Individualism vs. Collectivism for Common Good

Why I chose to read 1984 By George Orwell

I chose 1984 by George Orwell as my individual book study for a few reasons. One, I enjoy reading stories set in the past that involve the future. I enjoy seeing how different their ideas of the future from what it actually became or how ridiculous they thought something would be and it actually did become reality. I also like stories where the protagonist has all odds set against him and somehow overcomes it all and from what I have read about it on the back of the book and on the internet it sounds like he has a lot of odds set against him, I am interested to find out if Winston Smith is able to overcome them or not. Finally, it seems like it could have a similar concept as Hunger Games, a book, which I recently read and enjoyed.