**SPOILER** Although I was uncertain that this book quite fit into the young adult section, a first read confirmed the choice of the librarian. With rather simplistic diction (compared to something like Victorian literature read in college) and somewhat challenging vocabulary, this novel written in 1949 describes a landscape of dismal tire and a populace that wholly submits to a tyrannical overseer: Big Brother. This infallible, immortal figure rules under the law of doublespeak which manipulates the populace into unquestioned allegiance--a never ending spiral that exhausts the ability to question in mere seconds.

As children mature into young adults, they begin to express angst towards silent submission to authority figures. 1984 provides an outlet of frustration that many teenagers feel as they begin to develop more complex understandings of the world. More so 1984 opens discussion on feelings of helplessness against a seemingly insurmountable force. Although the ending is depressing, the protagonist's disobedience can be interpreted as a precursor to more uprisings or it could be a warning to understand the warning signs of a government's desire for total control.