I am a novel that begins with a line about a man, yet I am not just about him. I explore a society's struggles through his eyes. What am I?
Category: Knowledge · Difficulty: hard
Hint: I depict a dystopian future under constant surveillance.
Answer
1984
Explanation
George Orwell's '1984' begins with the protagonist Winston Smith and critiques totalitarianism and social control.
This is a hard knowledge riddle — a tricky one that takes a little thought. The answer is 1984.
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