tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post3582460504701783153..comments2024-01-30T09:28:20.715+01:00Comments on Val's Random Comments: Arslan - M.J. EnghValashainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13766127527509268224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-84001490343929148372013-10-16T20:46:28.131+02:002013-10-16T20:46:28.131+02:00It doesn't really. 1984 or other classic dysto...It doesn't really. 1984 or other classic dystopias challenge ideas or political systems supported by a reasonably large group of people, sometimes even society as a whole. Arslan just decides people the single most important threat to the planet and sets out to eliminate them. Through a series of unlikely events he manages to gain enough power to do it. His objections to the world as it is, Valashainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766127527509268224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9181327480848828236.post-60468260193723904312013-10-16T12:57:05.762+02:002013-10-16T12:57:05.762+02:00Regardless of plot feasibility, it seems like a ve...Regardless of plot feasibility, it seems like a very odd book. How does it compare to <i>Nineteen Eighty-four</i> or any other classic work in terms of dystopian totalitarianism?Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.com