Hey y’all!
Seems like I’m breaking records here, this is my third post this month! Sweet!
So I finally finished reading 1984 and
it was downright AMAZING. And that is a surprising statement from me because
the first satire novel that I read,
Catch-22, I absolutely loathed reading it. Sorry Mrs. Smith! Anyways, I was surprised that I
enjoyed it because it was emphasizing the matter of the government and
Communism (Sam you would be proud of me!).
Like I said
before, the basis of the satire in this book is through the government’s (Big
Brother, in this case) power over the community. Big Brother used propaganda to
post phrases like, “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU,” and he really was, all of the
time. Big Brother and his government constructed televisions with cameras on
them so he could literally see society’s every move. There was only one corner
where the camera could not reach and that was it (as shown in my last post). To continue this dystopian
society, pens were so very rare and it was basically illegal to write in a
diary. How crazy is that? This type of ruling makes me think of the terrorist
attack on September 11, 2001. Long story short, former President of the United
States George W. Bush and Congress passed the Patriot Act in which the government
could tap into phone calls, emails, and other personal connections without
gaining permission from the user(s). Coincidence that Orwell basically
predicted this controlling society?
On top of
that, Orwell wrote 1984 only 4 years after World War II, or more specifically,
Nazi Germany. To add onto the increasing number of coincidences, in the film
adaptation of this satire, Big Brother looks like a replica of Hitler. Anyways,
Orwell basically inferred the corruption of the government and quite frankly,
he was basically correct (for the American government anyways). Too many
Americans are very skeptical of the government and how many secrets are being
held by them. Orwell was criticizing this government control and how it was
going to become real in 1984. It may not be 1984, but it sure is real.
To add onto
the Communism topic, many people believe places like Russia and North Korea are
the correct representation of Communism. In reality, Communism is to make all of
society equal, not just the citizens, but the government as well. Putin and Un
(respectively) are horrible at representing this concept. And who knows…will
America become Communist? Is that why they want to tax the rich more than the
poor to make everyone “equal?” I guess we will see.
This post
was not as fun as they usually are, but that is alright. I felt like being a
little more insightful today and we were talking about Communism. The fact that
Orwell’s prediction of the government’s control is slightly true scares me a
little bit because everyone needs their privacy. Will America be the next
Communist country? Will Orwell’s dystopian future become fully true? Tune in
next week to find out! (Just kidding I don’t know when it will happen if it
even does). Catch ya later!!
EG
I loved your blog! I am defiantly going to read this book. I had second thoughts on it when I read the summary of the book. However, I enjoyed how you made it seem so modern, comparing it to events that happened in the twenty first century. I love how per usual funny you are in all of the posts. It is always fun and interesting to read. In your future blog posts I would defiantly recommend adding more analysis to your blogs to make them even more in depth. I am still so shocked that they were not able to write in journals that is crazy! Keep writing.
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ReplyDeleteLoved it!!! (As always :)) I can't even find words to describe how well you presented your thoughts! I really like your title as well, I did not know what you were going to talk about, it captured my attention and made me want to find out what you were going to talk about. However I somehow agree with Nique, adding some kind of summary and presenting an analysis can only strengthen your blog even more! Overall, it was PERFECT :) I'm definitely looking forward to your posts to come, I see you got a record going on :) keep it up!
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