Control In The Book 1984 By George Orwell

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Today we had there are many things that we are control by and we don't even know it . we might look at it as a popular thing or a wonderful thing . for example with technology everybody wants the newest iphone all they do is make the phone bigger and the price higher . But people don't understand that they think just because everybody has it they have to have it . I believe everybody too busy trying to keep up with everybody else . This has been going on for years this just haven't started there was this story named 1984 writing by George orwell . In the story it was about this guy named winston smith and he was a member of outer party . He worked as a clerk in the record department of the ministry of truth . Winston had doubts about the …show more content…
This is a way party can control citizen ability and their way of thinking . When you are being attacked you are hopeless if you don't have any back up and you are alone . For example how kids are being bullied by people sometimes the people are either bigger than that person or popular . Either way the person that being bullied they not scared sometimes they can just be afraid of standing alone . winston and o'brien is being control in a way because o'brien can't be himself that he got to be a fake person just to get information for winston . In story is say big brother watching you winston doesn't have a life because the government they are taking control of him . The point of this quote is that winston is being controlled and all people get controlled and he don't even know it .So what if you not able to life your own life and being told what to do what's the the point of calling yourself a person if you just being told what to do you not really living than . what is technology being used throughout the whole story winston was being watched by the police . The telescreen was a eye for the police in the way without obrien being more help for the police they wouldn't been able get …show more content…
for example trayvon martin went to the store to get a bag of skittles and he was wearing a hoodie and george zimmerman shot him because he said he was punch him in the nose and also he slammed him on the ground so zimmerman shot trayvon martin . Trayvon martin wasn't doing anything and he was not causing a problem or anything just walking . The police didn't really do anything this young boy just lose his life because he was walking down the street with a hoodie . Just because you wear a hoodie does not mean that you doing anything or stealing something. Now he gone just because he looked like a suspect . The government don't care about people they want the poor to pay taxes and the rich not to. The government too busy worrying about the citizen paying just trying to control their money and not really protect the people. My conclusion about this whole story is that winston did not have not way to escape he was just being controlled by the police . But this story shows how the government have the ability to control citizen with technology and also with there power . Do you even know if you are being watched by the government or the police ? Also do you even know if there cameras secretly watching you and your

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