Blog#2: Current Situation(Book #2)

* Are there are any current situations in the world that relate to the Novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or “fixed”?

The society in 1984 has very similar characteristics with the society in North Korea. First, mind manipulation of the civilians is alike. Big brother is same as the Kim Jung Ll the “dictator” of North Korea. The leaders mind control their people. Big Brother changes history, spread thought polices and “vaporize” people who are against him. In North Korea, Kim Jung Ll claims that he is the only God in this Earth, and they have to obey him to “live”. When I was in Korean Elementary School, I had a great chance to talk with people from North Korea. They told us that life in North Korea is very poor and depressing. They explained how cruel Kim jung Ll was and how many people are dying on the street everyday. In addition, people are watched everyday. Every single movement they make, every word they speak is monitored. The people who ran away from North Korea told me that there are secret spies that monitor people’s behavior every single second. Moreover, many people were killed during the process of run away. I saw the documentary that was about people running away from North Korea. Once, It had a scene that people are crossing a river for better future in South Korea but got shot at the back of their head and died. There are six North Korean Soldiers standing on the platform next to the river, and when they see a human crossing the river, they shoot and kill. Unfortunately, the world in 1984 is not a imaginative world that exist. The society in 1984 is just right next to us begging for freedom and change.