No Room to Think

In my opinion, the biggest problem that Winston faced so far in the book would be writing down his thoughts into an old book that he purchased from a junk shop. Even though such an act was not illegal, "if detected it as reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least by twenty-five years in a forced labor camp." Taking such a risk just for thinking for himself is more than enough to make such a task a major problem. The task itself was also difficult to hide considering the fact that Winston along with everyone else was being watched by the Thought Police who gave no remorse for personal space. "It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time." Winston knew the consequences for what he was doing and yet he himself didn't know why he was doing it. He wrote "in sheer panic, only imperfectly aware of what he was setting down." It's understandable that the entity in control of Oceania's society believes that order can only be held if they are the ones to think for everyone.
I can't imagine living in a world of no freedom. I'd rather kill myself than to have someone think for me all my life.

The 1st Job

Last Friday was my first time actually working in an office building. I can't explain how nervous I was, yet I was sure it couldn't be bad at all. And it wasn't! Though I know that I could have gotten more done had I been more confident enough to confront my mentor about what I should do after I completed a task (at least I know that now!). Anyways, during my time at Hoffman Lewis, I met another worker who would be there to help and guide me as my current mentor is really busy and I also learned about Adobe Flash, its basics, and how I'm going to use it for my assignment. My first task as an intern was take the new logo (Which is confidential, I might add.) and make it available for use as a three dimensional icon for PowerPoint and something that could be hung up on the office floor's lobby. I managed to make a few attempts at the two and only found one that I thought was good enough to put onto the company's server. My next task will be to confront my mentor on how my attempt on the PowerPoint icon was and try for the logo in the lobby.

Time logged for this session: 5 hrs

Total time logged: 5 hrs

-Milo Abril

In Control

To be an author is to form an idea that explains something, to be a narrator is to tell the idea - to let others know about it. In "Stranger than Fiction", the author of Harold's life acted as two different people when writing and narrating.
When writing a research paper or any form of formal draft, I learned that it's not very professional to write in first perspective as it seems more opinion-based. My paper was written as a third-person perspective that gives facts and doesn't necessarily benefit anyone other than the people who read it. Those that do read it could learn a few good things that may help them in some cases.