1984

1984 was a very interesting book, but at first rather hard to get into. I found it rather scarry with the way that Big Brother was fully able to control people and cause them to fear revealing their own thoughts. I was able to relate one of the value statements very easily. "For an idea to exist, we must have words to express." I feel that this relates to 1984 well because in the book all the people fear expressing their thoughts, which in the book is illegal unless they are the thoughts of big brother. People need to be able to express their thoughts and ideas inorder for the world to advance. When we fear expressing our own thoughts and ideas well become less of a person because we no longer express ourselves but now rely on others for what we should do and how we now have to act.

Down with big brother

When Winston realized what he had written he was worried that the Thought Police would come for him. He had committed a thoughtcrime, which in the book is one of the worst things anyone can do. I want to know why it is so horrible for people to have their own opinons on their lives? I guess living in a modern society like we do today where we are able to express our own thoughts without fear of being arrested I don't see the problem in telling our thoughts. Why is Big Brother such a big aspect of the peoples lives that cause them to live life in fear of their own thoughts?