1984, written by George Orwell, illustrates to us that the government is not always there to help us; they are there for personal gain and to keep their country on a short leash. The leader, known as Big Brother, watches their citizens’ every move day in and day out. The Party controls everything from their history all the way down to their language. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is a crime and worthy of conviction. Thoughtcrime, in fact, is the worst crime that can be committed. “One of the most important roles of our government in the United States is to assist” (Government) its citizens when they need it. This role with always be implemented in society because of the sheer mass hysteria there would be if our government did nothing
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For example in 2014, in Huntsville, Alabama, the school thought it would be necessary to hire a retired FBI agent to keep the students and faculty safe because “the district received a tip about a social media post concerning a threat to a high school teacher, Ward said. The student was found to have brought a knife with an eight inch blade to campus, he added” (Wallace). Even though they hired him, they still have had incidents where kids have been expelled because of something they have said or done that threatened the school and/or its workers or students. This relates to 1984 because Julia “took it for granted that everyone, or nearly everyone, secretly hated the Party and would break the rules if he thought it safe to do so” (Orwell 152). Another school system example is dress code. Administrators and the Dress Code Dean attempt to enforce it by threatening the students with detentions or in school suspensions, while students still break it everyday because most teachers do not care if you break it as long as the clothes you have on are not provocative or offending anyone in any way. Orwell relates to this philosophy with “the rocket bombs which fell daily on London were probably fired by the Government of Oceania itself, ‘just to keep people frightened” (Orwell 153). People who have authority love to throw their weight around to get what they want and make them feel as though they have complete control of the audience. This leads to, more often than not, power struggles amongst the audience and leader. They make feel as though they are just like or that you are special and they are helping you “while at the same time robbing you of all power over the material world” (Orwell 164). They use manipulation to get a better and easier control of
For example in 2014, in Huntsville, Alabama, the school thought it would be necessary to hire a retired FBI agent to keep the students and faculty safe because “the district received a tip about a social media post concerning a threat to a high school teacher, Ward said. The student was found to have brought a knife with an eight inch blade to campus, he added” (Wallace). Even though they hired him, they still have had incidents where kids have been expelled because of something they have said or done that threatened the school and/or its workers or students. This relates to 1984 because Julia “took it for granted that everyone, or nearly everyone, secretly hated the Party and would break the rules if he thought it safe to do so” (Orwell 152). Another school system example is dress code. Administrators and the Dress Code Dean attempt to enforce it by threatening the students with detentions or in school suspensions, while students still break it everyday because most teachers do not care if you break it as long as the clothes you have on are not provocative or offending anyone in any way. Orwell relates to this philosophy with “the rocket bombs which fell daily on London were probably fired by the Government of Oceania itself, ‘just to keep people frightened” (Orwell 153). People who have authority love to throw their weight around to get what they want and make them feel as though they have complete control of the audience. This leads to, more often than not, power struggles amongst the audience and leader. They make feel as though they are just like or that you are special and they are helping you “while at the same time robbing you of all power over the material world” (Orwell 164). They use manipulation to get a better and easier control of