Today, children often disagree with their parents on curfew and who to hang out with and chores, rather than big issues such as disagreeing with what the government does. Also, the government in the United States is not a dictatorship, so nothing bad will happen if a person disagrees with it. The kids now also have more of a familial bonding to their parents and relatives than the kids in 1984 did. Kids now would be hesitant to turn in a relative or a parent if they did something that was not really bad. They care more about their parents, and even though they definitely have conflict with their parents, they always get resolved in the end. The modern world has many differences between the government and the people, and the relationship between parents and kids, and how these were portrayed in Orwell’s 1984. Overall, in 1984, there is a lot of conflict between children and adults as the Party strives for complete control of everyone. Children are favorites of the party and often this leads to their parents being scared of their own children and what they can do. The children maintain a harsh and rude temperament and behavior, and they often get what they want, when they want it. The Party really takes the children and shapes them into how Big Brother wants them, bringing a tighter hold on the minds of the people. This coincides with the conflict between adults and children to make up a large portion of the
Today, children often disagree with their parents on curfew and who to hang out with and chores, rather than big issues such as disagreeing with what the government does. Also, the government in the United States is not a dictatorship, so nothing bad will happen if a person disagrees with it. The kids now also have more of a familial bonding to their parents and relatives than the kids in 1984 did. Kids now would be hesitant to turn in a relative or a parent if they did something that was not really bad. They care more about their parents, and even though they definitely have conflict with their parents, they always get resolved in the end. The modern world has many differences between the government and the people, and the relationship between parents and kids, and how these were portrayed in Orwell’s 1984. Overall, in 1984, there is a lot of conflict between children and adults as the Party strives for complete control of everyone. Children are favorites of the party and often this leads to their parents being scared of their own children and what they can do. The children maintain a harsh and rude temperament and behavior, and they often get what they want, when they want it. The Party really takes the children and shapes them into how Big Brother wants them, bringing a tighter hold on the minds of the people. This coincides with the conflict between adults and children to make up a large portion of the