For example, “Yet he wasn’t scab or odd in his views” (The Unknown Citizen). By reporting everything from the Citizen’s life to the Bureau of Statistics, they could potentially say whatever they wished and the public would consider it factual, or true, without question. Meaning, the options for how they describe his life are unlimited; this would result in the Union being able to say whatever they wished in order to look good. Another example of this “power” that could be used to seem great is a part in the Chipotle Commercial where a package, seemingly to be cow, is labelled “100% Beef-ish.” Representing how the big-name brands are misleading in advertising to the public, factory-farming in accordance with the theme of the commercial, is not as good as the real thing (the “real” being non-GMO food). Chipotle is conveying that a company can present a product and claim that it is one thing (in this case beef) when really it is only a percentage of that thing (hence the “–ish”). By introducing characters and scenes where what is believed to be okay, and twisting them into a monstrous reality of bad, the two works benefit the public by exposing the …show more content…
“For his Union reports that he paid his dues (our report on his Union shows it was sound)” (The Unknown Citizen). If the Union reports that it is not false, but the report on the Union is also not false, then where is the actual truth? This “person” is supposed to be real, but because he is perfect among standards, the Union must make sure that this “person” never steps out of line. Hinting that, the Union and Bureau of Statistics are always watching this man to make sure that he is always perfect and will never do anything that would lower the statistics. Another example of this Big Brother act, is at 0:24 in the Chipotle Commercial, a raven perches itself on the Scarecrows shoulder. Due to the fact that scarecrows are made to scare away the crows rather than attract them, this would be ironic. The commercial is attempting to say that the company is represented by the crow and the worker by the scarecrow, where the crow is always watching the scarecrow to make sure that he doesn’t make any mistakes that can ruin the company. By watching closely over the selected few who do know the truth very closely, there will be very small and rare area made for mistakes, allowing the lies to continue and the money to keep rolling