1984 (Canis, Lia - Villarruel, Micaela)

Questions:
3) In Goldstein’s book a theory is written about the High, Middle and low classes. It says that even though the world is in constant changes, these three classes will always be a part of society. It is described that the High wants to stay in their place, the Middle wants to change places with the High and that the Low is too tired to even have an aim or the need for a change; they already gave up. Because of the need of the Middle class to be in the highest level, the High class starts to see the danger to them of equality for all, so they try to stop it. This situation can relate to the present in regard to money. Nowadays, rich people keep on making lots of money and they’re always in a really well-off position; if they lose money, they won’t stop being rich. It’s all in their favor. Unlike them, people of the middle and sometimes the lower class live every day with a fair amount of money because of high taxes, for example.

4) There is one thing that is pretty accurate according to Orwell’s vision of the future, the control that media has over people. Media became really important all over the world; we can see that even the smallest company depends on it to become richer and more successful. It is usually used to promote the products of companies, but it is also used to control people’s decisions. One thing that might be opposite to nowadays is the division of the world and its constant wars, also the newspeak and doublethink. It’s not very predictable the vision of the war and division of the world, but seeing the actual situation of some countries and how people get even more obsessive with power and control over something, it might be possible in a distant future to become true Orwell’s vision.

5) I agree with Winston, because if people don’t let anyone harm them and are strong enough to fight against their oppressors, they are capable of changing the world to a better place for everyone; people shouldn’t be afraid of governments, governments should be afraid of people. It can relate to the world nowadays, because I believe people can fight for their rights if they have to, they just have to be strong and unify. Although there’s no need to generate a war, problems can be solved in a more peacefully way as long as governments or the people on charge listen to what they have to say.

Poem:
Don’t let them harm you now
Be strong enough to fight
They are the weak ones
and they should be afraid of us
Their time’s coming to an end
So we should rise up
And take the power back

Glogster:
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