"With those children, he thought, that wrteched woman must lead a life of terror. Another year, two years, and they would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy. Nearly all children nowadays were horrible."
This quote astounds me. I can't imagine a day where the government would turn children into spies in an effort to keep tabs on their parents. Its a very frightening thought that government could in some way overrule the basic sense of loyalty a child feels for its parents and turn them into spies that would rat their parents out without a second thought.
It's okay because parents are meanys anyways :)
ReplyDeleteNice quote! Think about why the government would want to do this... what else does it accomplish besides the addition of more "spies" into the Party... think in terms of family relationships and loyalties!
ReplyDeleteOh! The government wants to separte families so that if the people ever figure out how to rebel (or what it even is) they won't have any ties to anyone else, not even family. While they required to call everyone "comrade" there is no way that any civilian would go into any sort of trouble for another. This sort of seperation and lack of loyalty virtually eliminates any sort of threatening rebellion.
ReplyDeleteYeah thats great
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