Final+Essay+1984

Dear Boethius,

You probably thought that the future would be way better then the era you lived in. but, sadly that is not the case. We have no freedom and we have to do everything that Big Brother says. If we do not follow Big Brother will get inside our head. That is a world we live in now Oceania, 1984.

In Oceania we have Double Think. It is when you know something is true, but if Big Brother say is not true you use double think to say Big Brother is right it isn’t true. “Freedom id Freedom to say that 2 plus 2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follows,”(page 90). If we do not use Double Think then it is a thought crime and we will be killed for having thoughts.” Thought crime does not entail death; thought crime is death,” (page 32).

One thing about my world today is that we have **No Policy**! There are telescreens that has a picture of a man on it witch is Big Brother. The telescreens watches everything you do. “You are convinced that the eyes follow about when you move,” (page 3). The telescreens with Big Brother are watching to make sure you are not doing anything you are not supposed to do. “Big Brother is watching you,” (page 3).Also helicopters which are things that can carry things or people in the air. These helicopters go by everybody’s windows and peep inside them. And if you want to get away from the telescreens and helicopters there are little microphones hidden in

Another thing is that where I live we can’t love anybody, but Big Brother. So if someone is getting married that person will need to go to the party members and ask permission. The party members will say ok only if they know that there is no attraction and love between them. “ to thr future or to the past to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone _ to a time when both exist and what is done cannot be undone: from age of uniformity, From age is solitude, from the age of big Brother, from the age of Double Think,” (page 31 and 32). Also you can’t like having sex it should be a duty to Big Brother and nothing else. But worst thing about my world is that your own kids can’t love you and nor you love them. As your kid grow up they love Big Brother even more and they join the Junior Spy League. And soon your kids will turn against you send turn you in to Big Brother.

I wished I lived in your world because anything is better than living in the one I’m currently in. where there is no freedom, no privacy, no love for others. Now you know how truly horrible the future is. Sincerely, Amanda Manriquez