Brave New World

1.We know why he gets offered the opportunity to go on the trip but why doesnt everyone e to go? It would be for the governments benefit if everyone went, then all could see how barren everywhere else is. It would be pointless to send the lower ranked people I guess because they don't have the intelligence but all higher ranked people should go in my opinion.
2. How can they make the world make the transition? Yes I understand how to conquer te land. My question is how did they wipe everyone's brains to think this way. Its hard for me to believe that one day they propose the idea of constricting genetic mutations and everyone just happily agreeing. I guess those who revolted just were killed. Otherwise I can't see how you don't have opposers.
3. Why wouldn't they want everyone to be smarter? Then you probably wouldn't have the Workers to do the basics tasks. Everyone would be to "sophisticated" for that.

1984 Post #3

For your final 1984 blog you need to assess the ending of the book. Has Big Brother won? Why/Why not? Propose a way that the One State can be brought down. What do you think happens to Winston Smith at the end of the novel? Support your answer with analysis of specific quotes from the text.

I think in the end of this book Big Brother wins. He keeps the society in his ideal state because he doesn't care about killing others, he cares about keeping his point. He has done that through necessary actions and his ideals are still the "law" when the book ends. The only way I can see the state being brought down is if one was able to convince the thought police and members of the party to turn on Big Brother. If you could always keep one person against the law and just keep that moving through generations. At the end of the novel Winston Smith is shot by the Thought Police and dies. I see this because it talks about how the bullet is coming towards his head as we walks down the hallway and earlier it mentions this is how they kill people.