Dystopian World: Total Control of Smartphones

Ruth was walking up to her assigned space; room 201. As she approached her door there was a
boy, about 15 years old standing in front of her room, not looking up. He had brunette hair, very
pale skin, and was emerged in his phone. Ruth was trying to get his attention by yelling

“HEY, LITTLE BOY MOVE!”

“I HAVE TO GET IN!”

The little boy still didn’t move and seemed to not have heard Ruth. She was growing impatient
with him, so she grabbed him by the arms and pushed him until he fell on his head. The boy
realized what happened and looked up at Ruth and asked her

“Hey, what’d you do that for I almost beat the level.”

Ruth replied angrily,

“You were in my way and I was yelling for you to move but you clearly didn’t hear or see me, so
I pushed you.”
“Thanks to you I lost and now I have to start over. I don’t have enough time to finish before sun
down.”
“Well you shouldn’t have stood in front of my door!”

Ruth went inside and slammed the door in the little boys face. Ruth had no concern for the little
boy because she had already finished her level, 3 hours before on her break from work. Ruth
works at the bureau of technology. She has to make sure that the information that is sent out has
a good image to the leader and doesn’t contradict what he says. The other bureaus are levels,
power, and control. No one but elite personnel and their leader work at the bureau of levels.
There are no windows or doors to the bureau of levels. There is also the building of life that is at
the center of the city and anyone that enters never seems to come out.

Ruth sat at her table far away from everything and took out a journal. It had a leather cover dyed
red and it was wrinkled as if someone had used it many times. The papers inside were so old they
had changed to the color yellow. Ruth started to write,

The day is Tuesday on a cold January evening, I shouldn’t be writing on paper where I can’t be
monitored but I need to. This isn’t right, we shouldn’t be living this way. I came inside in a hurry
trying not to get caught but there was a little boy in front of my door. I yelled at him to get out of
the way but he wouldn’t listen. I pushed him knowing it would make him loose his level. I had to
do it, I couldn’t waste any time. I couldn’t get caught not before I finish writing to whoever reads
this. I work at the bureau of technology and I change what is seen, heard, and learned on
cellphones. I am ordered everyday to change something so the people don’t learn. Our
government has control over everyones phone and has access to what we see and hear. I am not
certain but I get a gut feeling how we live is wrong and the government is wrong and the people
should rise up and rebel.

Ruth closes the journal because she hears someone walk past. She puts it away in a cub board
and locks it. Ruth checks the time and she’s almost late to her 8:00 pm mini level. It took her 30
minutes as usual. She gets ready for bed and at 9:00 like everyday is already soundly asleep.

Ruth wakes up terrified and looks around. Nothing is different, but she has a feeling something is
off. She hurries to the cub board and checks if her journal is there. The journal is exactly where
she left it. She calms herself down and goes to the kitchen to make herself some breakfast. She
makes herself toast and orange juice. As Ruth sits down she starts to think about the dream she
has. Every night she has the same dream. She is awake but the room is total darkness except for
one light shining on a chair. She walks up to the chair and sits in it. As she sits she hears and sees
something scurrying across the floor. It comes closer and closer until it is in front of her face.
The thing stands up and is about 8 ft tall. It talks with a menacing voice and says to Ruth,

“YOU HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME AND YOU MUST PAY. COME WITH ME AND I
WILL SET YOU RIGHT. YOU NEED TO LEARN THE WAY OF THE LEADER AND YOU
SHOULDN’T STRAY.”

Ruth always replies with,

“You will never set me right I know that the world we are in is not freedom and we will never
have happiness. You control the people for your benefit of power and don’t see the how you hurt
them.”
“DON’T YOU DARE DEFY ME, AS YOU HAVEN’T SEEN, I HAVE A BUTTON THAT
CAN HURT ON LEVELS UNIMAGINABLE! LISTEN TO WHAT I SAY OR YOU DIE!”
“Never!!”

