1984 English Reading for Beginners

Hope! Hope for a better future! Hope to lift the boot of oppression from their heads! A long-hoped-for meeting, and a new hope.

Esperança! Esperança de um futuro melhor! Esperança para tirar a bota da opressão de suas cabeças! Um encontro muito esperado e uma nova esperança.

In Chapter 6 of this English Graded Reader for Beginners, love becomes a shield to the horrors of existence. Winston and Julia make a life for themselves in their small apartment, away from the oppression of Big Brother and the Party. They discover each other’s bodies and beliefs, and solidify their desire to fight and survive.

In Chapter 5 of this English Graded Reader for Beginners, Winston Smith is finally able to take a stand against the Party! His rebellion is significant. His rebellion gives him hope. But is there hope for Winston in the future? Is his one act of rebellion enough to bring down Big Brother?

In Chapter 4 of this English Graded Reader for Beginners, we discover even more sinister ways the Party uses to control its subjects - sex! Not prohibiting the sex act (that is still needed to make babies for Big Brother), no, but prohibiting the love and pleasure and desire associated with it. Like destroying words to limit thought, eliminating sexual pleasure and desire eliminates distraction and focuses attention on Big Brother. Big Brother is ALL!

In Chapter 3 of this English Graded Reader for Beginners, discover the very origins of the concept of “fake news”! When you control the present, like Big Brother does, you control the past. The past becomes what you want it to be - the truth is erased, and facts are invented to fit your narrative. You cannot question the “facts”, because the party will accept no dissent. Either you accept the “truth” for what it is, or you go mad knowing there IS not truth!