arricade at which point the police start chasing him. All this was over the fact that he did not know where his badge was. His paranoia about the power and scrutiny of the government lead him to creating enough of a havoc that he actually becomes a wanted man.It seems that by working at the ministry he realized how much potential the Ministry of Information has but has not been there long enough to realize that they too, have buried themselves in their own paper work. Also, he failed to notice that he was by far the most capable and productive person there.In the period that this movie was made internal terrorism was a serious threat. The Irish Republican Army was regularly bombing places both in the England and Ireland. The fear of being caught in a terrorist attack was becoming all too regular. For Brazil, terrorism was a way of life. It was the major way that the Ministry of Information maintained its control and justified its actions. Although Jill did not believe that there were any real terrorists aside from the government itself, she only represented the lower class. The characters in the upper class, with all the power, believed in the terrorists blindly and passed their power to the government where they would no longer have to deal with any pressing issues.The Ministry of Information is an obvious reflection of the CIA. The CIA is believed to have the capabilities of gathering information on any individual and using it to there benefit. Even the slogan for the two is the same: "The truth shall make you free." This is also very similar to the words written above the Auschwitz concentration camp: "Work shall set you free". It is disturbing to see the connection so vividly between the Ministry of Information and the Nazi party when there is also so much parallel between the ministry and the CIA. The Ministry of Information charged people for the cost of the torture to them and the interrogation proceedings. Similar...
