This relates to the novel as a whole, because even though Jerry knew that various people viewed him a certain way, he focused on his individuality and didn’t bother to stop and listen to what others thought of him. However, he did know he had to watch his back and be careful because there were more people against him, than those on his side. When he began getting phone calls late into the night, he had tried to ignore them, similarly to how he ignored many peoples’ opinions and comments. In his case, it certainly was very deviant of him to do such a
Even when he is alone he can never be sure that he is alone. Wherever he may be, asleep or awake, working or resting, in his bath or in bed, he can be inspected without warning and without knowing that he is being inspected. Nothing that he does is indifferent. His friendships, his relaxations, his behavior toward his wife and children, the expression of his face when he is alone, the words he mutters in sleep, even the characteristic movements of his body, are all jealously scrutinized. Not only any actual misdemeanor, but any eccentricity, however small, any change of habits, any nervous mannerism that could possibly be the symptom of an inner struggle, is certain to be detected.
Jeffs had a very strategic way about this; he would ensure mass obediance by convincing the children to spy on thier parents. If Jeffs even heard a word about the media from a follower, it would be immediate banishment. Much like what happened in '1984'. The Party wanted nothing more than to keep the people blind and oblivious. They made this so by rewriting history books, feeding the people propaganda, and scaring them into
We would think of this person as sort of, untouchable, but Staples explains why he sees it this way. "I only needed to turn a corner into a dicey situation, or crowd some frightened, armed person in a foyer somewhere, or make an errant move after being pulled over by a policemen. Where fear and weapons meet-and they often do in urban America-there is always a possibility of death." (Staples 314). Staples tells us that by being perceived as dangerous by others, he was always just a step away from being faced with death.
Readers are often angered by the ending of 1984 because of Winston’s betrayal of his previous life for the acceptance of the party. This is a semi-appropriate ending because of the impossibility of going against the party because of their total control of all people’s lives through the use of fear, which had not been accomplished by any authoritarian regime before the rise of the party. The novel’s ending was semi-appropriate because it stresses a society where all people are equal, but on the contrary makes it so that people must give up all of their freedoms and have all of their aspects of life controlled to conform to the standards of the society. The party controls people’s lives off of three founding philosophies “war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. (Orwell 26) War is peace refers to the fact that if the party always frames another enemy to direct all hate towards.
“Big brother is watching you” Plastered throughout the town this quote forces the party to live in fear of never having the privacy to think and do as they wish if it be against the party. “On the wall sat the tele-screen a one way device allowing the government to watch you without you seeing them. The silkscreen inflicted on the privacy of the citizens and was there so the government could better control every ones lives. It was there too hear and see everything the people of the party did and to ensure that they weren’t committing any crimes or planning to rebel against the party. It instilled the idea that the government really is in control, or rather ‘Big Brother’ is in control.
Scott Markowitz Period 2 October 2, 2006 1984 When someone meets a person who understands their secret motives, a comforting feeling arises within the person. In 1984, by George Orwell the main character, Winston, is confronted with an emotional battle. He is under the rule of an organization that does not allow personal opinion or feelings of any sort. Although he should not give into the feelings to disobey “Big Brother,” he does even though he knows that there would be dire consequences if he is caught. He gave into many temptations, leading him to disastrous punishment.
Lastly, take a look at the punishments corresponding to the law broken. Law 195 says “If a son has struck his father, his hands shall be cut off”.Yes, that’s a horrid thing to do to your father, but it’s too extreme to have your hands cut off and it’s also cruel. There are scenarios where a son could have accidentally hurt their fathers, and there are also scenes where children regret it. Giving them a life without hands is basically killing them. We do everything with our hands.
As punishment Polynices will suffer as the example for the people, that no matter who you are, royal or not the full force of the kings’ power will be use against you. This is common practice for anyone that is new to a position of power especially when one is such as the story of “Antigone”. We see a clear example of Creon trying to hide the fact that Antigone was the one to disobey him by telling the guard to not say anything of the news. A King that is irrational would have not tried to calm the problem or solve it and would make Antigone a public example just like Polynices. King Creon does not even have a chance to truly make Antigone understand his point before she takes matters in to her own hands and take her own life.
The Shame of Torture “The use of torture on suspected terrorists after 9/11 has already earned a place in American history's hall of shame” (Weisberg 1). Going to torture it’s like taking the easy way out of interrogating the suspect. When torturing the suspect either will not speak up or they will just wait till they get tortured enough to die. Once the world stops using torture as an answer it will forever be dark and cruel. When the world thinks of interrogating they just go straight to torture, but when they craw away from that, there would be no enemies due because of their grudges toward countries.