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=11.30.2011.1984 Anticipation Statement Response=

So many people have ideas and thoughts but have no way to express it. Is it even an idea anymore? When you have an idea there is always going to be questions asking when, why, what, how and where and that person will have to explain their process to society. When you can explain and express your idea it gives it a chance to explore abroad than just the regular simple idea. The definition of an idea is any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding awareness or activity. It says a “mental understanding”, meaning you have to mentally understand the idea and figure out the main point that it is trying to get across. Any thought can exist but not every thought can be an idea. A thought makes a transition to be an idea once you can explain it to someone or anyone at that matter. Having an idea with no explanation contradicts the true definition of an idea, which would no longer have room to exist as an idea anymore, only a thought. The words you use to express this idea not only express the idea but it will put more depth in the thoughts and emotions behind the whole main idea. When you do the simple act of giving a meaning behind your idea with words, you give your audience a reason to want to listen more and to maybe in the future begin to believe in the idea. Every good idea that is created has somebody who wonders and wants to question the acts of this idea. No ordinary idea is just used with any questions. Every idea has been questioned at one point and explained. Even if everyone does not know this idea, it still has been expressed and shared with plenty of people, and with technology that we have now you can easily go look it up and learn about it on your own. I believe that the statement, “For an idea to exist, we must have words to express it”, is true because you can have any random thought but if you can’t express it there is no way for people to know and have a mental understanding of the point you are trying to get across. It’s more common sense than anything. There will always be a reason behind every thought, action, and reaction. It’s the simple fact that you have to be able to fend for yourself and explain that reason. The only person that can express this thought is the one who simply thought it: Makes sense, right? To have an existing idea, it requires words to express it. Like you hear people say, “Every thought counts!” and I must agree that’s true. Every thought is the ingredient that makes up an idea. If you can express your thoughts and explain them with simple ease then you can express an idea. An idea just has a deeper meaning but all comes from that first thought. Of course, with more evidence and details to back up your thoughts, it will only make your idea that much stronger and easier to understand. There are never too many words to express an idea.

Judy Brady, I Want a Wife, Ms. Magazine, (1971) explains that a wife has a lot of responsibilities on top of their own and sometimes they need that treatment in return. Judy Brady gives examples of what a wife does emotionally to satisfy their husbands needs; What a wife does physically around the house, transportation with kids (if any) and always the one to cook and clean; Also, what a wife does economically by working and being a support system for their family. Judy Brady uses these examples in order to express to her audience all the weight a wife carries, as a single person, trying to complete her role in the relationship, but also wanting the same treatment in return. Judy Brady reaches out to her audience, which are feminists, people who read Ms. Magazine, husbands and wives, and gets their attention by being a women herself and stating that she wants a wife; This captures her audience and continues to feed them in by examples she lays out for them to explore what her purpose is for wanting a wife.

The intended audience for //1984// are the people who find one self doing what other people do instead of doing what they feel they should do. For instance, Winston keeps a diary full of all the thoughts and feelings that he has against the Party, therefore, the diary is suppose to protect him from the thought police in hopes that the diary keeps his secrets. Later on, Winston meets a young girl by the name of Julia, who shares her thoughts and feelings with him and soon he finds it easier to do the same, but it took someone to do it first before Winston could. Lastly, before Winston was released from Room 101, he rescued himself from going to the dark place by telling O'Brien to take Julia instead. Winston said exactly what they wanted hear just to save himself and he was let go. what he did wasn't his true intentions but he followed the crowd he was surrounded by.

In the book, //1984//, the message that Orwell was trying to get out was that people in society need to get a strong voice and take pride in what they believe in instead of letting things hold them back so they can speak their mind. Orwell wanted to show that people can speak up and share their thoughts with one another but instead, using the government as an example, people decide to trap their thoughts in and not say anything. a person can have a voice but whether they choose to use it is their own decision.

An example that supports this is when Orwell says how Winston has a diary. Winston's diary is a symbol of a little voice that remains to hide in a book. Since he doesn't have the strength to say how he feels he writes everything down in a diary. Instead of standing out and being different than everyone else, Winston continues to listen and watch just like the rest of society is doing.

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In the book, //1984//, the purpose the author wrote it was to reach out to his readers and let them know it's okay to stand out and be different. He wants people to feel like they have a open voice and can share their thoughts and ideas without being afraid to speak their mind. Orwell wanted to persuade his audience that it's okay to speak aloud because maybe someone else feels the same but you will never know unless you speak up. He also wants them to see that they are easily scared by threats and make no effort to try and defend themselves.

An example is when Winston gets taken into Room 101 for speaking his mind about Big Brother. He was so caught up in the fact that Julia and him have shared the same feelings and goes on a rampage and says anything and everything. When it came down to Winston almost going to the dark place, he changed the way he was thinking and told O'Brien exactly what he wanted to hear so O'Brien would let him go. when things got hard Winston gave up trying to defend his thoughts and went back to thinking the way Big Brother wanted him to.