Through reading the 1st part of George Orwell's '1984', I am reminded of the many films and novels that are based upon this idea. One in particular that I remember is the 2006 film called "Idiocracy". In "Idiocracy" a young man is frozen by the government and wakes up in the year 2505. Upon waking, he finds that what was smart is now dumb, and the president would barely be recognized as a citizen if he walked the streets today. Costcos and Policeman have taken over the world, and every human being is implanted with a barcode on their wrist that records their personal information and whereabouts.
The idea that Orwell is attempting to get across is about the government and privacy, and how nothing is sacred anymore. In '1984' the government controls the thoughts and actions of everyone on the planet. One man, named Winston Smith, secretly has a diary which he only takes out to write in secret, where he cannot be seen within the telescreen in his apartment, which makes hisself visible to the government.
4 comments:
You have great ideas, and good support in your blogg, but you don’t have a good attention getter.
I think there should be an attention getter in the beginning of the story. Also it was very interesting to read about the film, but it will be better if it was clearly stated how the film is related to 1984.
The post was a little bit short and lacked an introduction, but I liked that you took something that related to the novel, and the explanation was thorough.
Next time you should include an introduction and a pragraph, and possibly a few more details from the first part of the book, but again I liked how you mentioned the film and the elements relating to the novel.
Your blog needs an attention getter but other than that everything else seems good and thorough.
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