Loss of Identity and Privacy
In the book “Jennifer Government” by Max Barry and “1984” by George Orwell, the authors write about the extreme types of government they live in and the dystopian society that comes from it. In Jennifer Government, Max Barry focuses on the idea that the big individual US Companies and Corporations are controlling nations and countries all over the world and the government has little to no power over them, making it an intense libertarianism government. While in 1984, George Orwell has created a totalitarianism government that is ruled by Big Brother and consists of three branches within it and eliminates anybody who may go against government beliefs. However, both books are similar because individual identity and privacy is taken from every individual due to the manipulation and fear from the different hierarchies.
Jennifer Government is an alternate reality book in which a United States dominated global government is controlled by corporate entities, causing loss of identity within one’s own true self and beliefs. At the beginning of the story Hack, a low-ranking member of the sneaker corporation is forced by one of Nike’s head corporate leaders, John Nike, into committing a terrible crime to build awareness for a new shoe brand. He is asked to sign a form like a “Terms and policy form”, but he was manipulated and tricked into signing a form that stated he would obey any orders given by Nike corporate leaders. After Hack signed the form both Vice-president John, and the other John, told him exactly what he will be doing since he is part of NIKE corporation.