User:Anila

=Anila Vasanjee=

Biography
I am studying a BCom majoring in Accounting and this is my second year at university. I decided to do Geog103 as an interest paper because i really liked doing geograpgy at school, and it means i have to do one less paper during the year.

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The New Zealand Herald shows an example of suveillance technology in New Zealand. This article explains how $875,000 was spent on cameras to monitor the cenral buiness district in Auckland.

Privacy International is an site showing how Closed curicit televisons are now used worldwide to watch public places. To find the article search for CCTV.

The BBC website also shows how changes and advances in technology have made it easier to monitor people.

1984 and Gattaca
1984 is a novel written by George Orwell based on the future which is ruled by Big Brother and the Party. The Main character Winston is constantly watched my telecreens which are placed in every apartment, public area and even in the lavatories. He develops a relationship with Julia and together they rebel against the party but he is later discovered and tourtured to love Big Brother.

Gattaca is a film directed by Andrew Niccol which is based in the 'Not to distant future'. Vincent lives in a society where the your genetic makeup is important and because Vincent is one of the last natuarlly born children with a life expectancy of 30 he is unable to achieve his dream of travelling into space, until he takes on the gentic characteristics of Jerome...

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