Fiction: Reading for Fun

Dystopian World State controls population through genetic engineering, sleep-learning, and psychological manipulation. Bernard Marx, an outsider scientist, travels to a Savage Reservation and meets John, a man raised in the World State but born on the Reservation. John challenges the World State's values of conformity and hedonism, causing a stir and threatening the status quo.

The story is set on a farm where the animals, led by pigs Napoleon and Snowball, rebel against the human farmer, Mr. Jones, to establish their own utopian society. The animals institute principles of equality and self-governance, but over time, the pigs, particularly Napoleon, become corrupt and authoritarian, mirroring the rise of a totalitarian regime.

A dystopian novel set in a totalitarian society controlled by a government led by the enigmatic figure Big Brother. The story follows Winston Smith, a low-ranking member of the ruling Party, who rebels against the oppressive regime and its surveillance state.