Orwell's 1984 provides challenging reading, stimulating themes of dehumanization, isolation, repression, loneliness, social class disparity, and abuse of power, and a basis upon which students can form their own opinions about today’s society. The novel depicts a dystopia, a world that went wrong, a world of manipulation and control which uses its people against themselves like pawns. A look at modern society provides a startling comparison to 1984 ‘s world of control and manipulation. We should remember that the mindless citizens of Oceania are given neither the opportunity nor the encouragement to think or read. With a study of 1984, we have a chance for both. We should always exercise our right to think and form our own opinions. We should question and demand answers and never let ourselves become blind followers down a path of least resistance.