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Book Reviews and Critiques

The Handmaid's Tale - Book Review
Cathie March 10, 2021

The Handmaid’s Tale Part 5 | By Ron Murdock

Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale Part 1 Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale Part 2 Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale Part 3 Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale Part 3 Part 5 Of The Handmaid’s Tale Part 5 of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ book review by Ron Murdock opens …
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The Handmaid's Tale Part 4
Cathie January 31, 2021

The Handmaid’s Tale Part 4 | By Ron Murdock

Once a month a bell would ring summoning the entire household into the sitting room. The two aunts, Offred, the driver of the Commanders car and wife would join together in the room. Then they would take their proper seats. Protocol mixed in with petty power …
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The Handmaid's Tale - Book Review
Cathie October 20, 2020

The Handmaid’s Tale Part 2 | By Ron Murdock

Read the Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale Part 1 The Handmaid’s Tale Part 2. Some things changed when Gilead replaced the USA. Every one kept to the social ranking assigned to them, and a dress code was given to them. It sounded as if money no …
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Some Books Are Quite Prophetic Feature
Cathie June 4, 2020

Some Books Are Quite Prophetic | By Ron Murdock

There are a number of books in the marketplace that are quite accurate on what the authors saw coming. While they weren’t 100% right they were close enough calls to be eerily similar to what is happening in today’s world. Most of these books started off …
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George Orwell 1984 Book Review Part 5
Cathie April 10, 2019

1984 By George Orwell Part 5 | By Ron Murdock

It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed. – Marcus Aurelius We tend to disempower ourselves. We tend to believe that we don’t matter. And in the act of taking those ideas to ourselves away to somebody else, to something …
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George Orwell 1984 Book Review Part 4
Cathie March 20, 2019

1984 By George Orwell Part 4 | By Ron Murdock

A good question to ask is why The Inner Party went to all the trouble to torture those they considered thought criminals. There was only one reason, to maintain power over people.
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George Orwell 1984 Book Review Part 3
Cathie February 25, 2019

1984 By George Orwell Part 3 | By Ron Murdock

Much like high ranking officials today, The Inner Party regarded the proles as naturally inferior. It doesn't take much effort to keep most people...
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George Orwell 1984 Book Review Part 2
Cathie February 11, 2019

1984 by George Orwell Part 2 By Ron Murdock

It was written in 1984 that 'who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past.' The individual memory will always be...
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Cathie March 18, 2018

Critique of Fahrenheit 451 Part 2 | By Ron Murdock

The book Fahrenheit 451 had its graphic moments. Fun parks were built so people could bully others. Not exactly the best way to build up community or release anger. Police would put adhesive tape on a book criminal’s mouth to shut it before hauling them off …
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Cathie March 10, 2018

Critique of Fahrenheit 451 Part 1 | By Ron Murdock

Ray Bradbury wrote one of the best masterpieces called Fahrenheit 451, which also could be classified as a daytime horror. It’s one of the genres of books that includes The Handmaid’s Tale, 1984, A Brave New World, The Long Walk, and a short story called The …
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By The Way... Essays and Atavisms By Dereck C. Sale Book Cover Feature
Cathie February 4, 2018

By The Way… Essays And Atavisms | By Dereck Sale

By The Way… Essays And Atavisms I recently found myself lost a book I recently received called ‘By The Way… Essays And Atavisms’ by Dereck Sale. Not lost in the sense of bewilderment, but as in ‘immersed’. My fascination was twofold; first was the realization that …
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Lottery By Shirley Jackson | Hand With Rocks
Cathie November 1, 2017

The Lottery | The Dark Side Of Human Nature | By Ron Murdock

The Lottery was a short story written by Shirley Jackson some years ago. It shows what happens when people don’t question the traditions they do and when it descends into a superstitious and meaningless ritual. After her story was published, many of the subscriptions to the …
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