Nineteen Eighty-Four Book Report

In Fahrenheit 451, the main character is Guy Montag. Montag is a “firefighter” who burns books.Yes, I was thinking the same thing of why he was making fires and not putting them out. In this futuristic society they don’t read books or write at all. Instead, they drive very fast and watch a lot of Tv and listen to the radio on “seashell sets”. One day Montag meets a girl named Clarisse McClellan and she opens his eyes up about things. She is full of happiness and has a lot of knowledge for her age. A lot of events happen to Montag, his wife tried to commit suicide, a woman decides to be burned alive with her books, and Clarisse gets killed by a speeding car. He starts to really question things when a lady decides to be burned alive with her

“Government, is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”, this famous quote was stated by George Washington. The thesis of Nineteen Eighty-Four is how giving government too much control destroys freedom. The quote from George Washington explains exactly what the Party is, in the book Nineteen Eighty-Four. Nineteen Eighty-Four is written by George Orwell which was one of Eric Arthur Blair’s two pen names, the other was John Freeman. Blair was born on June 25, 1903 in Motihari of Bihar (British India); and died on January 21, 1950 in Camden of London. He had two wives. The first wife was named Eileen O’Shaughnessy who died in 1945. After

What if someone was only allowed to bring a single book with them to keep and share for years and years to come? Would they choose a book that they loved, or one that is universally adored by many people? Would their book be full of facts to provide people with knowledge, or would it be a fantasy to inspire them to be creative and dream? Would it include just happiness, or would it dive deep into sadness and heartbreak? If there was only one book to share with future generations living in a Fahrenheit 451 society, it should definitely be The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.

What do you think a normal human being needs to have a good, hearty life? What are the most basic needs that are vital to one’s survival? According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, physiological needs are those required to sustain life, such as air, water, nourishment, and sleep. If such needs are not satisfied, then one’s motivation will arise from the quest to satisfy them. Higher needs such as social needs and esteem are not felt until one has met the needs basic to one’s bodily functioning. Beyond the details of air, water, food, and sex, Maslow laid out five broader layers: the physiological needs, the needs for safety and security, the needs for love and belonging, the needs for esteem, and the need to actualize the

In my English class at Capital High School, we recently read the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and we discussed whether freedom is really free. We wouldn’t even have to get educated at school. Nothing is really free because basically your being your own boss, and then you would only need to follow the rules. If you don’t follow those rules then you will be even more unfree.

The government is always watching to ensure safety of their country, including everything and everyone in it. Camera surveillance has become an accepted and almost expected addition to modern safety and crime prevention (“Where” para 1). Many people willingly give authorization to companies like Google and Facebook to make billions selling their personal preferences, interests, and data. Canada participates with the United States and other countries in monitoring national and even global communications (“Where” para 2). Many question the usefulness of this kind of surveillance (Hier, Let, and Walby 1).However, surveillance, used non-discriminatorily, is, arguably, the key technology to preventing terrorist plots (Eijkman 1). Government

In society today many citizens feel violated with the security methods taken by homeland security. “On September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against the United States marked the beginning of the global war on terrorism. The methods used are justifiable as they provide protection against possible threats or attacks. This attack on U.S. soil increased surveillance of both American citizens and foreign nationals” (Andrew, C., & Walter,

The book Fahrenheit 451 is an interesting book with twists and turns that keeps the reader interested and engaged. Published in 1951, Fahrenheit 451, written by the talented science-fiction author Ray Bradbury, is the story of those who would dare to break free from the chains of book censorship and intellectual repression. Against an area of information controlled by the government, Bradbury focuses in on the psychological conflicts of one man, fireman Guy Montag, and the internal struggles that arise because of a free spirited young woman, Clarisse McClellan. Guy Montag is a fireman, but he does not fight fires like one might suppose, instead he actually starts fires. In this society firefighters burn books because the government does not want people to have the knowledge of the past.

