The future is always changing and never ending. In George Orwell’s 1984, Orwell ruminates on his thoughts and ideas of what the future will be like. Orwell wrote 1984 in 1949 during the writing era of postmodernism. Postmodernist books often expressed thoughts of the future, as well as other themes. The book, 1984, describes the future as a place where the Party has taken over and controls everything and everyone (Oceania is a place of war and control.) The residents of Oceania have no control over their bodies, their relationships, or even their thoughts. This is based on the theory that “Big Brother is Watching You”. Similarly, the technology and the existence of mobile devices in modern day have been a great help to the American government
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A quote from the book mentions that “Google knows more about me than my mother” (Henderson, 2012, p. 77). This statement implies that the company, Google, knows what we're looking for or doing, where, when, what time and if we are sitting, standing and etc. Also, Henderson expresses that “Google is glued to my life (and perhaps yours) like barnacles to a boat” (Henderson, 2012, p.77). The author addresses to all who use google, for everything, need to investigate this is like an addiction because we can not live without this application since it is very necessary in today’s …show more content…
But usually it is not so, since with the presence of new technology, cellular companies and the government have began to control what we do by reviewing our mobile devices, this is to ensure that the country is out of danger and its citizens are safe. The author states that “Federal government is sweeping up records of communications between millions of Americans” (Alan Greenblatt, 2013, p.70). This shows that the government is recording everything we do and have documentation on our movements. Also he discusses that “ The federal government has a direct pipeline into Verizon, Google, Yahoo and other such companies, those companies would control huge amounts of information about Americans on their own”. (Alan Greenblatt, 2013, p.71). The author means that not only do corporations maintain surveillance on all users but they are also documenting every movement that we make when we use this
A quote from the book mentions that “Google knows more about me than my mother” (Henderson, 2012, p. 77). This statement implies that the company, Google, knows what we're looking for or doing, where, when, what time and if we are sitting, standing and etc. Also, Henderson expresses that “Google is glued to my life (and perhaps yours) like barnacles to a boat” (Henderson, 2012, p.77). The author addresses to all who use google, for everything, need to investigate this is like an addiction because we can not live without this application since it is very necessary in today’s …show more content…
But usually it is not so, since with the presence of new technology, cellular companies and the government have began to control what we do by reviewing our mobile devices, this is to ensure that the country is out of danger and its citizens are safe. The author states that “Federal government is sweeping up records of communications between millions of Americans” (Alan Greenblatt, 2013, p.70). This shows that the government is recording everything we do and have documentation on our movements. Also he discusses that “ The federal government has a direct pipeline into Verizon, Google, Yahoo and other such companies, those companies would control huge amounts of information about Americans on their own”. (Alan Greenblatt, 2013, p.71). The author means that not only do corporations maintain surveillance on all users but they are also documenting every movement that we make when we use this