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my students´essays

Sitio: CFR de Lugo
Curso: Curso de: CERQUEIRO GONZÁLEZ , MARINA
Libro: my students´essays
Impreso por: Usuario convidado
Data: venres, 6 de marzo de 2026, 10:31 AM

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this is the place where our essays are gathered under different sections.

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Big Brother: social media


Social media has been one of the most useful inventions of the century. It is an easy way to communicate and share information with friends and to learn about different aspects of their lives. But sometimes people go to far when sharing things with their followers. Nowadays it is very common to show everything we do through the social media, everybody knows what we are doing, where we are and who we are with all the time and this has horrible consequences. For example, if you post on Facebook that you are going on holidays and for how long, your followers will know that your house will be empty on those days, as a result, a thief could rob there. Or if you share with your friends photos of a wild party, the moment you want to get a job, your boss will search your profile and see that you are not a responsible person. Therefore, in my opinion, people should be more cautios with things they post on social media.
Paula
1984 is a famous novel which was written by George Orwell and which is about a totalitarian regime that controls its population. It is an interesting plot in so far as it deals with a pressing issue in current societies, in which Special Intelligence Services are completely in charge of preserving the security of their citizens. But, where should the control over our lives end?

Recently, some incidents involving The American Intelligence Service, like Wilkileaks, have raised the alarms in the rest of the countries.Civilians started to protest because of the excessive control exerted over them, and people began to demand more freedom over their actions.
However, authorities in most countries aren´t inclined to reduce anti-terrorism defences in exchange for more freedom for their citizens. And, even some of their citizens wouldn´t agree with that either.

But, who can promise us that constant vigilance can guarantee our security? There is an easy answer: nobody. No one can assure us that a crazy person won´t become the leader of a country -Hitler´s shadow is there to warn us. Were that to happen, terrorists would be in control of the population. Is surveilance the best option to protect society from terrorist attacks? I don´t think so. The best weapon against violence is education. If children grow up with peaceful ideas, in the future, the simple mention of the word "war" will terrify them. They won´t need ideas such as control or fear: they will only need education.
Lorena
Orwell´s novel recreates a society that is being constantly observed by its government. And that has inspired the popular TV show Big Brother, in which a group of people are locked in a house while they are being watched through cameras placed all over the place. Obviously, these people know they are being recorded, but, what if this was happening in real life? Nowadays we are constantly surrounded by cameras in our phones, as well as tablets and computers which could be employed to spy on us, as in the upcoming film Ratter. In fact, everything on the internet can be used to know what we are doing on a daily basis if we use Twitter or Facebook. Actually, remember that when that last company bought WhatsApp, people were worried because its owner, Mark Zuckerberg, would have access to our conversations and sell them to the United States.

In conclusion, in this era, we could easily be under constant surveillance without even noticing, and, moreover, only depending on our politicians´morals.
Andrés