What is the best book to compare 1984 to?

Question: What is the best book to compare 1984 to!?

Hi!. I am reading 1984 by george orwell, and have to write a comparison essay on it to another book!. it can be any book, but i would like it to be a tad similar, or just have ideas that would be good to compare it to!. I've been trying to figure this out for quite a while, and would greatly appreciate just some ideas!. i'll give 10 points for a good answer!. thanks :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Try We by Yuri Zamyatin!. Slightly pre-dating 1984, it is actually written by a persecuted Russian author who was arrested by for, more or less, 'thought crimes' in Stalinist Russia!.

You will hear Brave New World by Huxley more regularly, and that is also a fine selection for a comparison, but We has a lot more in common with 1984 and, in my opinion, is a far better book!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The key is that you are looking for another story describing a "dystopia," i!.e!., the opposite of a utopia!. The three primary examples of distopia have already been mentioned: Orwell's "1984," Huxley's "Brave New World," and Yevgeny Zamyatin's "We!."

As to which is the best comparison work!.!.!.since "We" is the oldest (1921) of the three works, it might be a little harder to understand, contextually - but that should NOT necessarily disqualify it!. You might want to have a quick chat with your instructor/teacher on what they have in mind!.

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Animal Farm, another Orwell book, which is actually very similar in terms of control and dictatorship, except it's with present day animals on a barn!.

And like others suggested: Brave New World!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I like Fever 1793
but it has nothing to do with this book
It seems like the book
"A Wrinkle in Time" is similar!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Fahrenheit 451 or Brave New World!.
Neither are nearly as good as 1984, but they both deal with an Orwellian-esque future!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Brave New World by Aldorus HuxleyWww@QuestionHome@Com

Brave New World!. Or Animal Farm!.Www@QuestionHome@Com