Bryan Ku
Tyler Reeb
English 102 Sec. 8
8 October 2014
Blog#1
There are many countries like North Korea that are
struggling in providing food. When food becomes scarce, it causes a lot of situations.
In the novel, 1984, George Orwell
developed a scene when the protagonist, Winston Smith is debating on what food
to eat. Food is limited so Winston saved his last piece of bread and ate a
colorless liquid called Victory Gin instead.
Winston face changed dramatically, "Instantly his face turned
scarlet and the water ran out of his eyes. The stuff was like nitric acid, and moreover,
in swallowing it one had the sensation of being hit on the back of the head
with a rubber club" (5). The taste of Victory Gin is horrendous. After
eating the first few bites, Winston face made an puking expression. As the
taste continues to flow in his mouth, he can feel an imaginary rubber club
hitting his head.
When I was a child, my family made me eat a lot of
unusual food. This passage reminds me of times when I was put in the same position
as Winston. Food becomes valuable and the choices to pick what to eat is
limited. This is an important aspect to many other places such as North Korea. North
Korea is struggling to provide food to their citizens because of how
undeveloped the country is. The lack of agriculture
and random climate changes also affects
the number of food a family receives. North Korea was dictated by a man named
Kim Jong Il. He was the power of how North Korea was controlled. Everything he
did was a reflection of his country. Winston also stated, "As soon as all
the correction which happened to be necessary in an particular number of the
times had been assembled and collected, that number would be reprinted, the
original copy destroyed, and the corrected copy placed on the files in its
stead" (39). Just as how North Korea is being dictated, Winston's society
is also being controlled.
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