1984
Every year the book “1984” becomes more and more realistic. I asked my mom if she ever read the book 1984 and she replied, “Yes”. She later explained to me how in the 80’s George Orwell’s book didn’t make much since to her, but now it feels as if we do live in a time like “1984”. My point is, people thought George Orwell was out of his mind after writing a book during his time that made no since on how it would affect us. Now we see George Orwell as a man who predicted the future in ways we hoped would never happen to us. Our liberty and rights slowly being taken away from us.
You asked us to bring up three experiences, trials, or rules Winston either broke or went through that stood out to us individually. I choose Winston’s Diary, Winston’s …show more content…
He had Julia and O’Brien was on his side and agreed with his views. Everything seemed good until the Thought Police caught Julia and Winston and arrested them. They were staying above Mr. Charrington’s shop when they got caught. It turns out that Mr. Charrington was a part of the Thought Police. Winston went to jail where he saw O’Brien who was a part of the Thought Police and was secretly scamming him the whole time. In jail, Winston was abused and tortured in ways you hoped never would happen to you individually. Eventually Winston was brainwashed into a new person and would never return to his old ways after room …show more content…
The first is the comparison between telescreens and “smart phones”. Telescreens in “1984” were used to spy on the people and constantly watch over Oceania’s people. Smart Phones can easily be used to spy on us from tapping into phone calls to accessing the camera and watching what we are doing. I realize it’s to keep us safe but is it over doing it? Interfering with our privacy to a point eventually where it will not exist? Next is Newspeak which seems to be getting worse every year. The United States has created its own Newspeak like we discussed in class. Some may deny it but it is quite obvious. For example, such as friendly fire and recession instead of depression. I don’t understand why the government has to make things seem better than they actually are by re-wording statements. The truth should be put out there straight forward and not with fancy wording. Then the last way I will discuss is propaganda. In “1984” everywhere Winston went propaganda for politics and the government was playing on every telescreen around. The same is for us on CNN, FOX News, and NBC. Politics is what those shows revolve around and each station in only a one biased view just like what Big Brother shown on the
Every year the book “1984” becomes more and more realistic. I asked my mom if she ever read the book 1984 and she replied, “Yes”. She later explained to me how in the 80’s George Orwell’s book didn’t make much since to her, but now it feels as if we do live in a time like “1984”. My point is, people thought George Orwell was out of his mind after writing a book during his time that made no since on how it would affect us. Now we see George Orwell as a man who predicted the future in ways we hoped would never happen to us. Our liberty and rights slowly being taken away from us.
You asked us to bring up three experiences, trials, or rules Winston either broke or went through that stood out to us individually. I choose Winston’s Diary, Winston’s …show more content…
He had Julia and O’Brien was on his side and agreed with his views. Everything seemed good until the Thought Police caught Julia and Winston and arrested them. They were staying above Mr. Charrington’s shop when they got caught. It turns out that Mr. Charrington was a part of the Thought Police. Winston went to jail where he saw O’Brien who was a part of the Thought Police and was secretly scamming him the whole time. In jail, Winston was abused and tortured in ways you hoped never would happen to you individually. Eventually Winston was brainwashed into a new person and would never return to his old ways after room …show more content…
The first is the comparison between telescreens and “smart phones”. Telescreens in “1984” were used to spy on the people and constantly watch over Oceania’s people. Smart Phones can easily be used to spy on us from tapping into phone calls to accessing the camera and watching what we are doing. I realize it’s to keep us safe but is it over doing it? Interfering with our privacy to a point eventually where it will not exist? Next is Newspeak which seems to be getting worse every year. The United States has created its own Newspeak like we discussed in class. Some may deny it but it is quite obvious. For example, such as friendly fire and recession instead of depression. I don’t understand why the government has to make things seem better than they actually are by re-wording statements. The truth should be put out there straight forward and not with fancy wording. Then the last way I will discuss is propaganda. In “1984” everywhere Winston went propaganda for politics and the government was playing on every telescreen around. The same is for us on CNN, FOX News, and NBC. Politics is what those shows revolve around and each station in only a one biased view just like what Big Brother shown on the