In 1984, Big Brother watches over everyone making sure that their following the rules of their society; hense the reason such as the main character, Winston, gave up his freedoms for security. I am not too far into the book though, however I have noticed already from Part 1 that Winston has stepped out of his own boundaries in order to take control of himself in terms of self-expression and personal freedom by purchasing a diary to write in. On page 7 Winston quotes, "It was curious that he seemed not merely to have lost the power of expressing himself, but even to have forgotten what it was that he had originally intended to say." I like this quote due to the fact that he had alot bottled up for quite some time and knew what he wanted to express; however, when given the opportunity to let his thoughts pour out on paper, he couldn't seem to do it. Did he just blank out, or was it that his mind has been taught that freedom is basically not allowed and that he is going against Big Brother.
In terms of our own personal privacy, I believe privacy does exist to some degree today, but their are definetly ways that we have let our society interfere. A couple examples that come to mind for me are things like facebook, government, and the entire use of technology as a whole. I think that facebook has taken over peoples personal issues without them realizing it. As we talked about in class, one can't really delete a facebook once it has been created. Those personal items, information, and contact info. could be anywhere on the entire world wide web. I'm not a huge fan of politics or government and I don't really know much about it, but one thing I do feel is that our government knows alot more about us then we do. The government and law agencies can pretty much spot someone whenever they want too, whether its tapping into internet chat, wire taps, and so on. Leading into technology, online chatting sites and any kind of site where you put in personal info. is probably going to be there forever. Whether you know it or like it, once something is on the Web is out there and technically there is no way to delete it.
I would never give up my freedoms for security. The reason or country is recognized so greatly is the fact that it was found and based on freedom. I would never want security to interfere with what I do or what others do for that matter.
