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You have to acknowledge the fact that the world can be a very cruel and dangerous place. What Harlen Coden wanted to get across with his article, “Undercover Parent,” is you should start considering the possibilities about the dangers of the world and probably start spying on your child because it could save their lives. He made this by trying to have the reader make them see and feel what he felt. For example, he pointed out what happened to people he knew and told you about them in second hand experience. His purpose for this article is to show people that spying on them might not be so bad after all. He also made this because spying on your son/daughter can help them be safe. The article was made for people(parents/guardian)

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George Orwell creates a dark, depressing and pessimistic world where the government has full control over the masses in the novel 1984. The protagonist, Winston, is low-level Party member who has grown to resent the society that he lives in. Orwell portrays him as a individual that begins to lose his sanity due to the constrictions of society. There are only two possible outcomes, either he becomes more effectively assimilated or he brings about the change he desires. Winston starts a journey towards his own self-destruction. His first defiant act is the diary where he writes “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.” But he goes further by having an affair with Julia,

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novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell. Society in the novel had to face surveillance and

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The children loved to act and dress up like spies because that is who they saw as their role motel rather than their own parents. For example, the author gives a brief description of what the kids dressed up in “both of them were dressed in the blue shorts, grey shirts, and red neckerchiefs which were the uniform of the Spies”(Orwell 23). The children were not normal and nor did they try to act like they were. For example, the children would rather see people get killed then enjoying their time as a kid and playing with their friends. “Why can't we go and see the hanging?' roared the boy in his huge voice. 'Want to see the hanging! Want to see the hanging!' chanted the little girl, still capering round”(Orwell 23). It’s not ordinary for a child to want to go and see people begin hung from necks as something they do for fun. Yet the hanging was just another way Big Brother controlled the children of Oceania. The hanging was Big Brothers could be seen as an example of what happens to those who go against him. The children were given toys just like the ones we give our kids nowadays but the way the used them made the difference. The children used their toys to induce pain on others more towards the adults. For Instance, the author states, “he had not gone six steps down the passage when something hit the back of his neck an agonizingly painful blow… Mrs. Parsons

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In today’s society, the phrase “strict parents create sneaky children” has become more and more popular. This idea of helicopter parenting is a problem in society, but also in jobs or any position where there is a person in charge of others. Society is always looking for ways to have complete control over a situation, but many say that with helicopter parenting comes the idea of rebellious children. Although “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr is about a government being too strict and controlling, it is still a great example of strict overseers trying to have complete control creating a sneaky society. “Harrison Bergeron” proves that when a person is put under such strict guidelines, it is only a matter of time before a rebellion is created.

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Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian novel in which the government, known as the Party, controls everything and everyone. The symbol of the Party is a strong looking face called Big Brother. Big Brother is always watching, whether it be by telescreens or thought police. In this twisted society, the Party convinces its people that war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. However, the protagonist, Winston Smith, convinces himself that his society is backward. Anyone who goes against the party becomes known as a thought criminal and disappears forever. Winston can’t conform to this society and knows there is something fundamentally wrong with it. Winston shows a lot of bravery rebelling against the Party causing him to be very admirable.

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“Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in

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The book Nineteen-eighty four by George Orwell is a dystopian fiction novel is based thirty years in the future. Where The main character Winston Smith lives in a totalitarian government that took over the United Kingdom but is now called Oceania. This scary novel shows what it would be like living in such a government where the rich are the leaders and then the rest are in the working class and they get oppressed, watched and treated very poorly.

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Alan too understood that secrecy was a vital tool in his manipulation. His take on secrecy was about protecting himself from detection as well as coercing the child to believe that he was special. The innocence of these child victims made it easy for Alan to manipulate them into believing they were willing participants. Keeping all of these seemingly minor secrets had built up a feeling of equal responsibility and equal guilt in this totally innocent child. Something I had worked to achieve, and it was this inability to inform on me without having to explain his own willing participating that finally kept captive to my sick desires (Alan p. 94)

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Originally published in 1949, Nineteen-Eighty Four was a story about a futuristic world. Now that 1984 has passed, we now realize how unrealistic the novel really is. Even with the advancement of technology, the world today is quite different from the one portrayed in nineteen eighty-four. Big Brother has control on almost everything and is constantly watching everybody’s actions. With thought police everywhere, people have to worry about what they think. This is something that doesn’t happen today. When Winston falls in love with a rebellious Julia they have to sneak around trying to hide from Big Brother. Not only is this extremely difficult with all the telesmreens everywhere, but also very risking. If they are caught they know they would

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George Orwell’s dystopian science fiction novel, Nineteen Eighty Four addresses the idea of a futuristic reality that has ultimately succumbed to control and surveillance. Orwell shows this by utilising a variety of stylistic conventions such as symbolism, foreshadowing, imagery and repetition. Throughout the novel, Orwell uses subtle events and symbols such as the glass paperweight and the face of Big Brother to enforce the idea of a setting without freedom of thought or control over one’s actions. Orwell’s use of symbols is also accompanied by repetition in the form of gripping slogans and symbols. Additionally, through the main protagonist Winston, the life of an individual in said dystopian society is explored. George Orwell through the use of symbols, imagery, foreshadowing and repetition explores the idea of a totalitarian society ruled by the terrifying identity known as Big Brother.

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What is an utopia compared to a dystopia? A perfect society or your worst nightmare? An utopia is a perfect society that is usually affiliated with a dystopia. The belief in a perfect society but is not. In 1984 everything is not what it seems. Dystopian societies used to be fiction, no it’s reality. 1984 is a novel written by George Orwell. It is a dystopian, fiction that takes place in London, England in 1984 but written in 1948. Winston Smith is a thin, frail, and intellectual 39-year-old. He hate Big brother and his whole totalitarian government. The Soviet Union and the fictional society portrayed in 1984 share similar dystopian characteristics including the use of propaganda, the restriction of freedom, and worshipping someone in society.

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First, a parent should give their children a chance to trust them. Lory Day, an educational psychologist and mom of a daughter in graduate school, consider spying “an invasion of privacy and violation of trust”(Lines 22-24). A child should be able to win over their parents trust

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“A handsome, tough-looking boy of nine had popped up from behind the table and was menacing him with a toy automatic pistol... “You 're a traitor!" yelled the boy. "You 're a thought-criminal! You 're a Eurasian spy! I 'll shoot you, I 'll vaporize you, I 'll send you to the salt mines!" The party would also exploit young children for their own advantages. They would manipulate children into following their rules and using them as spies.

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Over time, after experiencing different texts, audiences begin to identify patterns. As more novels were created, audiences could now group text in categories of similar patterns, known as genres. A genre, as defined by Collins dictionary, is " a category of literature or another form of art or entertainment (such as paintings or music) based on certain defining criteria "(collinsdictionary.com). Books within the same genres carry many similarities and some surprising differences. A focus on an individual category can cause the audience to miss crucial aspects of the story that do not follow the pattern. In some cases, focusing on a genre can generate a better understanding of themes within the novel. From studying two highly known dystopian

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