What I found most interesting about this book was the idea of Newspeak and how Orwell captured the importance of language and word in our ability to express ourselves and paving paths to freedom and liberty. He foresaw a society where humans were so limited in their language that it has limited their thought and increased their malleability to the hands of the powerful oligarchy controlling them. I was sort of struck by the ending, in that Winston essentially found "freedom" in finally submitting to Big Brother and declaring his love for him. I still am not fully sure what Orwell was trying to get across with this, but maybe because Newspeak and the actions of the party had made it almost entirely impossible for a revolution to occur, there was no concept of being free from the party, as the party had made freedom outside of their world nonexistent. This means that finding complete loyalty and love for the party creates an oblivion to any suppressed urges or desires outside of party rules and control, making you free from the turmoil of harbouring such thoughts. Freedom in slavery. One similarity I was intrigued to find between this book and Brave New World was that a strong sense of community was instilled to create enthusiasm for the ruling controllers, whereas all strong emotional bonds between individuals were broken down to the point where everyone felt completely alone. This contradiction is one that I think is becoming increasingly more and more relevant. We are all so connected and place such strong emphasis on the communities we are a part of, yet we still fail to feel sufficiently personally bonded to those around us.