Dystopian Journal #2:

entry topic: C

The message that the author is conveying and this setting of this society he has created is very believable. He wrote this before they really had more advanced televisions or real advanced technology in surveillance accessories. The society that is set up is actually quiet similar to what Soviet Russia was however as a reader you are not able to know about many other peoples lives. Since Soviet Russia is a thing of the past we know that under Stalin's leadership there were poor living conditions and many of his own people were killed. In 1984 this is not something as easy to determine since we are only getting one characters viewpoint. However the living conditions and working conditions are rather similar.

The Author really doesn't give much of a hope or alternative to this society, except that it is a bad road to take. Since it seems like anybody who as slightly thinks or shows on their face that they disagree with the party they will be sent to forced labor camps or simply just executed. Since the protagonist seems to be a middle aged man and probably would not be able to recover easily from fighting, and there are only 2 others who seem to agree with what he is trying to do. This does not really give a convincing argument or threat he shows to this powerful empire. Since the past, and the present is always changed in the ministry in truth. How could anyone really fight against a party like this?

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