Proletariat Uprising:

In Part 3, Chapter 3, O’Brien tells Winston that the proletarians or the slaves will never rise and overthrow us (The Party). He said “They are helpless.”  Winston feels this is not true and that The Party will eventually fail. Do some research and find out if any government system, that had complete power over the people, was ever overtaken by the suppressed, or lower class people, the proletariat.

Surveillance systems.

San Diego Union-Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 2009, has an article on a huge electronic spying network. Canadian researchers have concluded that hundreds of government and private offices around the world have been having documents stolen off their computers. They have called this computer espionage “GhostNet”. The spyware can turn on the camera and audio-recording functions of in infected computer, enabling monitors to see and hear what goes on in a room. This operation is still going strong and continues to invade and monitor more than a dozen new computers a week.  “Intelligence analysts say many governments, including those of China, Russia and the United States, and other parties use sophisticated computer programs to covertly gather information.

Please write a reflection of your experience in being involved in this International Literature Blog. How has this experience been beneficial as compared to reading literature and discussing the themes in only a classroom setting?  Do you feel you have learned more and if so what have you learned? Do you think you will remember the books better than if you were not involved in this activity? Do you feel you learned more about technology in being part of an Internet discussion forum? Do you feel you learned more about people in other countries? Share anything else you feel is valuable.

Our class is reading 1984, and it seems so true how cameras are everywhere today in our society. Have you ever read the book? Manny A San Diego, CA USA

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

Story themes and how they relate to today's world.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

(Published in 1813 and is a romantic comedy.)