The world of Nineteen Eighty-Four exists in a state of perpetual war among the three major powers. At any given time, two of the three states are aligned against the third; for example Oceania and Eurasia against Eastasia or Eurasia and Eastasia against Oceania. However, as Goldstein's book points out, each Superstate is so powerful that even an alliance of the other two cannot destroy it, resulting in a continuing stalemate. From time to time, one of the states betrays its ally and sides with its former enemy. In Oceania, when this occurs, the Ministry of Truth rewrites history to make it appear that the current state of affairs is the way it has always been, and documents with contradictory information are destroyed in the memory

Although Surveillance of terrorism, is extremely labor intensive and costly. Surveillance cameras and terrorism control technology are popping up everywhere. Many big cities across the country including New York, Cincinnati, Seattle and Chicago are allocating budget dollars to install surveillance cameras and to get the most up to date surveillance technology. This surveillance technology has improved to a degree that it allows the government and law enforcement to track people without having them to physical followed someone 24 hours a day. This new technology has allowed many states to implement programs for monitoring people in order to collect intelligence, to shut down a narcotic operation, or to establish probable cause.

Monitoring of the masses instead of individual suspected terrorists threatens citizens privacy and liberty. “The answers are unclear; the future remains uncertain. Much will depend on events and reactions, especially concerning the frequency and intensity of future terrorist attacks by foreigners on Americans and on American soil. Such uncertainty means that there will be an uneasy, and changing, tension and balance between the demands of national security and the demands of democracy.” (Rosati). Depending on the level of fear some people will have to give up some of their civil liberties to maintain the safety of the United States. There will more than likely be a resistance to giving up freedom in exchange for security. When the emotion of fear drives decisions; citizens could make irrational choices that would give more power to the government. In an anonymous survey 33% stated that domestic terrorism is a threat and 66% did not feel that domestic terrorism is a threat to them

I thought of this book as an exaggerated foreshadow and review of America’s outlook on life. “Fahrenheit 451” is a thrilling novel with the theme being, a change of heart is never too late. An interesting aspect of the book is the setup of the plot. Most of the book is background information, then discovery for the main character, after that the thrilling change for the main character. Montage is the main character who’s career is to burn books in a twisted society where learning is done by the government and the point of life is to have fun with no worries. First Montage is fine with burning books and lives like any other person, unhappy and under satisfied. Another important character was Clariss, who opened Montage’s eyes to see how his

During World War I, Stalin had created a five year plan for the Soviet Union. Stalin’s five year proposal was to develop the economics of the Soviet Union. He wanted the Soviet Union to become more like the western hemisphere, so he created the five year plan. If the residents of the Soviet Union constantly followed the five year plan, they would eventually reach his intended modernized society. In the novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, there is a three principle plan called Ingsoc. The three principal plan was the slogan, “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength” (Orwell 1.1.4). The slogan is propaganda to enforce the idea of expanding the Oceania. Stalin created a five year plan, so that the Soviet Union civilians would continue

In the book Nineteen-Eighty Four, George Orwell portrays a story regarding the future, in which each nation fights an endless war in order for them to conceive power. Throughout the book, Orwell writes a story about a generation during an endless period of war against each country. He also composes a generation in which makes nations into dystopian societies and a government that makes people believe the only information they want them to believe. Although Orwell shared a prophecy of the future, the explicit battles we are facing in today's society have become a whirlwind of terrorism and a world of people raised as Orthodoxy.

Some say that the key to success on preventing terrorism, or any crime for that matter, is the use of massive surveillance enforcement (Someone's Watching). For instance, airlines have used the Computer Assisted Pre-Screening System (CAPS) to spot any dangerous passengers that have checked into the airline. Additionally, metal detectors are heavily used in airlines to check for any weapons that a terrorist might use. Video cameras that capture faces and license plates found all throughout the airport are now equipped with a software that allows images to be recognized and matched with several databases (Public Places Have Eyes). Cameras in general are present in every corner of the airport to monitor all irregular activities. Some also believe that "having a floating eye in the sky could prove to be a major deterrent in the war on terror" when talking about aerial surveillance (Surveillance Tech). Moreover, these surveillance tools are not only used in airlines to prevent crime. These surveillance gadgets can also be used to prevent other crimes such as robberies, trespassing, assaults, and shopliftings everywhere. In fact, with the help of aerial cameras, the Tampa Florida Police Aviation Unit was able to perform 500 arrests in the year of 2003 (Surveillance Tech). As for metal detectors, they are found at the entrances of almost every store we go to as well as school premises that push for a weapon free