2nd 1984 blog

ARTICLE!!!!!!!!!

This article reminded me of some of the events that occurred in 1984, especially the message of an, in most people's opinions, innocent girl being shot for doing the right thing. From the international community, the girl in the article was awarded for her actions and verbalization towards equality. However, since the Taliban, the ruling "government" of her country felt that her ideas were corrupting towards the people and the ideology of their party, they hired a gunman to attack her in one of the most unsuspecting of places; the school bus.

Although many people are aware of the atrocities the Taliban has committed, they are the government figure of Pakistan nonetheless, and are supposed to be there to protect the people, not try to kill children on their way to school, the place where they can learn and feel safe.

In 1984 the government uses someone that Winston trusts, O'Brien, in order to inflict the greatest act of betrayal. Winston literally puts his life and all of his trust with O'Brien, thinking that he is doing what is right not only for himself, but for society as a whole, but in the end is killed, figuratively speaking (and possibly literally...?) by him and those who he was working for.

The point is, that in both of these situations someone has had faith in their actions and what they are doing to not only feel good about themselves, but to better society as a whole, only to be stabbed in the back by someone who is, in theory, supposed to be their leader.