2/05/2007

1984 - major theme

The novel 1984 is about what the world will be like if our actions are being watched and restricted. We can't do anything private and our every move is watched by people in Party. If we try to do anything that can harm the party, they will find us can be put into a torture to brainwash. Can world like this exist? The answer is yes. Moreover, we actually live in the world like this. The cameras are installed in buildings, outside, and even in the houses. The novel Digital Fortress focused on the similar situation where it says governments can read what we have sent through e-mail. As a result the government ended up self-destructing themselves. In 1984, people failed to defend themselves from tyrannical governments. More, most of the people gave up thinking on their own, and just thought and acted how government wanted them to act but Winston was different. The Inner Party takes control of people's life, even including love. In controversy, Winston fell in love and he remained as a thinking person. Later, they had to crush him to stop him from thinking. This happened all because of tyranny of the governments.
The governments tried to take control of everything, do every thing they want to do, and take everything what they want. This kind of government can take a control over us if we stop thinking. As a teenager who goes to school, I should try to think in critical way. Just don’t follow the crowd’s opinion or action but follow what I think is right. In modern society technology takes big part of our life. If we only depend on the technology, one day the machines are going to take over our world and we will serve as a slave.

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