okay, now that I finally have time to sit down and write this blog post, lets just say I had a lot of practice during this week (sorry Ms.Fletcher). Now because of the discussion we as a class had last Friday. I heard in other periods with Ms.Fletcher thing did get a little heated. even though I wanted to say something about the surveillance and how technology will affect our world hearing what other people had to say really did open my mind to understanding about what other individuals thought of. As for 1984 ending up very hopeless because of big brother opens up what could of happen if Wilson did beat big brother. Would he actually end up with a normal life rebuilding from ruins, even with vocabulary. Would English become even more complex as it is now through out time.
All these questions run through my mind about what the Author, George Orwell must had thought about how to make the ending. To leave readers/audience discombobulated by not having that heroic ending. In my reasoning, what I find that is very clever for the author is this man Orwell wrote 1984 in the 1940's, to be writing about advance technology was beyond his time. people only had box Television, land lines wires connected to a home phone. I believe that Orwell wrote this book to let the future generations know how the government might take action to control us all without our population even knowing. This topic came out during discussion on Friday , about how even in the city of Long Beach they're are cameras in every corner.
cellphones are becoming collected data , people can hack your phone through apps, maybe even the government is looking through your life even your privacy only to "protect" our country. All of the conspiracy theories about government, people, money, the world is all one big commotion. I'm quite satisfied our class had this discussion, their were very powerful points including surveillance, control, government, freedom anything to do with one's limit's. 1984 has made me aware now about handling my phone and when to speak up with I know something is not right. George Orwell is a fantastic writer, but can add a lot of details when it is not necessary. overall 1984 can be a great reliable source when teaching young readers the cautions of a cruel world we live in today.
I so agree with you, reading and discussing 1984 was a real eye opener because like we discussed in class not many people know what's going on or choose to brush it off and ignore it because they want to believe that the government is always right and doing things for our safety but they don't realize it may not only be for our safety but for their own convenience because they control the media.
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