1984

George Orwell’s 1984 is a powerful dystopian novel that explores the dangers of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and state control over truth and individuality. Set in a grim future where the Party, led by Big Brother, rules with absolute authority, the story follows Winston Smith, a man struggling to hold on to independent thought and personal freedom. Orwell paints a chilling picture of a society in which language is manipulated (through "Newspeak") to limit thought, history is constantly rewritten, and rebellion is a crime punished by psychological and physical torture. Published in 1949, the novel remains deeply relevant today as a warning against unchecked political power and the erasure of objective reality.