1984. Cross yard. Long live ficus! Orwell D.

“1984” - a kind of antipode of the second great anti -utopia of the 20th century - “On the marvelous new world” of Oldos Huxley. What, in essence, is worse: brought to the absurd “Society of Consumption” - or brought to the absolute “Society of Ideas”? According to Orwell, there is no and cannot be nothing more terrible than the total lack of freedom...

"The Castard" - a parable full of humor and sarcasm. Can a modest farm become a symbol of a totalitarian society? Of course yes. But... how will his "citizens" be seen by this society - animals doomed to the massacre?

"Long live ficus!" -Gorky, an ironic novel, in many ways an autobiographical.

The main character is Gordon Comstrack, an unrecognized poet, a loser writer, forced to serve in an advertising agency in order to earn a living. He has a real talent for the composition of the slogans, but his work inspires him with disgust, seems to be a caricature of literary work. He despises the material values ​​and vulgarity of the ordinary way of life, the symbol of which becomes ficus on the window. In all his failures, he blames the money, but proud poverty only leads it into the depths of depression...

Komstok needs to understand that in addition to high art there are simple joys, and there is nothing shameful in the effort to earn money. What will save him?