[Note: I know I haven't updated in a while, and suddenly I'm posting more than one entry tonight. This is because, for once, I have some things to write about which don't all fall into the same categories. So this is post two of three for tonight... sorry.]
I don't know if any of you are aware of the book 1984 by George Orwell. If you're not, I'll explain. The book is a political novel written with the purpose of warning its readers about the dangers of a certain government. Set in 1984, Orwell's goal was to indicate to the readers (the current year at that time was 1949) that the story represented a real possibility for the near future. The whole book is based around a Big Brother type event in which a group of people are dumped in an area with high security systems watching their every movement. After watching The Hunger Games I have now realised how similar the story lines are.
My Dad brought up the discussion one evening about our views on the future. That is what set off my theory and ideas. 1984 has come true. It may seem like an exaggeration, but look at it this way; we now have CCTV, Big Brother was created (which is basically 1984 in modern day context), and the Government are now planning to hack into internet history to monitor what we do to 'stop terrorism', as they like to call it. After explaining all of the above I continued by announcing that I think that a Hunger Games- like activity will replace the Olympics in the future for population control or punishment. It may seem far-fetched, but so did 1984 at the time, and look what's happened now.
Apologies for this deep, political ramble. The next post is more upbeat.
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