Suspense

Within both of the books Animal Farm and 1984 George Orwell does a great job keeping people interested. He has suspense and twists all the way through both.

In Animal Farm when Napoleon starts trying to take more power and kicks Snowball out I would have expected the other animals to see what was happening. Instead all of the animals went along with what Napoleon was saying about Snowball and just blindly followed. Later on when the animals that came out as “traitors” I never expected all of them to be executed. Lastly I was extremely surprised by the ending when Napoleon started walking on 2 legs, wearing clothing, and acting like a human. (Also the restoration of the original name of the farm)

In 1984 a lot of twists happened, the ones that stuck out to me were when Julia told Winston she loved him, and when both Julia and Winston were captured. When Julia was telling Winston that she loved him I never expected to read that at all. I do not really know what I expected to happen, but I know it wasn’t that. Also when Julia and Winston were in the safe room I never expected them to be captured by Big Brother. I had expected that at some point during the book, but I thought that the room that was “free” from the sight of Big Brother was actually free from them.

Both of these books have moments that keep you reading them and keep them interesting.