Writing In Repsonse to Orwell

The most interesting part of 1984, the novel, to me was the way it made assumptions to the future and guesses as to the way people will live their lives in the future. The author, George Orwell, talks about things that may happen in the future like new inventions and even a new way as to the way we speak. One major topic that 1984 examines is propaganda, which is a big part of our current world. So Orwell discussing propaganda was a good insight as to what did happen in the future. Some of the examples of propaganda in the novel are the messages that are displayed on the “tele-screens”, the names of the ministries, and the posters of “Big Brother” displayed all around the town. This was interesting to me because it shows the way the government and/or media can really change a person’s perspective of something in current events and pop culture. This same thing happens today, mostly with celebrities and tabloid magazines.
Another interesting thing I discovered about George Orwell was that he also wrote poetry, like the one in “Why I Write”. I think it’s cool that he has the passion to write both novels and poetry. The fact that Orwell writes both forms of literature is mind boggling to me because to me the two forms of writing are completely different and require a totally different mind set for each form.