The book is 1984 by George Orwell. It is a shocking and scary view of the future from a writer in the 1940's.This book tells of a society which is ruled by fear and ignorance, where "Big Brother" is the government is always watching you, and ruling you subconscioulsy.Orwell wrote this as a warning against the comon persons bvecoming complacent and overly tusting in their leaders. What I learned from this book, is that what happens in this fictional novel, can easily happen to our present day community.Governments lie to us today, so why coul ....