Friday, June 1, 2007

Parallels between the world of the novel and our world.

Their are many parallels between the society in 1984 and our society today. Many things that our government does today are turning our society close to the things the government does in 1984. The governments are alike because George Bush, our president, passed the patriot act which allows the government agencies to tap into our phone wires at anytime. The government can hear any citizens’ conversation. This seems to me like a violation of my rights. I personally do not like if someone were listening to what i say. Another way our government is like 1984 is, by having political parties. During the election times of the year, you will see many parties like Democratic, republican, or green parties trying to persuade you into voting for them because it will be for the good of the people. The things the political party members tell us are that they are doing things for the better. In 1984 the party members try to convince the comrades of certain things so that the don't go against the government. These things show that we don't have a perfect society, and in a way if our society keeps going on the way it already is, one day, our society will be just like Oceania.

1 comment:

Miller said...

Hayley: I like your observations about some of the connections to our world. You say that some of the things the government does violate your rights. The next question is, what as a citizen can and should you do to prevent things from happening that occurred in 1984? What might Orwell, if he were alive today, suggest we do to combat government abuses?