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Here’s what you need to know:1) the basic topic is propaganda and the final book of the course, but the choice of what exactly to write about is totally up to you -- just run it by me to make sure it fits in with the course theme 2) the genre of writing (i.e., the category of writing, such as review, fiction, etc.) is also totally up to you.A suggestion would be to write about 1984, but do so in a form of your choosing. It could be in the form of a book review, analyzing and interpreting the important messages of the book for an audience that may read it in the future. Persuade them: why should the read it? Why should they stay far away from it? You could write a poem about the book itself or the themes in the book. In this case, you could “poem-atize” the book itself, turning the story of the book into a poem or short story, for instance, writing poems from the characters’ points of view, or just write a poem about how you reacted to the book or how you reacted to some of the ideas of the book. You could do the same thing as a song, a set of songs, or song lyrics. For some of you that want to take a more active posture, you could write a series of letters to politicians talking about the importance of the messages in the book, or create an online petition or whitehouse.gov petition. Lastly, another idea would be to write what a newscast would like look for the events of the story, with or without propaganda.To sum up, here are just a few possibilities for written genres you can choose for this project:~ A book review or book/film analysis:see:https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/2/26/17029572/black-panther-marvel-politics~ Fictional short story or set of poems based on the themes/ideas we read~ Op-ed on issue related to the book~ Letter to a politician about the book or the issues in the book~ Online petition~ Newscast ScriptWhile I encourage you to try out a new genre of writing (like one of the above possibilities), you can continue practicing personal narrative or academic research if you like.

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Book Review
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Book Review of Nineteen Eighty-Four
In the novel ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ by George Orwell, Oceania- one of the three inter-continental superstates other than Eurasia and Eastasia, divided the world after a global war. The most amazing thing about the novel is that Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian novel published in 1949 where the author envisioned the pessimistic world 35 years in advance. It is a story where majority of the world had fallen victim to propaganda and perpetual war. The novel is one of the rarest work in English classics that runs on themes of nationalism, futurology, censorship and surveillance. The language used in the novel is Newspeak. 
This book is a must-read as it is portrays the author’s foresight of the modern world in a terrifying manner. The most attractive feature of the novel is the manipulation of language. It has been argued that the origin of the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is influenced by another dystopian novel We by Yevgeny Zamyatin. It is often seen that people find it more fascinating to know and read about the content that has been banned or legally challenged. This could be another factor in exciting the readers to know about the content that was intolerable by some.  This novel is quite influential as it creates a sense of fear, suppression and distress. Many terms such as Big Brother, memory hole, telescreen, doublethink, Newspeak, thoughtcrime, Room 101 and 2+2=5 have come into existence after the publication of this novel.  It would be exciting to read the original usage of these terms in this book. In the words of Freedland, the book has created such a plausible image that it creates a unique experience to another world. The book has been successful worldwide as it has a deeply absorbing story with no manifesto.

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