Friday, June 1, 2007

2nd paragraph of reflective essay "paralles "

There are some Parallels and connections from our world to the world in the novel.Some of the connections are the love for power, war and invasion of privacy. Our country loves and strives for power. We are the most powerful and strongest country in the world. And some other countries despise us for that, which then leads to why we are in war today.Or country saw that another country didn't agree with our ways and then decided to act upon it and go into war. Just like in 1984 Oceania doesn't agree with Goldstein's thinking so they began a war with them. In our world today the invasion of privacy continues to develop and increase. In our world we have video cameras in places we go into daily ,they are constantly watching us to keep an eye on us to make sure were doing nothing wrong , just like in 1984.In 1984 there world has telescreens which watch people and make sure they're doing nothing wrong. Another invasion of privacy is tapping into phone lines. Today our world taps into phone lines usually for law purposes, but its still an invasion of privacy , just like in 1984.Modern day threats in our world that fit into warnings from 1984 are power, and invasion of privacy. In our world our freedom could be in danger. A lot of people in the world love power and some do anything for it, there judgement isn't all there, it is blocked by the desire for power.And it is possible that someday our world could get influenced by bad dictators who could then lead us down into wrong paths and wars. The invasion of privacy in our world is another threat to our freedom. The invasion of privacy somewhat connects to the love for power. People who love power may invade peoples lives daily by reguarly tapping into phonelines and actually putting videocameras ,just like telescreens into peoples houses. the love for power could make people go that insane to actually invade peoples homes.

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