Freedom Vs Oppression

Are all people products of their environment? What happens when the environment is too controlling? Do people just give in? Pressures to conform have the power to motivate individuality; however, controlling environments breed personal unrest.
A controlling environment often operates as a form of oppression, unjust treatment and/or control, and creates a feeling of oppression, mental pressure or distress. Just as oppression is a part of the human psyche when power is the reward, escaping oppression--of both kinds--is human nature when freedom is the reward. These patterns appear in every time period, and, consequently, the literature of each period reflects its presence.
From conformist to rebel, the main character Winston in George Orwell’s