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1984 by George Orwell

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Totalitarianism, surveillance, and loss of individuality

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Hypocrisy of the Puritan society, the nature of sin, and the plight of women

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Hard Times by Charles Dickens

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Industrialization, utilitarianism, and the dehumanization of work

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Animal Farm by George Orwell

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Corruption of socialist ideals and the nature of power

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Candide by Voltaire

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Optimism, religion, and the cruelty of the world

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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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Gender roles, loss of identity, and theocratic control

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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Racial injustice, the destruction of innocence, and moral growth

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Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

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The vacuity of middle-class life and the social pressures toward conformity

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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Class consciousness, marriage, and gender roles in 19th century Britain

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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

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War's destructiveness, free will, and the illusion of progress

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The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe

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Excesses of the 1980s Wall Street, racism, and class divisions

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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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Consumerism, technology in governance, and loss of individuality

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Ulysses by James Joyce

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The banality of everyday life, Irish nationalism, and the human condition

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Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

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Corporate power, information control, and the commodification of culture

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Inferno by Dante Alighieri

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Moral concepts of sin, the structure of society, and the flaws of political and religious leaders

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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

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Irish economic conditions under British rule, and indifference towards the poor

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American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

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Capitalism, superficiality, and the amorality of the yuppie culture

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Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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Society's fixation on wealth and social climbing, and the emptiness of high society

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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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Bureaucracy, the absurdity of war, and the dehumanization of life during conflict

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Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

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Human nature, the British monarchy, and colonialism

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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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Censorship, the loss of intellectual freedom, and the effects of technology

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Black No More by George S. Schuyler

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Racial identity, eugenics, and the social constructions of race

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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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Absurdities of bureaucracy and the irrational nature of war

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The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The relationship between the individual and the state, and the concept of the general will

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The American Dream, class disparity, and materialism

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Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

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Toxic masculinity, consumerism, and the struggle for self-identity

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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Racism, slavery, and societal expectations in the antebellum South

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The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

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Religious fundamentalism, migration, and cultural identity

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Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart

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The importance of youth and appearance, the degradation of literacy, and the obsession with technology

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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

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The conflict between reality and idealism, chivalry, and the individual versus society

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