1984 Dystopia

Recently in the Twenty first century, governments across the world have been increasing their power to try and solve modern day issues. 1984 was a dystopian book written by George Orwell that shows what happens the after effects of when a government becomes too powerful. The setting takes place in a militaristic nation known as Oceania, in which its government has absolute power over their people. Orwell’s book has inspired me to draw connections from the abusive power of Oceania to the USA’s government increased of power during the Bush’s era. Terrorism is the biggest problem, the modern world has ever faced. It is different from conventional warfare because anyone could be an enemy. With numerous solutions being implemented to combat the

The USA PATRIOT was an act that passed in the aftermath of 9/11, increased power to the Justice Department agencies by allowing intelligence from the American people to become more attainable. The act was designed to protect America from any foreign harm from terrorist through the expanded tools and power necessary for the executive branch. At the time, people accepted the fact that it was necessary for the nation to access everyone’s information to prevent any more attacks against the USA. As time passed on, many people began questioning whether the government had overstepped its boundary. In the article “Audit: NSA repeatedly Broke Privacy Rules”, published by the Washington Post, Barton Gellman shows how the government misused the power through these lines. “The NSA uses the term "incidental" when it sweeps up the records of an American while targeting a foreigner or a U.S. person who is believed to be involved in terrorism. Official guidelines for NSA personnel say that kind of incident, pervasive under current practices, "does not constitute a . . . violation" and "does not have to be reported" to the NSA inspector general for inclusion in quarterly reports to Congress. Once added to its databases, absent other restrictions, the communications of Americans may be searched freely.”(Gellman) The surveillance program, established by

For an example, after the 9/11 attacks many people were afraid or hated Muslims because the hijackers of the plane were radicals of the Muslim faith. People start discriminating Muslims in various day to day activity such as airport security checks, raised suspicions, and unwanted attention. “Travelling While Muslim Complicates Air Travel”, is an article published by The New York times, by Michael T. Luongo writes to show what Muslims had to deal with, when they are in the airports. "For Sikh Americans, humiliation is a prerequisite to air travel; we are pulled aside and profiled simply because of the way we look," said Arjun Singh Sethi. He is the director of law and policy for the Sikh Coalition, a national group founded in the aftermath of 9/11, when some Sikhs were violently attacked.”(Luongo). The common stereotype for any Muslim people living in the USA was that they possessed a bomb, or have ill and dangerous intents. What people are facing in the airport against the core belief of America freedom and values. This articles point how The War on Terror is damaging the Muslim Communities. In the quotation above, its shows how the government and society are reinforcing those serotypes. The American people are made to believe that they are all bad people and that they needed to be under control. As a result, the Muslim community is marginalized, which