Governments in a dystopia control citizens with media. Media can have a good influence or a bad influence on a society depending on what type of media they have and how much of that media the government wants them to see. In F451 , the parlor walls keep Mildred from realizing what is going on around her and even causing her to not even remember overdosing on sleeping pills. In “The Smartphone Is Eventually Going to Die, and Then Things Are Going to Get Really Crazy” by Matt Weinberger, he explains how a “neural lace in our brains” can give us technology that is already linked to us and we don’t even have to go anywhere to find it. In a dystopia, the media leads to self absorption. The people are so obsessed and worried about their phones or
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By intimidating and threatening its citizens, they can gain control over them very easily. In F451, the government burns people’s houses that contain books, threatening others by showing them what will happen to them if they have books, too. Also in F451, Montag thought how “Always at night the alarm comes. Never by day! Is it because the fire is prettier? More spectacle, a better show?”, which is exactly right, to get more attention from the citizens to make sure they know the consequences. In “Putin’s Russia” by Patricia Smith, Putin seems to just get rid of people who don’t agree with him, also threatening others by showing them not to disagree or say things that would go against him. Individuals in a dystopia are forced to accept violence. Then, in F451, the acceptance of fear is how they know they can’t stop their houses from being destroyed with fire, like how Mildred just grabs her things and runs out of her house, right before it is going to be burned. Similarly in the article, “people are willing to forgo human rights and freedom of speech more readily in the name of the national security and national stability”, because of the things the government does to other people who don’t follow or agree with Putin, scaring them into giving up their rights to stay safe. Therefore, in today’s society the article shows that Russia is definitely turning into a dystopia because of the …show more content…
The invasion of privacy from the government often scares the citizens into either keeping quite or sharing other personal information. In F451 the neighbors invade each other's privacy to find other people using books along with the mechanical hound that sniffs “Under the doorsill, a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric stream”. In “One Nation Under Surveillance. 5 Ways You Give The Government Control" by Kenneth Coats, it shows how the government spy through phones’ cameras and technology, also reading all the private information within the phones and technology. Because of the government’s invasion of privacy, the citizens are left with a lack of information. Equally, in F451 nobody knows what books are use for and what is inside them that make them so harmful, or so their government tells them. Similarly, the article talks about the Patriot Act, which was a precaution taken through media and technology because of the attacks of 9/11, and most people don’t even know there is such thing. Even though “the FBI is claiming the legality of the project under the Patriot Act”, the phone companies continue to resist allowing them access. F451 mirrors our current society in becoming a dystopia in the invasion of privacy that is caused by a lack of information, exactly how the government is described in the article. In this way, our government's invasion of privacy along with the
By intimidating and threatening its citizens, they can gain control over them very easily. In F451, the government burns people’s houses that contain books, threatening others by showing them what will happen to them if they have books, too. Also in F451, Montag thought how “Always at night the alarm comes. Never by day! Is it because the fire is prettier? More spectacle, a better show?”, which is exactly right, to get more attention from the citizens to make sure they know the consequences. In “Putin’s Russia” by Patricia Smith, Putin seems to just get rid of people who don’t agree with him, also threatening others by showing them not to disagree or say things that would go against him. Individuals in a dystopia are forced to accept violence. Then, in F451, the acceptance of fear is how they know they can’t stop their houses from being destroyed with fire, like how Mildred just grabs her things and runs out of her house, right before it is going to be burned. Similarly in the article, “people are willing to forgo human rights and freedom of speech more readily in the name of the national security and national stability”, because of the things the government does to other people who don’t follow or agree with Putin, scaring them into giving up their rights to stay safe. Therefore, in today’s society the article shows that Russia is definitely turning into a dystopia because of the …show more content…
The invasion of privacy from the government often scares the citizens into either keeping quite or sharing other personal information. In F451 the neighbors invade each other's privacy to find other people using books along with the mechanical hound that sniffs “Under the doorsill, a slow, probing sniff, an exhalation of electric stream”. In “One Nation Under Surveillance. 5 Ways You Give The Government Control" by Kenneth Coats, it shows how the government spy through phones’ cameras and technology, also reading all the private information within the phones and technology. Because of the government’s invasion of privacy, the citizens are left with a lack of information. Equally, in F451 nobody knows what books are use for and what is inside them that make them so harmful, or so their government tells them. Similarly, the article talks about the Patriot Act, which was a precaution taken through media and technology because of the attacks of 9/11, and most people don’t even know there is such thing. Even though “the FBI is claiming the legality of the project under the Patriot Act”, the phone companies continue to resist allowing them access. F451 mirrors our current society in becoming a dystopia in the invasion of privacy that is caused by a lack of information, exactly how the government is described in the article. In this way, our government's invasion of privacy along with the