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1984 Anticipation Guide Response I chose the quote that states "The only way to prepare for peace is to be prepared for war." I do not agree with this statement at all. I don't understand how it would make sense that to prepare for peace you need to prepare for war? Peace is the complete opposite of war and so I am not sure I understand the other side of this. To prepare for peace I feel as if you need an open mind and an open heart. As to prepare for war you would probably need a lot of guns and military men. Yes, I do understand that when countries go to make peace with another country for example it usually does not end well as our history shows. Although even if because of our natural human nature to fight I still do not believe that means we should prepare for it. I believe we should always be open minded to peace and prosperity. I don't think we should jump to the conclusion that everything will end badly or in fighting. To prepare for peace is not to prepare for war. For preparing for war is an ignorant and selfish thing to do. On the side that if every country's leaders believed that we should always prepare for war even if the solution could be in peace, then we as the United States of America would be multiple wars all at the same time. There would be fighting all around and no where safe to hide our minds. For with so much war comes alot of thinking. A lot of thinking about how to manipulate people into fighting for their country and how to be a patriot to there monarchy. There would be mind-control in a sense in that there would propaganda everywhere promoting the war. Police everywhere making sure no "terrorists" hurt innocent civilians. The kind of control that is sometimes needed to an extent but also does not need to be put into overdrive. We have seen, heard, and read what happens when the government has too much power and control over the people. It has been overdone in many movies over the years of how the government becomes too controlling and altogether drives the countries people to revolution. I quite enjoy those movies, mostly because of the whole power to the people subject of free voice and liberty. Which is why I will again state, to prepare for peace is certainly not to prepare for war.

Rhetorical Precis on "I Want a Wife" In Judy Brady's essay "I Want a Wife" which appeared in a 1971 issue of Ms. Brady proposes that she would like a wife who would carry out every task she needed handled and every whim she needed dealt with as if by a robot. She indicated the everyday tasks of women during that time period that were thought to be easy stay at home chores, along with appealing to the idea that at that time women were thought of more as robots to do cleaning than anything else. Brady's underlying purpose in this essay is to voice the conditions in which women were treated, to not only let other women know they do not and should not do all these things as if as a robot but also to the men, to show the men what day to day chores are like from a wife's perspective. Brady wishes to reach both women and men with the message in her essay but more than that she wishes to reach husbands and wives with this essay.