Yeah, I loved the book reading in high school, and I think it was that I related so closely Holden. Reading it a couple decades later definitely hit harder, but made me proud of how far I have come

1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell, and The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood give us a good idea of the chaos to come if a government does not have proper checks and balances.

1984 by George Orwell felt a bit too real…