Bryan Ku
Tyler Reeb
English 102 Sec. 8
10 November 2014
Thesis statement
Technology is used to
improve people's lives, however it can also be used for the wrong reasons.
quotes
The Germans tried again
on the Western front near Ypres, France; a five mile wide cloud of chlorine gas
settled onto the French and Algerian trenches causing panic, death and
destroyed moral.
What's
not hard to gauge is the reach of online harassment. From inappropriate
name-calling to death threats, cyber bullying is a pervasive and very real problem
for adults as well as teens.
New
technologies are making it easier for private companies and the government to
learn the minutiae of our online activities
It was
terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public
place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away.
A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself
– anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having
something to hide.
denotation and
connotation
During World War I, there were a lot of new inventions
and technology. The Germans were the first people to invent poison gas. Poison
gas is a deadly weapon that made multiple people die in both opposing sides.
This is a dangerous matter because of the amount of lives were sacrificed. During
that time, poison gas was an effective way to kill people, however the death is
excruciating. Without the power of technology, poison gas would never come
about.
Cyber bullying is a more recent matter that is a problem.
Networking and socializing online is supposed to be a way where communicating
is more efficient. But sometimes they can be used for the wrong reasons. Cyber
Bullying can cause mental pain and also self pain. It is usually toward teenagers
, but it can also affect adults as well. Facebook and Instagram are tools to
express one's self, but people can take advantage and use it to attack you. A
simple word can cause mental stress. It all ticks down to how self confident
you are. if you have a low self-esteem, words can cause depression. Cyber
bullying has not only caused problem to myself but also to my friends. When I
was in middle school, technology was at its peak. Online socializing start to
declare who is the most popular. The competition is crucial. A lot of kids who
did not become popular are treated differently. In the end, only the popular
kids were happy and treated normally.
Privacy has always been a critical part to live a life.
We all have our own secrets that we do not want people to know. To have people
see what we do can cause many problems. Not only do we need to be aware of what
we do now, but also be extra careful. Internet is used to help us live a more convenient
life, however if it is used to spy on what we do, it can cause problems. For
companies and government look at what we do will cause some problems. Now a
days, we use technology to find everything. Where we go, what we do, and what
we want. To have these motives completely known, we can't even do the most
littlest things. Supervision is great, but only to a point where it is
understanding.
In the short story, 1984, George Orwell created a society
where the Big Brother can see what you do. The telescreen is a tool that Big
Brother uses to supervise what people are doing. Because of that, people's
privacy is stripped away. The actions you do are all judge by Big brother. With
even a slight movement that show that you might be against him can causes
death. Winston, the protagonist, lives
in a society were even technology is against him. Technology has always
been important to me. I try to see technology as a way to make life easier, but
sometimes it can be harmful. The telesreen is an invention that can causes a
lot of different problems.
sources
Baldwin, Roger.
"Internet Privacy." American Civil Liberties Union. N.p., n.d. Web.
08 Nov.
2014.
Orwell, George, and Erich Fromm. 1984: A Novel. New
York, NY: Signet Classic, 1961. Print
"The Cold War
Museum." Cold War Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Nov. 2014.
Sweeney, Bill.
"The Use of Gas Warfare in World War One." The Use of Gas Warfare in
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