Orwell (pen name). He is an English novelist and journalist. He is known to write about awareness of social injustice. Eric was born on June 25 in Motihari, Bihar, Bengal Presidency, British India and moved to England when he was one.

Throughout his lifetime, he moved to all different places like London and Paris!

Orwell died at the age of 46 because of tuberculosis which he described in Down and Out in Paris and London (So, if you are interested, read it.). He was in and out of the hospitals for three years. ):

If you liked his books, here are some other books he wrote.
-Animal Farm (1945)
-His Homage to Catalonia (1938)
-Down and Out in London and Paris
-Coming up for air

-Michelle (:

Researcher: Communism

This book is about communism (the Big Brother and his party being the communist ruler and how the people in London were limited to what they do, think, and say.)so I did a little research to inform you guys on what communism really is.

What is Communism?
Communism is a social structure in which a society/country is controlled by a ruler, also known as a dictator. A communist nation have no class differences, no states, no money, and no basic government.

A lot of people aren't in favor of communism especially during World War 2. However, communism isn't all that bad, although it just limits on what humans are required to produce and manufacture to their needs, no more and no less.

On the positive side, it allows labour as a source of pleasure not torture, and overcoming the conflict between consciousness and instinct.

I basically summarized what communism means...if you would like to go in depth on this concept, please go to websites like http://en.internationalism.org/icconline/2006/december/what-is-communism for more information. (:

-Michelle Xia (:

Researcher: What really happened in 1984?

In the beginning, it was around April of 1984 in London. I did a little research on what happened that time and found this.

April 4: Peace protesters were evicted from the Greenhan Common Women's Peace Camp
April 9: 100+ pickets were arrest at Creswell colliery in Derbyshire and the Babbington colliery in Nottinghamshire.
April 12: Arthur out rules a national ballot of miners on the topic to continue their strike.
April 17: Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed by a gunman.

(All information from Wikipedia.)

Do you think the Arthur predicted well? Is there a connection of some sort? Any comments?

-Michelle Xia (: