Activity 4

-The cover is an iris and pupil
-It symbolizes the government watching over everything it's citizens do controlling them through fear
-there are no comments from critics or reviewers
-there is no flyleaf
-the back of the book contains works done by George Orwell
-there is an afterword at the end by Erich Fromm and I think you should read it to give some extra insight on the book. it should be read before you begin your reading. It's divided by titles.

Activity 3

Aristotle's Three Forms Of Government

Type.            Good form.          Bad form
One ruler.      Monarchy.           Tyranny

Small group     aristocracy         oligarchy
Rule.

Mass rule.      Constitutional     democracy
                  Government

Utopia- a perfect, happy society in which all of humanities problems have been solved

Anti-utopia or Dystopia- a nightmare society in which life is as difficult and unhappy as it could be: often the result of trying to create a utopia

The United States is a democracy, but its somewhere inbetween utopia and anti-utopia because we have freedoms as well as rights but the government has the power to infringe those freedoms and rights. Leading us to believe we have the privacy we were entitled to by our forefathers, while they go through your personal items such as email and text messages.                 

Orwellian would not happen in the United States, because it would infringe our rights as American citizens. 

If I was put in this situation I would drop electronics completely and do everything by secret letters and face to face communications. My concerns of privacy would rise and I would be more of a recluse. I'd keep to myself unless something needed to be said.

I would not answer the door if FBI agents knocked on my door. I would feel as if I am being watched. I'd keep an eye out for undercover cars and agents everywhere I went. Fear would not overwhelm me but rather keep me alert, ready. My life would be altered in the way I do things. Obviously you can't fully recede from a life of digital communication without arousing suspicion so rather you lead those who might try to follow you away from your true thoughts or feelings. I would have to come up with a way to put an end to it. I believe I would be a radical in this situation.

This situation is Orwellian because it is the secret gathering of information that is to remain private through non-consensual methods.

Orwellian, what is privacy?

Orwellian means, to me, non-consensual supervision of private property by the federal government.

I believe this to be an accurate definition, because in 1984 they have a government that rules over all
while in the United States we have a government run by the people, supposedly for the people. Yet they continue to spy on their people gathering intel on each and every one of us. Just as the invasive government of 1984 does to it's citizens.