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November 28th 1984 Anticipation Guide Before reading //1984// I believed for our society to be a safe environment then cameras should be placed in public places to catch potential crimes or criminals. I agreed with this statement because I feel that if a crime should happen if it were to be caught on tape it would be easier to identify the criminal. Being able to catch the criminal means that person would be able to be put in jail and that would be on fewer people on the street to worry about. Making citizens feel safer when going on public outings and taking their children places. After reading //1984// I still believe that there should be cameras located in public places, but I do not think they should be used to spy on people actions and conversation expecting to hear or detect anything that can be seen as a threat to the society. Everyone has the right to their own privacy and that includes while they are in a public setting. When people’s freedom of privacy is being crossed in process of attempting to stop any potential crimes is absolutely wrong. Also, I believe that the cameras should only be able to be placed in certain places. No camera should be inside a bathroom or fitting room. Those are areas where people are handling personal duties that no one has a right to see what they are doing. However, I do approve of them being placed directly outside of the door. In conclusion, I feel security cameras should be there, but only if there are boundaries that are not being crossed. _ November 30th I Want a Wife In Judy Brady’s 1971 //I Want a Wife// it is obvious that the narrator is a wife herself. The reason why I believe this is because of how her exhausted tone comes across while stating every last responsibility that a wife takes on in her everyday life. The reason of her wanting a wife is her desiring all of the support and help she would receive from someone. Having someone there to take care of her, the house and kids. While supporting and fulfilling her needs. Her point is that women do a lot for their household and to just have someone else there to help or actually appreciate what she is doing would be wonderful to her. _ December 2nd Intended Audience In the //1984// George Orwell I think he is indenting to get his message across to the people in his society. Trying to get them to realize if they as a whole community do not change the way they are doing things and how the government is going about running their society in years to come it will be out of control. Showing them the possibility of what the future will hold for them and their families. How no one will be free or looked at as a good citizen. There will always be someone watching them and telling them what to do. Their once known free lives will be gone for good. _____ December 8th The Message I believe the message is the government has more control over people’s life than what is thought. Their freedom and privacy is taken away quickly and the government is involved in every aspect of their lives. Knowing what they are doing, who they are talking to and what that conversation is about at every moment. Orwell shined much light on the power the government holds. Using the main character Winston Smith to be a prime example of how the totalitarian government changed and controlled the life style of the society. Winston lived everyday in fear of being caught by The Party for having his own independent thoughts on subjects. Also, hiding his love for a beautiful woman named Julia. Him not being able to show his true feelings for her on a regular basis, he was forced to sneak around just to show her. Proving that the governments control on the society was a unbreakable bound that feared everyone.

December 8th The Purpose When finishing the novel I realized that the “light bulb” reaction Orwell was attempting to get across was standing up for what you believe in. To not sit back and let the things you do not agree with or that bother you keep occurring. By the young citizens not taking a stand it they were allowing the government to continue with what they were doing. Meaning they were fine with living unhappy and under control for the rest of their lives. His purpose was to show what life would be like in a few years if they did not rise to the occasion not alone, but in a group, a team. The task was more than one person could handle, it was a task that if everyone teamed up together and fought the enemies as a whole they would have a extremely better chance of coming out on top.