Author George Orwell

Assignment: Research author George Orwell. How did the times in which he lived influence the stories he wrote?

George Ornell
1903-1950
to·tal·i·tar·i·an (tō-tāl'ĭ-târ'ē-ən) Pronunciation Key
adj. Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed: "A totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human soul" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)


Ornell, who had a pen name of ERIC ARTHUR BLAIR, was born in India and died in London in the year 1950.He achieved fame during the late 1940s for the satires he wrote which attacked totalitarianism. He became an important voice in his time. His books, novels and documentaries, reflected his worries, views and outlooks towards what he experienced and viewed in the government. All his important goals and actions were expressed in his writing. His parents were a part of the Indian civil service in India. Orwell also joined and later expressed his experience in this service through his novel, Burmese Days (1934). His first book was an outlook on the many years he lived in poverty after leaving berma. His most impressive piece of work which he also wrote during the 30's were two documentaries, which received much attention for their detailed, objective study. Which also related to his life, as he was a solider in the Spanish civil war. He was wounded in this war and eventually was forced to flee for his life. The most popular book written by George Orwell reflect his profound distrust for the government, called ninteen eighty four. Which described Big Brother's rule, (an analogy of the government). Through this book he described his fears about what the future might become and another book attacking stalinism. These books made him famous and a known writer still today. His life, lifestyle and experiences,sparked his sensational books and documentaries which gained him a great amount of success. Everything he experienced was put into some form of writing. If Orwell,had grown up during our generation, or even our parents generation, he probably would have never been able to become the man he became. If he were someone growing up today, he would have never fought in a Spanish civil war, or become part of an Indian civil service, or experience the great amount of poverty he did, or even have to run away from Communists in fear of loosing his life. None of these things would have happened. But what I find so fascinating is his, great dislike towards the government, for their lying ways and trying to gain absolute power. Through all these years all the problems this author described have all faded away, we no longer have a Spanish war going on, but we do still have the same problem with the government. The times he lived in were so harsh, and most of us would never really experience something close, but the main problem he wrote about still exists today.


"On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran."

- NINTEEN EIGHTY FOUR
- GEORGE ORWELL

BIG BROTHER TV SHOW........ A REALITY???

Assignment: The Big Brother concept? Could this happen in society? Is it already?

I do think in a way that this is already happening in our society. In the big brother TV show the people are constantly watched and nothing really gets past the camera lenses. Your every move is filmed and there is no such thing as privacy. This does and doesn't happen in our society. I do believe that we have privacy, in our home, to a certain degree, because our phone conversations can be heard by the government and by strangers. We don't even know when this is happening.However when we are in the public we are constantly watched, there is no privacy what so ever. First of all we are always watched by others, most of the time strangers. We are constantly viewed by the public eye, when we step out of our house. Also, today's technology has advanced tremendously. There are cameras every where. On the highways, corners, malls, stores, supermarkets!! Every where. We are always watched, when outside of our home. In the future, I do think its possible that we soon won't even have the privacy of our own home. The government is the head of our society and I do think that they virtually control everything. The government can slowly manipulate us, into thinking this is the best. Today some security systems have this feature, complete strangers can be watching us for our "safety" so they say. Even in some of our cars we are being watched. GMC cars have an on star feature,were they can find us anywhere and identify us. SO we are being watched every were we go. Sometimes our home isn't out of limits. For now I can say most people do have privacy in their homes, but that's "for now" the future has no limits.


SOURCES: NONE, MY OPINION. =]

The Biggest Lies in History.

ITS STUPID HOW PEOPLE NEVER QUESTION WHO THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO QUESTION BUT RATHER QUESTION THOSE WHO QUESTION.

1. SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ???????????? --> THE Hugest CONSPIRACY COMMITTED BY MAN KIND!! (MY OPINION)

2. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH SELLING INDULGENCES, IN A GUARANTEED PROMISE TO HEAVEN.

