This year
Change has come
A new life has been born, a new god has emerged
This Year, a new year, has come
Words have been altered
Their meaning has gone astray, their being is forbidden
This Year is why
Pleasure has a new meaning
Lust and thinking was once a pleasure we took advantage of
This Year, no more
Your actions are no longer yours
Your actions belong to the new god
This year he is always watching you
Four angels have come in this heaven
Minitrue, Minpax, Miniluv, Miniplenty
This year, which one are you?
Change has come
A new life has been born, a new god has emerged
This Year, 1984, has come
-Allynn
In the poem, “This Year”, written by myself, I have constructed my interpretation on what I thought was important in the novel, 1984. I used the word “changes” as a replacement for the rules the Party enforced on their lifestyle. I used “GOD” and the “angels” as a representation of “Big Brother” and the “ministries”, but I specifically used those strong, positive, and holy images to contradict the idea that the Party’s changes were relevant to run a group’s lifestyle and were conniving and devilish.
