ISU Task 4 Blog One

My social issue in my book so far is life under a dictatorship and I have provided with a poetry and an article related of this issue.

http://hellopoetry.com/words/560878/thoughtcrime-police/poems/

This poetry focuses on the different aspects of living under dictatorship. It states how a dictator has his utter control over the public and  he has the power to run things his way. The poetry indicates the government controlling public's mind by telling them the truth that the dictator wants them to believe. Peoples every move is watched and studied by a third party and making thought crimes would get people arrested or killed. This poetry relates to the social issue of my book, as in it the way Big Brother's dictatorship works is similar to how the poetry describes lifestyle under dictatorship. As in my book people have telescreens in every building including houses, that watches the people and shows them what Big Brother wants them to see. Also at workplaces people are manipulated by watching video that show hate towards Big Brothers enemy. Making thoughtcrimes result in dead or arrest. There is a fear in the atmosphere and the public does what they are told with no objections or else they get killed.

 http://www.english-online.at/history/fascism/life-in-a-fascist-regime.htm
( Based mostly on the first two paragraphs and the " Life in a Fascist Regime")

I selected this article as it talks about the dictator is the head of the state and the citizens have to work for the country and the government. If they don't obey they are punished by imprisonment or execution.  People are trained to follow the running party's beliefs and slogans. Also that the government controls the newspaper and televisions. Freedom of speech is taken away under dictatorship. This relates to the social issue in my novel as the people in my novel who are under the dictatorship of the Big Brother have to do and follow all the things stated by the article. That relates the citizens as being army of robots living under the shadow of their leader and they do as the leader says without objecting the authority.