2001 meet 1984
I read this book in the 6/7th grade, if I recall correctly. I thought to myself, this could happen I could see the future being just like this book. However I at first I chose to suppress the thought, heck this is the land of the free the home of the brave. This conversation with myself took another turn, wait, remember what your race was subjected to, slavery. Not that I forgot about slavery, but if a system was put in place to control a race of people, what’s stopping a system being put in place to control a nation.
Well, as I think about the present state of the nation now all I can say is, 2001 is not that far off from 1984. I’m saying 2001 because that’s when three key phrases, thoughts, ideas, how ever you want to categorize them, of the book come full circle with life as the way I see it today. They are:
- Ignorance is strength
- War is peace
- Freedom is Slavery
Public schools and libraries have restricted the availability of certain subject matters. We are in Iraqi fighting for peace here at home. Every book we borrow from the library, video we rent, types of cars we buy, etc. are all accessible by the via a computer. Oh, don’t forget the phone taps and camera’s on the street corners.
Check out more on 1984.
I’m apologize, I made that stuff up, ofcourse big brother is not watching us…
January 23rd, 2007 at 2:37 pm
One of the most convincing aspects of 2001 which echo the novel is the use of the “Bin Laden” photos on all media right after the attacks on sept. 11th. No proof has come forward linking BL to the attacks, yet few media oulets have brought this fact to light. Also research on Bin Laden reveals that he was trained by the CIA to fight against the russians during the cold war. Does this remind anyone of the “oppostion leader” Emmanual Goldstein in Orwell’s novel?