The creature then presses the button and Ruth wakes up from her dream thinking she is dead and
has gone to the other world.

Ruth finishes her breakfast and starts getting prepared for work. As she opens the door to leave
she double checks that the cub board is locked. Today is a short day at work since it is the
celebrations of the holy leader. Ruth never goes to the celebrations instead she goes home to rest.
When she finishes her shift she goes to the same lunch table and finishes her level. She has
always hated the levels and always thought they were unnecessary. She does them only to not be
sent to the building of life. When she is done she rushes to her room. She goes in and goes to the
cub board to write in her journal,

Today is the day of the celebrations. I have never went and don’t need to go. I went on my phone
and saw that I got a new level; level 34. For, I believe, about a year I have had levels, 33a, 33b,
33c and so on. I have come to the conclusion that the levels of the game are based on the age of
the person. The leader always says if we work on the levels we will be “rewarded”. The last level
of the game is level 40. Anyone that has gotten to level 40 is sent to the building of life. I am
almost there but I am sure to be caught before then. Our government has told us that beating the
levels help us advance in war. As you see we are in war with East Asia or Eurasia. I don’t ever
seem to know. The government has banned any contact with anyone but our phones. You are not
to have conversations longer than 1 minute with a human.

Ruth finishes her thought and closes her journal. She goes to her bed and rests awhile. One hour
later she hears a knock at her door. She gets up and goes to open the door. The door is open and
she automatically knew who it was. The crimepolice had come for Ruth and were bringing her to
the building of life. Ruth tried to run away and jump out here window but they already had her
by the arm. They finally got to the building of life. The building wasn’t so tall and the windows
seemed like mirrors. They entered the building and the police threw her in a chamber. They
closed the door and it was complete darkness. Two minutes later a light shined and Ruth looked
over. It was a chair. Ruth walked up to it. She is hesitant to sit but she does. 30 minutes later
someone walks up to her and speaks,

“Ruth is it, right?”

“Yes, sir”
“Do you know why you are here Ruth”
“Because I have committed a crime”
“What crime would that be?”
“Having an illegal item and hating the government.”
“Good. I see you aren’t so dumb. Well Ruth as you might make the assumption we don’t like
differences. We must have total control with your cellphone to make sure that you don’t stray.
We must make sure all you do is go on your phone and never think. You don’t live your life
alone. We are always with you.”
“YOU DON’T GET IT. WE NEED FREEDOM AND THOUGHT. THATS HOW WE CAN
MAKE THE WORLD BETTER. YOU CAN’T KEEP PEOPLE CAGED IN THEIR PHONE.
YOU CAN’T CONTROL PEOPLE WITH THEIR PHONE. YOU CAN’T”
“DON’T YOU DARE YELL AT ME. You don’t know the horror we will face if the people of
this world aren’t controlled. They become monsters and start to defy our leader. We caught you
because you would only use your phone to complete levels. You haven’t been a good citizen and
we must change that.”
“YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE MY MIND. NEVER!”
“SAM! Go ahead do it.”

Another person walked into the room and walked behind the chair. Ruth didn’t realize that she
was now tied up. Sam pushed a button and Ruth was now laying down. Sam injected her with a
serum and she quickly fell asleep. He got out some tools and opened up Ruths brain. He got a
chip and connected it to her brain. They finished up and 50 minutes later Ruth wakes up.

“Hello Ruth, how are you feeling.”

“Fine. What happened?”
“You were sick so we helped you heal.”
“Oh”
“Ruth I have a few questions for you”
“Yes”
“Do you believe in our government?”
“Our government is the best and without it we would be lost”
“What do you think of our leader?”
“He is the one and only holy leader that has saved us from misery.”
“Last question, would you ever defy our leader by committing a crime?”
“No that would be against the rules and I must follow all the rules.”
“Good”

The man walks away. Ruth is left in the room alone. She sits there and repeats the phrase “I hale
our leader. He is the true and holy one. We must never defy him. I love my leader”.