The Censors
“But he knows that they examine, sniff, feel, and read between the lines of each and every letter, and check its tiniest comas and most accidental stain.” (pg.174)
I suppose the author was making a historical connection to the book and our society. In our world, the government often tries to censor what information we can receive and send. For instance, in China the government had decided to ban all mentions of the word “time travel” from movies, tv shows, etc for some odd reason. For our local government, they do the same things as well by censoring things that might jeopardize national security or something else. I think they censor materials to make sure that their nation stays safe.
“This was Juan’s sound plan when he, like many others, applied for a censor’s job- not because he had a calling or needed a job: no, he applied simply to intercept his own letter.” (pg.175) It seems like it’s a common thing to join the censorship for the sole purpose of intercepting one's own letter. The fact that the censor’s secret command had hired him immediately makes it all the more reasonable that many people do this. “He
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“The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury is a good example of advanced technology leading to a dystopian society Mr. Mead goes for a walk everyday and suddenly one day a police car that is automated stops him and takes him away to To the Psychiatric Center for Research on Regressive Tendencies. This was set in the future of 2053 and the fact that walking is viewed as a bad habit is so unexpected for us since walking is the fundamental thing needed to get from one place to another so it really looks like having a too advanced system could lead to a