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 * 1984 Anticipaton Response**

Our country has been through many things to give independence and equal rights. On December 15, 1791, our country created the Bill of Rights to insure that the government didn't abuse the power and protect the people of these United States of America. Having the government knowing what people are reading is going against the rights of our nation. It's a waste of the governments time and money. Having the government know what you're reading is a waste of resources and just plain stupid. No terrorist is going to go out and by a book that could help you find out who is a terrorist. It's not like they sell 'Chicken Soup for the Terrorist Soul' at Barnes and Noble. If a terrorist cell is really serious about terrorizing us, they will figure out a way to do it without books. Those guys are very determined. Having the gov. (short for government) knowing what you're reading is an invasion of privacy to the innocent people. If someone is ashamed of what they are reading, they certainly don't want the gov. to know what's going on. No person in the world really wants anyone to know they are buying a self-help book unless they are insane. When this was created, George Bush was in office. He was just jealous because he wasn't smart enough to read, so he wanted to know what others were reading almost like a recommendation for the people that used to read to him. I know this is harsh, but I'm a total democrat and I believe George Bush messed up our country by keeping us in the war for as long as we have been. I also believe that Obama kept this around because he was scared that if he retracted it, the American people would throw a fit because they are always looking for a reason to throw the black guy out without seeming racist. But there is always one thing we must remember. Bush's administration went after Bin Laden for years. No dice. Under Obama's administration, we killed him. Obama is in the clear. He could completely stop trying to stop terrorists and still be re-elected. Also, it's way better than the idiots that are in the running. For example, Rick Perry, Ron Paul, and Michelle Bachman. If any of these people get elected, we're screwed. Anyway, there is no point to this...whatever it is. Hypothetical question. What if a straight A, never done anything bad, college student was taking a physiology class and they had to write a paper on a crazy dictator or serial killer and analyze them through the reading. Let's say they decide to do it on Hitler. They have a problem with internet and can't log on to do research. They go to the library and it doesn't have Hitler's book, which is the key to doing this paper. It shows what he thought, which helps them better understand him and write the paper with accuracy. They go to the book store and find the book. They really need it for a long period of time, so they decide to buy it. The second that money has been given to the store, this student is flagged because she bought about Nazis. The gov. could easily believe this student is a Neo-Nazi because they bought a book. The gov. has no idea that this student is writing a paper so they can graduate and maybe become a physiologist. Basically, this is a total waste of time and the gov. could potentially suspect the wrong people, making their lives infinitely harder.


 * Rhetorical Precis on //I Want a Wife//**

Judy Brady, in her essay, "I Want a Wife," from Ms. magazine (1971) uses her life as a wife to understand what wives go through and how they may feel at times and that they want the freedom some wives feel they don't get, using the essay to show how some men feel about wives and how they treat them. She describes her position by talking about a friend who had recently been divorced, wanting another wife while is ex-wife took care of his child; she than explains through repititon, how she wants a wife to do everything she does while she does what she, as a male, wants to do. Her point of the essay is to make housewives read this a feel a sense of rebellion to want to be like a man because of the freedom. Brady makes a connection with her audience by telling them in the beginning that she is a housewife, so they know that she feels the same way and isn'tt guessing; also, by talking bout her male friend, she lets them know that she is basing this on a certain man and not every man.


 * 1984 Intended Audience**

The audience for 1984 is the population of post-WWII Europe and anti-communists. First, talking about how BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING poster and the almost post apocalyptic feel of the city makes you think about how having a dictator may not be the best option. Almost like the dictator doesn't kn ow how to run a country and take care of the people who live under their command. The punishment of going down to room 101 and deal with what you're most afraid of because you said or thought something bad shows that communism will try to control everything you say or do. No individual wants that for themselves or their family. Being told that you can't sit here and talk about how you want someone else because you are terrified that you will get caught and taken away isn't a way to live. No person is going to willingly be okay with becoming a complete puppet and never be able to speak out. Not being able to fall in love. In the novel, Winston and Julia are in love, but must always be on the look out in case the Party is watching. No one can control their feelings and having to be in a place where emotions aren't allowed to be expressed is the saddest place to be. Lastly the change in language. Language is to individual. The point is to get to where they don't need language anymore.


 * 1984 Message**

1984 was just a story, but it's message wasn't. The fear of Communism was still very real at that time. It's a very anti-Communism book that tells the tale that one dictator took over, we would have no control over our lives. We wouldn't be able to thing, speak, or act like we want to. Things would be planned for us. We wouldn't be able to watch we we wanted to watch or work where we want to work. The book gives us these examples.

The big screen where Big Brother does the speech during the One Minute Hate is a perfect example. Having the people sit there and be forced to hate their enemies, when the only one they really have is Big Brother. He is the one that is taking away the things that make us human. Emotions, actions, and expression. If we don't have that, than we aren't really alive. We are just a shell. Another example is the computer in the corner (forgetting what it's called). Controlling what people look at and spying on them randomly is an invasion of privacy that shouldn't even be considered. It is how the communists stay in control.


 * 1984 Purpose**

I believe Orwell knew that when people read this book, they were going to stand up and do something. They were going to do everything they could to keep the world that Orwell had described from happening. They didn't want anything like that to ever happen. He wanted the people at the time to work towards the prevention of another world war or dictator. He wanted to show how negative that can be. He was already gearing this towards anti-communists and Europe, who had just gone through a war, so it would help that they would read it and also feel some sort of relief that Hitler never got to that point, but scared that Stalin might.

Another thing Orwell was sending was a fear that this could happen so people would be more willing to try and stop it, unlike the Germans under the command of Hitler. They knew what had been going on in the camps, but never spoke a word. He wanted you to believe that this was a realistic possibility of our future if we didn't try to stop something from happening. It was the fear that lead to the belief that it could happen again, but could also be stopped if enough people were willing to risk their lives to keep it from happening once more olr to their country. He wanted the reader to go out and work towards never letting this happen again.

Orwell has sent the message that Communism is bad since he fought with the Spanish before he became a writer. He knew that they only cared about themselves and about things for the greater good of themselves, Orwell let the world know that that was all they cared about and helped keep it away from the rest of the world. There is still a threat of a mighty threat of a dictator and apocalyptic world where there is no privacy or emotion. There is nothing more than a shell, walking and working against the citizens and for the people trying to keep them in control for as long as they can. Sadly, the possibility is that it may happen to us, or China, but still. Another world war could start up again because we are just trying to save the freedom of the American people.