1984

This is only my point of view ^^

After reading the novel 1984 by George Orwell, there are a lot of questions in my minds. How not, I have to read the work of someone with such a wild thought. At the beginning of the story I feel fear. This kind of fear comes from the depiction of the narrator about the background and the plot of the novel. How can I not feel fear? In this kind of freewill era, free-speech and free thought, I have to think of the times where people can not argue or even think freely of their own volition. There are always people who control everything. Besides, they (Thought Police) keep watching on people by putting on telescreen in every corner of the room. Thus, when people think about something which is deviated from the ideology they profess, it emits telescreen. The ideology that they believe in, mentioned in the novel, is INGSOC (English Socialist). Chairman of this group is called Big Brother. It is because the telescreen always displays a post “Big Brother Is Watching You”. They display this writing in order that people are always scared and realize that there are always people who keep an eye on what they think. Nevertheless, the main character in this novel has another view. He wants to express what he thinks. Therefore, he writes a diary. In fact, at that time, writing activities is also prohibited. So, is it not worth if I feel scared when I read the beginning of the novel?

When I ask whether I like the novel 1984 or not, especially book 1 chapter 1-4, my answer is then both. On the one hand, I like the way the author of this novel imagines 1984 in which he himself had never experienced it so that there are a lot of the things that he exaggerated. However, those kinds of things make us interested. Besides, he also has a very wide and high imagination of the era. So that, the narrator that he created is so vivid and knows all things. The factor of narrator is what actually makes me confused because I think that the narrator knows everything that makes him want to tell us all parts of main character’s life. In addition, narrator also tells a few things or words that we don’t not know before.


This novel raises a political issue, especially about socialism. It is illustrated with the shared interests, not the individual interests. Individual interest is prohibited in this novel. This evidence comes from the telescreen mounted on each wall to determine the individual thoughts. This is done to prevent someone from being smarter than others, or being more powerful than others. The principle that they profess is that all people are the same; status, rights, and obligations. And if you compare it with this era, it is not likely to happen eventhough it might occur in 1984. Moreover, this novel also raises the dualism, the thought that puts the two sides, there is always a good thing in terms of bad things and it returns as well.

Have you ever thought about this poem and related to our country? It's so sad...

Morning at the Window

by: T. S Eliot

They are rattling breakfast plates in basement kitchens,

And along the trampled edges of the street

I am aware of the damp souls of housemaids

Sprouting despondently at area gates.

The brown waves of fog toss up to me

Twisted faces from the bottom of the street,

And tear from a passer-by with muddy skirts

An aimless smile that hovers in the air

And vanishes along the level of the roofs.

Who is she, honey?

Yesterday,..

I found the eyes gazing at you,

I saw the lips smiling at you, your eyes,

I looked at the hand holding your hand, yours,

And, and, and,...

I met the girl who was walking, laughing, and joking with you, mine!

Two Gorgeous Orchids

Mysha Qowiyya El Amin

Rajwa Shauma El Amin

Hello there,.. it's march, and I love it so much because I believe that this month breezes and starts to spring. ^^ However, I actually feel sad and sick to see my little nieces, yeah two little beautiful kids with their dimples in their cheeks. Really, I miss them so much.

Let me introduce them to you. They are my old sister's daughters. >>

The left one is my first niece. I (now) call her "kakak" because she has young sister now. I used to call "mey-mey" and absolutely look after her when my sister was in hospital few days after she was born. She is a charming little girl with many ideas to do everything. She always has something to ask to many people, especially to her mom and dad. We love her so much, moreover my mother who becomes the first grandmom for her. Although her age is about to four, she knows and understands what the adults say or think such as when I got married, she said "now, ateu Tsani is om Noval's,... " then she continued saying while looking at us (my husband and I) "kiss Ateu, Om!" Suddenly we were laughing together. She also is good at acting, yeah, she can cry and directly smile.  I think she can be an actress later,..hhihihi... over all, She really loves talking or telling everything. She can compose a new story every day. And I usually have no idea how she has many ideas to tell a new thing. It's really awesome! Yeah, she is the first orchid in my family, my mother's orchid who will always be loved and looked after by us. ^^

The right one is my 2nd niece, the calm one. hihihi,... I don't even have something to tell about "De Jua", her nick name (actually we call her because she has no brief to ask what she wants) hehe, Yeah, She is a real baby because she understands us well. She is a silent baby. She is only able to cry once or twice a day and it has a reason. She will sleep so soundly if she has been full. She is really cute. and I believe if you meet her, you will want to pinch or even bite her, especially her cheek. yeah, she is the contrary of her old sister. I can say they both really differnt. I mean, their characters because if their faces, you can see from the pict, they are same; beautiful. De Jua seldom greets others except her uncle, my husband. I don't know why she really likes him so much. It appears if they meet; she will smile and laugh for long time. And it always makes me envy to my husband because he can make her laugh very long. It's really amazing! Yeah, she is the 2nd orchid in my family, my 2nd mother's orchid who will be loved and looked after as same as the first orchid by us, your family. ^^

I will always love and take care of you both, my gorgeous orchids.