While reading George Orwell’s 1984, there were multiple new aspects of myself that I discovered. I have found that the overlapping theme of what I learned about myself is that I question everything I am presented with, no matter if it is from society or from our government. The three most important things I learned about myself through reflecting in my double-entry journal were that I do not trust any form of government, I value basic human drives and desires, and I uphold misogyny as as a disgrace to society. Initially, I found distrust for government and its power most commonly mentioned in my journal. Governments should protect their citizens and have their best interest in mind at any given time, but often times this is not the case.
