1984 Free Essay

The place we identify as a society can be defined as a concept of control with amendments that simulate freedom through a false reality only rationalized through numbers and bureaucracy and transparent politicians that make excuses. Thinking is a simple idea of making choices through free will yet this concept of a brief freedom does not exist in the novel 1984 the main character questions the reality that he's living with the idea of free will is merely a joke. On the other hand, you have this twisted fantasy of equality projected in the short story Harrison Bergeron where every person is somehow forced to be equal with their counterpart and the government is absolute and no one dare question it. furthermore the film the Matrix is a mixture …show more content…
Information is very powerful the more information one has in theory the more power a person has, this was the policy of the government in the novel (Orwell) where the main character Winston smith every move is being monitored, watched meticulously by the telescreen, drones, children and even his neighbors “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously”(Orwell 3) the concept of freedom almost became propaganda itself. In the short story (Harrison Bergeron) the word equality had been turned into a euphemism for restrictions in a society where being beautiful was a bad thing or having any distinctive qualities in general. The idea sounded good much like communism on paper no one has any advantages over anyone but, at the same time everyone is different, but according the government whose power is absolute and is not to be questioned by anyone. In a similar fashion the film the (Matrix) the citizens are under constant surveillance by the system and the agents of the system the same agents that restrict their lives in the real world also in the virtual world dictating their daily lives. However, the technology in all three film,short story and novel directs every individual leaving no room for human expression or free