What is the major theme of this novel? Why is this theme important to a teenager living in 2007?The theme of this novel was censorship as well as totalitarianism with betrayal. This also meant oppression, mind control, and inequality in the future world. I believe that he wrote this book to warn future generations of the downfalls of totalitarianism and communistic governments. One thing that I realised was that dictatorships are very controlling and they can do as they please just to control the people within their country. With telescreens everywhere and feeling watched even in your private space would be the most uncomfortable sensation you could have. With changing history, changing your thoughts, opinions, way of speech, and being ruled under one person, I would have been mad if I was one of the citizens under the rule of Big Brother.
This theme is important to teenagers because we have to be thankful of the situation that we are in. There were many situations such as this novel, though not as extreme, but they still existed. Nowadays, there are not that many, however, it can be found in some places. In this novel, proles and most citizens were starving to death and didn't have enough food, utensils, and other items that they needed for their daily life. Most of all, all the citizens whether they were Party members or not, they all needed to live under strict regulations with complete surveillance by telescreens and the Thought Police. The people did not have the chance to show their inner and true emotions and were restricted both mentally and physically.
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