The book “1984” written by George Orwell ought be allowed onto the NISD approved book list for students. The book’s maturity level gives the reader a sneak peek into the the reality of how the real world works.The academic merit goes beyond the comprehension of a high schooler and could be used greatly learned from in a high school setting. 1984 also offers something most books can not, interest. "Today's teenagers, gay and straight, are sexual beings, surrounded by sexuality in their lives, for better or for worse. But any author who acknowledges this reality is going to be controversial,' no matter what your take is,. "This is a little frustrating to me because it's as if the whole topic is taboo. But how can you write about teens and …show more content…
John Guthrie states “ Enabling Students to control significant elements of their reading and writing work is motivating” (Guthrie 7). Students need motivation if they are to ever learn something from a mandated reading. “1984 is suddenly a best seller” says the New York Times. This means that a sudden spark in interest would lead students and their peers to want to read the novel. Gay Ivey writes “Students not only listen and take up their peers' strategies as possibilities they had not yet imagined, but they also offer advice on getting through particular parts of books they have read. "Push through and it will get better" was an effective strategy we often heard eighth-grade readers telling each other but that would seldom be invoked in lessons on comprehension. Experience and trust in the context of a relational network made this strategy useful in ways that would not have been so in the reading of a required text or in cases where reading is considered an individual act.” Students listen to their peer and when their is an interest it usually spreads. This book is a sudden interest and would allow a student to read a novel that not only they will learn from but enjoy