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1984. Animal Farm. Long Live the Ficus!

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"1984" is a unique antithesis to the second great dystopia of the 20th century, Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." What is, in essence, more terrifying: "consumer society" taken to the extreme—or "idea society" taken to the extreme? According to Orwell, there is and can be nothing more terrifying than total unfreedom...

"Animal Farm" is a parable full of humor and sarcasm. Can a modest farm become a symbol of a totalitarian society? Of course it can. But... how will its "citizens"—animals doomed to slaughter—see this society?

"Long Live the Ficus!" is a bitter, ironic novel, largely autobiographical. The protagonist is Gordon Comstock, an unrecognized poet and unsuccessful writer, forced to work in an advertising agency to earn a living. He has a genuine talent for writing slogans, but his work disgusts him, seeming like a caricature of literary creativity. He despises material values and the vulgarity of everyday life, symbolized by the ficus tree on the windowsill. He blames all his failures on money, but his proud poverty only drives him deeper into depression...

Comstock needs to understand that there are simple joys beyond high art, and that there's nothing shameful in the pursuit of money. What will save him?
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