That was a fun reading, let me tell you...
So, I think for my essay, that I am going to address the idea of people controlling their own realities, well, controlling their own realities and the realities of many, many others. In Brave New World, the DHC, Henry Foster has ultimate control over the mentioned societal specimens. They like consumption in his society, so he does what he can to increase consumption, by changing what could be simple games into these huge apparatuses (apparatusses/apparati?); people take soma to escape reality; reproduction is bad, and people are created, and women take contraceptives to prevent conception. ALL THAT JAZZ. I also intend to include examples from 1984 and The Tempest as well. I do not remember all of 1984 very vividly at this point, but I do know that I am going to mention something about Big Brother. I will talk about how Big Brother monitored ever so closely the lives of its subjects, what with all of those telescreen contraptions and microphones (Was there a name for those things? I can't remember right now) and probably more examples of that nature from 1984. I am also planning on discussing Prospeo's character traits from The Tempest. I think, just maybe, I will talk about how he did his best to build himself up in his own mind, and in the minds of others, too, by the ways in which he told his stories. For example, when he was telling Miranda of her childhood, Prospero made himself out to be the hero through the context he used (and, most likely, chose not to use). And I will quote him for that portion. However, at this point, that does not sound to me like it will pose as a very convincing argument. So I'm thinking I will mention also, maybe even instead, how Prospero used his servant spirit Ariel to concoct that infamous tempest over the sea, and why exactly he did it (because it was all about the power). He wanted power to be his reality, so he did what he could to get the reality he wanted.
I'm thinking I'll save the 1984 portion for the last of my body paragraphs; it is definitely presenting itself as the stronger argumentative foundation of the two at this point. Even though it might not sound so strong right now, I assure you, my overall essay will be amazing, The Tempest part just as strong as the other. Just you wait...
