Prompt 1: Which dystopian vision of the future became the more accurate vision?
I believe 1984 became the more accurate version because of its similarities with 2017 in social structure, technology, and its society as a whole. Their similarities in social structure consist of of having classes from lowest to greatest such as proles, the party, and big brother. All of which are similar to our classes of lower class, middle class, and upper class. The proles are considered to be the average everyday people living in society which to us is our lower and middle class while the party is the high ranking officials and politicians that have a say in what the nation does is similar to our 1%, the upper class with big brother being the head of the nation. That’s not to say Brave New World doesn’t have similar social structure to our world but 1984 does it in a way that we’ve seen and learned of during WWII. …show more content…
For example in 1984 they use telescreens to watch and monitor how people live. Now a giant T.V. screen watching you from your house sounds crazy but it’s more realistic than one would think. In our society almost anything with a camera in it can be used by the government to spy on you all thanks to the NSA. In Brave New World they also have technology to control people but not in a way that is similar to our world. We don’t have and rely on drugs like soma to keep us passive and controlled.
Finally the last ways 1984 is the most accurate vision is their society. Just like our world 1984 is full of propaganda, posters and people all doing their work to persuade and control without the citizens even realizing it. Any ad, commercial, or poster you have seen is propaganda. It might not be propaganda for your controlling dictatorship government but is still propaganda to persuade you to do
I believe 1984 became the more accurate version because of its similarities with 2017 in social structure, technology, and its society as a whole. Their similarities in social structure consist of of having classes from lowest to greatest such as proles, the party, and big brother. All of which are similar to our classes of lower class, middle class, and upper class. The proles are considered to be the average everyday people living in society which to us is our lower and middle class while the party is the high ranking officials and politicians that have a say in what the nation does is similar to our 1%, the upper class with big brother being the head of the nation. That’s not to say Brave New World doesn’t have similar social structure to our world but 1984 does it in a way that we’ve seen and learned of during WWII. …show more content…
For example in 1984 they use telescreens to watch and monitor how people live. Now a giant T.V. screen watching you from your house sounds crazy but it’s more realistic than one would think. In our society almost anything with a camera in it can be used by the government to spy on you all thanks to the NSA. In Brave New World they also have technology to control people but not in a way that is similar to our world. We don’t have and rely on drugs like soma to keep us passive and controlled.
Finally the last ways 1984 is the most accurate vision is their society. Just like our world 1984 is full of propaganda, posters and people all doing their work to persuade and control without the citizens even realizing it. Any ad, commercial, or poster you have seen is propaganda. It might not be propaganda for your controlling dictatorship government but is still propaganda to persuade you to do