On Easter Sunday, March 31st, I decided to take on the challenge of a day without technology. I thought tackling the challenge on a day where you spend time with family would be much easier than a day where you just sit at home doing nothing. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay My day started at 11:30. I usually got up and grabbed my phone from the charger. However, yesterday I left my phone on the charger for the entire day. I had breakfast with my family and we had a little discussion about our plans for the summer. After breakfast I decided to pass the time by doing some homework. While doing my homework, I didn't feel any different because I wasn't using electronic devices. Around 3:00, my parents and I drove to San Francisco. While we were shopping there, I felt like checking my phone because I was bored. I have also noticed how technology has affected our society. When we were in the checkout area, the person in front of us was checking something on his phone while waiting for the store clerk to pack his bags. It bothered me a little because he was holding the line just to check something on his phone. It also made me realize how we use our phones every day to the point that we don't notice how much we use them. After San Francisco, my parents and I went to my cousins' house for an Easter dinner. Sometimes I was so bored that I started untangling a broken rubber band just to pass the time. I think we use technology to communicate with each other, so that we don't get bored all the time. People need to talk to other people, and by texting, tweeting and texting, technology consumes our minds without us realizing it. Over the summer I went to Russia for a whole month and stayed on a remote farm with my grandparents. The only technology we have there is a TV and a telephone. I survived there for a whole month, only watching the news occasionally. I feel that if you are active and engaged, you don't need to use technology. But if you are often bored and lazy, you will use technology more often and it will become a daily routine in your life. Technology plays an important role in 1984. In the novel, people are afraid of technology. The government has taken advantage of this and now governs all people through the use of television screens. Having power, the Inner Party is able to control technology. The Party can vaporize people whenever they don't like what they are doing since they always see what people are doing. Please note: this is just an example. Get a custom paper from our expert writers now. Get a Custom Essay Every day, technology is advancing and people are becoming lazier and lazier. It is possible that soon people will only use technology and not go out or exercise. If that happened, a government could take control of the people because they would be too hypnotized by my technology. All the government has to do is take control of the technology, ultimately managing to control the people.