What would the story be like if it was written from a first person point of view from George's perspective, like George's journal?

If the story was written from George's perspective in first person instead of in third person with insight into George's thoughts, the story would be quite different and would not have been effective. First, George's thoughts would be completely disjointed because every twenty seconds they are interrupted by a noise from his ear device, and then he goes off on another track. It would be hard to develop a story that way. Second, some of George's thoughts about why he complies with the government's requirements would probably still be expressed in the same way, but the background information about the amendments to the Constitution might not be provided. Third, as George notices his son on TV, he would certainly give the reader more insight into his own emotions at that time, which the story doesn't go into very much. Yet that would change the focus of the story to how George, as a parent, felt about having his son defy the country's laws on live television. As the story stands now, the focus in that section is fully on Harrison and his actions. Finally, the difference that would ruin the story is that George actually slips away into the kitchen to get a beer during his son's dance. He isn't watching the TV when Diana Moon Glampers executes his son. If the story were written as his journal, he would come back to find the TV burnt out, his wife crying, but not knowing the fate of his son, which would change the whole point of the story.