George Orwell’s Vision of the Impending Future The novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four” that was written by George Orwell is a fiction work about future and more specifically the year 1984. The society of the future lives in constant fear of the overwatching government that monitors and analyzes every move made by its citizens. The city of Oceania is under surveillance at all times with no chance of escape. The government known as Big Brother controls and manipulates its people to think and act the way they want everyone to. Most people accept these circumstances and live their lives with no question whatsoever. With the leering government overhead, the ideals and morals of these helpless people are completely gone with small chance for them to ever
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These screens are on twenty four-seven spewing nothing but propaganda about how great Big Brother is and how they are the only thing you can trust. These screens are also used to spy on the actions of the citizens. These actions are monitored by the Thought Police. They watched and act based on what people even think of doing. They believe that anyone thinking of committing a sort of crime towards Big Brother is worthy of seizure and arrest. Writings are not excluded from this crime, any thoughts written down will be considered a …show more content…
The Ministry of Peace, this has the power to wage war against anyone they see fit. The Ministry of Plenty, this is used to plan any economic shortages that might need to be implemented to not lose a resource completely. Lastly, the Ministry of Love, the center of the Inner Party’s activities. These buildings are ran by normal people that are employed to work directly for the Party.
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past (Orwell 35).” This quote sums up what the Ministry of Truth is all about. The entire of idea of overwriting history to be positive for Big Brother is such a powerful move. It shows that they have such control over everyone that they can change entire sections of history and no one even bats an eye. With control over what happened in the past, the people of today are lead to believe that false history, therefore possibly influencing the feelings and ideas towards Big
These screens are on twenty four-seven spewing nothing but propaganda about how great Big Brother is and how they are the only thing you can trust. These screens are also used to spy on the actions of the citizens. These actions are monitored by the Thought Police. They watched and act based on what people even think of doing. They believe that anyone thinking of committing a sort of crime towards Big Brother is worthy of seizure and arrest. Writings are not excluded from this crime, any thoughts written down will be considered a …show more content…
The Ministry of Peace, this has the power to wage war against anyone they see fit. The Ministry of Plenty, this is used to plan any economic shortages that might need to be implemented to not lose a resource completely. Lastly, the Ministry of Love, the center of the Inner Party’s activities. These buildings are ran by normal people that are employed to work directly for the Party.
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past (Orwell 35).” This quote sums up what the Ministry of Truth is all about. The entire of idea of overwriting history to be positive for Big Brother is such a powerful move. It shows that they have such control over everyone that they can change entire sections of history and no one even bats an eye. With control over what happened in the past, the people of today are lead to believe that false history, therefore possibly influencing the feelings and ideas towards Big