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__**Anticipation Guide Response**__ Patriotism is defined as love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country. When I think of patriotism, I think of pretty much the same way it is defined. The love of one’s country, and the support of the country no matter the circumstance, when having to deal with the government, wars, the army, and such. I have learned about almost all of the things that were mentioned in the book, and my views have not changed. I personally am not a huge fan of the government breathing down our necks. Yes, it is good in some cases, especially when trying to track down terrorists or evil people, but one way or another, it will always lead to assumptions. Assuming that someone is a certain way or making false assumptions about people. Assumptions always lead to the worst. In real life cases, for an example, Person A can assume that Person B is a thief. Before getting to know Person B, Person A might run around and spread rumors about Person B and the whole community will know about something that Person B has not done. If it gets taken too far, the authorities might get involved and everyone will be in a huge mess. All because of one little false assumption. When it comes to the government making assumptions, it becomes even worse. When people are assumed of being terrorists, for example, it can possibly lead to death. I believe that that is the worst thing to do; to kill an innocent human being because you //thought// they did something bad, but it never happened. So that person would lose their life for nothing. It is fine with me if reporters submit their research to government officials so that they can determine if someone is a threat to country. Just submitting and discussing and researching is no problem, as long as myself and the people around me are safe. But then again, the government should at least be able to spy on citizens to ensure safety, but I do not think it should be taken too remotely. It is a definite that there should be security cameras in public places such as stores, schools, banks, restaurants, or offices, to keep track of who does what and to capture any criminal in the middle of a crime. Without those sources of technologies, today's world would be a mess, and everything will be haywire, and people would be able to take anything they want without getting caught or getting any discipline for it. The torture of a person who is a threat to our country's freedom is not acceptable in my book. I feel as if they do not get severe punishment, then what is the point of even capturing them in the first place? Without punishment, it gives them the right and the power to destroy the lives of innocent citizens and get away with it. If one attempted murderer tries to kill a large group of innocent people, let us just say that there are 100,000 people, obviously their lives are more important than that one attempted murderer. It makes sense to get rid of that one murderer than to let he or she get away with destroying the lives of 100,000 people. That is something I do not think the attempted murderer should get away with. It also relates to the 9/11 attacks. A group of terrorists accomplished the deaths of more than 6,000 Americans and for that, it is a must that people like this should get an automatic death penalty. In order for peace, go into war? That is a definite no. War is good in some cases, but in order to maintain peace, I am not to sure about that one. War results in the deaths of many people.

__**Intended Audience**__ I think the intended audience for 1984 are people who are interested in how the government operates and all that they do and how it affects society. I think government plays a huge role in politics and many people will have different views of what they think is right or wrong. What is most interesting is how the government knows so much about people. For an example, on Facebook, there are always links off to the side that happens to be some of your favorite interests, such as clothing websites, colleges, or organizations. It is really amazing how the government knows so much and can find out a lot of information about anyone. After the 9/11 attacks, former President Bush issued the Patriot Act, meaning that the government can track all sorts of things including Emails and most likely, cell phones. I personally think it’s a good thing because 1) I have nothing to hide and 2) I prefer to be safe. Who wouldn’t want to be protected from attempted terrorists?

__**Orwell's Message**__ I think Orwell's message, to sum it all up, is basically writing about his experiences and his witnessing of totalitarianism governments in other countries, such as Spain and Russia. He conveyed in his novel the dangers of totalitarianism as well warning readers about the future. There was a famous quote in the novel: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." In this case, the Party controlled the past by altering the documentation that was available to the citizens to make the future believe what was being written.

Another important quote that Orwell said was: “And I believe that totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph again.” Him saying this obviously means that totalitarianism is pretty much evil and should be taken care of and taken care of for good to promote a better future. I believe that the title of the novel, "1984" was used specifically to signify what the future held, although the setting took place in only 1949. George Orwell also used different topics to support his message, especially with using evidence such as technology, mind control, physical control, and language. With these pieces of evidence, Orwell was able to prove his point even more and was also able to gain more support from his readers about this harsh reality.

__**Orwell's Purpose**__ So his purpose was the same as his message: to warn people about the dangers of totalitarianism and the results of this type of government, especially when people tend to not think for themselves. Orwell is also warning that if we continue to let the government control lives, sooner or later, we will not have any say in it. His purpose was also to explain how these types of government have too much control and too much power. He wanted to express how he felt about how the government would gain more power to control humanity, along with creating lies in order to keep controlling the present and controlling the future.

With the government having the authority to alter anything in order to get future citizens to follow what they desired, they were sure to be in control, and it will be passed along from generation to generation and so on. The governments use of monitoring folks and torture only contributed to them remaining as a totalitarianism and Orwell wanted to let people know that through these things, mind control, physical control, technology, and language, a numerous amount of people will always follow the orders of the government, not because they wanted to or because they felt like it, but because it was all out of fear.