Our Missing Hearts: The Government Control Of Society

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While one could argue everyone is a free thinker, in desperate times of fear it is easy for one to reflect on the government's views rather than their own. Dystopias such as Our Missing Hearts reflect societal problems in multiple ways such as the control of a society from the government's hands in multiple aspects such as discrimination against certain groups of people, propaganda, and overall views on certain topics. The government being able to control society this easily overall reflects societal problems due to the fact this is something that currently does happen or has happened across the globe. In times of an uprising, people search for someone or something to scapegoat in order to experience contempt, this is often pushed by a government. …show more content…

Suspicious eyes swiveled at those with foreign faces, foreign names” (Ng, 179). The belief that such an issue was caused by China since they just so happened to be better off than the USA currently was, contributed to discrimination and worsened it. While society was already fearing for a potential downfall which was caused by their own government, the government having the power to control society in the palms of their hands comes to an advantage because of the widespread of ideals. This relates to societal issues, as when the government sees the need for comfort in their society, they take it as an opportunity to feed propaganda. This is exemplified in a BBC news article which states, “the art of propaganda is not telling lies but rather seeing the truth you require and giving it mixed up with some truths the audience wants to hear”(Higham). The societal issue of the government controlling discrimination is excellently described due to the mention of while it may not be completely false at times, it is easy for the government to control in situations of fear. The need to understand what is happening is something society relies on in both dystopia and global society, which makes it easy to feed false …show more content…

Whether it be dystopias or societal issues, one could argue that the government controlling one's ideals is an issue reflected in both aspects. In current society, the uproar of technology is a blessing and a curse, the opportunity to have resources beneath one's fingers, yet the opportunity to spread false information like wildfire is extremely easy. Due to fake news and such, it is easy to get caught up in what you truly believe, Coonrod describes how “from the subconscious impacts of fake news to the physical pressures of social media, you’re not as in control of your thoughts as you might think” (Coonrod). It is easy to spread certain information to a large group of people, everyday one sees countless pieces of information which overall gives the government the opportunity to blind people. If one were to keep spreading certain ideals, society would overall shape their opinions on that. This is also reflected in dystopias such as Our Missing Hearts, such as the overall spread of PACT and how the government began by implementing fear into the

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