Dawn

In chapter 4, I am seeing similarities between this book and 1984. The part that I am talking about in Dawn is when the man goes to the asylum and questioned him for twenty-four hours. They used violent force on him, as you have read. It is just like in 1984 when the party questioned Winston. It seems to be a really common occurrence in books. I think because it works is the reason why they do it. If I was questioning someone, and wanted information out of them, I would use force also. Because pain is a hard thing to deal with. Monica, do you feel that using force is a good way to get people to do what you want? Another thing I noticed is that I can connect this book to Freedom at Midnight. The Moslem's in the story made the Hindu's eat meat when they wouldn't. It's the same in Dawn, where the people who are questioning the man try and make him eat meat. I feel like that is a really important part. If you can break a person down enough to make them do the one thing that they will not do, it shows your control over that person. It might even be more affective then pain is. Monica, do you think that pain or breaking down a person is the way to make people do what you want? A combination of both could work very well, also.