100th Blog!

First off I want to recognize that this is my hundredth blog. I'm not really sure how to feel about that since I'm fairly certain that you (Mr. Costello) are the only one who even skims my blogs and now I've written a hundred of them, kind of depressing really.

Anyway, 1984, crazy book. I thought it was. . .interesting. The idea, especially in 1948 is crazy and perplexing. However, I don't think a world like this is possible in today's society. It seems like there is no way that with the internet it would ever be possible to control people in this extreme of a manner. I think that the revolts in Egypt show this very clearly on a smaller scale. The people were suffering from the governments overwhelming control and due to the ability to unite online they revolted and overturned the government.

I do think that the quote near the end is interesting "He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother." You can see just how brain washed he is. He thinks that loving big brother despite his previous feelings towards him is a victory and that is kind of sickening until you realize, oh yeah its a book. I did like the ending though, it was the only way it could really end legitimately in my opinion.