Reading 1984 and comparing ways of life in the book and the world I know I’ve come to appreciate what I have. Winston Smith is an older man who knew what life was like when he was younger: different, with a mother, a father, and a baby sister. I believe older people were more vulnerable to stray away from the new government like Winston. People like Goldstein who knew when times were better and would rather be free. I ask myself what life would be like in the future if I had no choice, no freedom, and have a scheduled day. No one had a choice and no one had an indecent thought. From waking up at a certain time to do exercises to everyone sitting down for “Two Minutes Hate”, not to mention the Newspeak language and the rationed food, the government had everyone under control and all the more ignorant. Children born at the time of this new way of life didn’t know what life was before and the government had them more under control. In a way they see this is how life should be and love Big Brother like Mrs. Parsons’s children who dance to the military music and act as the Party’s Thought Police. Children grow up to be the government’s own Stepford Wives so to speak.
Thinking about a different reality was a crime. Freedom was a crime. Winston went along with the people and the government’s rules until he found someone that was worth the risk.
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I totally agree with how this book makes you appreciate what we have today in our world. This was very well written in that it explains how the lives of the people in this book were, and how hard it was. This depicts very well how under control Winston's world was with the various examples that are taken from the book. I really like the ending paragraph. It was a very good way to end your thought. I believe this paragraph would be a good summary of the book if you wanted to tell someone what it was about... it doesn't give too much away and, in the end of it, when it says "until he found someone that was worth the risk" it makes you want to read the book to find out what happens. GOOD JOB!!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with you here. The book is a really a warning against what could happen in the real world if world leaders got mad with power and started a third World War. The outcome would truly result in an establishment of several world superpowers and the abolishment of the free nation.
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