3. Richard Nixon and the water gate.

4. Iraq War. ????

5. Stalin's promise of equality

When my teacher first assigned this assignment,to us. My plan was to talk about the catholic church selling indulgences. However when I went to Google.com and typed in "the biggest lie in history" the first link that came up on that page was something about 9.11. I still didn't consider writing about 9/11 but visited the site out of curiosity and their I discovered several links and videos which gave me so many details on 9.11. The information is so alarming, so much that it's quite hard to look away. If you look under at my sources you can visit the site. I have so much to say about this subject but as soon as I watched this video, all my questions were answered and this video called "lose change" covered everything I want to say. SO PLEASE WATCH IT AND GO EDUCATE YOURSELF ABOUT SEPTEMBER 11. It is easy to close your eyes and say that whatever the government says is right but unfortunately this isn't true!
The reason I think that the September 11, attacks were planned by the government is because, their is way to much coincidences occurring. The day before the attacks Condoleezza rice made a call to a very important politician advising, that he not fly any planes tomorrow. So many important people worked in the twin towers yet most of them didn't even get hurt. Politicians and government officials canceled all their plans for the next day.(SPET.11). COINCIDENCE?? I THINK NOT!! Also when you zoom into the 9.11 tapes you can actually see small bombs going off on floors way far down, from were the plane hit. Many witnesses and people in the building describe hearing bomb like noises. Some people even have burn marks to prove this. Many firefighters claim that they could grantee their were bombs in the buildings. Yet still, no one is willing to listen. Just ask yourself, WHY ARE THEIR SO MANY MYSTERIES SURROUNDING THIS 9.11 ATTACK. IF THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOTHING TO HIDE.. THEN WHY ARE THEY???????? There are also many other questions surrounding the twin towers attack. But lets move on and ask.... a plane hit the pentagon right ????
You can believe that if you want to, but you'd be wrong anyway. There is no video that shows a plane hitting the pentagon. The government won't release it. WHY???????
Why won't they release the video, what's wrong in doing so. We were told that a plane hit the pentagon? But do we really know if this is true? Many witnesses at the site, describe a bomb like figure going into the pentagon. They have also found recordings of vice president Chaney, giving command to let the plane come, after reports came that their was a suspicious plane flying around the pentagon. There are to many questions and no answers. After watching the video, which provides more information and evidence, I think you will have a better idea of who is telling the truth. But at the end you make the decision. Only dumb people blindly believe what people of higher authority have to say.
( ALL THIS INFORMATION IS CREDIBLE, BECAUSE I HAVE RESEARCHED IT, AND YOUR PROBABLY WONDERING WHY YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THIS, ITS BECAUSE FEW PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS, AND SO THIS INFORMATION GAINS NO POPULARITY, AND MOST PEOPLE AREN'T WILLING TO RECOGNIZE THIS AS TRUTH, AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THEY SIMPLY BRUSH IT OFF.) SAD TRUTH. =/


Sources:
1) http://www.answering-christianity.com/911_is_the_biggest_lie.htm

2) reallynews.com

3) youtube.com

Watch these videos!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ3SHp-Lmew&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E3oIbO0AWE

IS THIS OUR FUTURE ??

In your opinion, is something like this possible in our society? Could information be so controlled by the government to the point where people do not even know the difference? Explain why you think so.

RESPONSE:

Yes. I do think this is possible because the government is the center of our society it represents civilization. It is the fundamental part of our society. If our government was attacked the core of our society would be broken. The POWER of the government is so great that we couldn't survive without it, we as a society and civilization would be absolutely nothing. We need the government to survive. This is from the view of a person.
Now imagine you as a government official with so much power and wealth. Sometimes its natural for people to become a bit greedy. But there is always a boundary line. The amount of power and money at stake can really change someone. All the information we receive from the outside world is controlled by our government. We watch the news today and believe everything we see, but these people could just lie about the information and you would probably never know. The government has the power to brainwash us, they can tell us lies about other country's and we would easily believe it, and now all of a sudden we would be hating a country for doing absolutely nothing. The same works with the people. They can manipulate us into thinking what they want us to think. So much is their power, we give to these people who in reality are strangers, that we stop thinking for ourselves because we assume that the government has already got us covered. But the more we keep thinking this the more vulnerable we are. And to the government... we are just their puppets. We are just their road block in the path of money and power!

Our Government of Today.. Our future Killers of Tommorow

Assignment.

How would it be possible for a government to keep the truth from its citizens?- For what reasons would a government want to control or manipulate information?

The government could keep information from its citizens. It is very easy if you think about it. Its called M-O-N-E-Y!!! Even though we would like to think that everyone is honest and generally a good person reality is another. If you are a very important person, or influential money wise, sad truth is that you can almost always get anything you want. Politicians know many people and can easily find others that are willing to keep a dirty secret or help create a conspiracy for money. You would be surprised what some people are willing to do for money. These people are paid a lot of money and sometimes keeping a secret doesn’t seem like much, but if you spill the secret, the end result is death. So even if you wanted to come out with the truth, are you willing to die for it?
I think that the government would want to keep information hidden from people because if people were aware of the truth then they would probably over through the government or mess up any plans that the government was thinking about doing. When the people don’t know, they are given a false sense of safety and the government is happy because they don’t have to deal with the peoples opinions. The government then abuses their power, given to them by the “clueless” people. If the government can control the information then they can increase their money and power. Then no one will judge them or ever risk losing power, because after all the people represent power. Without us there is no power for the government. We represent a great risk for government officials. To them we are better left unaware of our current situation. If we were aware of what was really going on then I’m pretty sure our government wouldn’t be corrupt. Our biggest mistake is blindly trusting others, and never second guessing or questioning them. Smart people ask questions, I guess we just haven’t got the message yet. =/