George Orwell 1984 Government

1984 is a fictional novel written by one George Orwell. According to BBC history, “Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on 25 June 1903 in eastern India, the son of a British colonial civil servant. He was educated in England and, after he left Eton, joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, then a British colony. He resigned in 1927 and decided to become a writer.” Nineteen eighty-four centers around a man named Winston Smith, a Party member, who works for the government in the book erasing and rewriting history. The government (the Party) is focused around the character of ‘Big Brother’ the overseer. It has just about total control over its people, using telescreens to watch their every move and to spit pro-government propaganda at them twenty-four …show more content…
One of those things is a vast amount of data. The data of the American people are easily accessible to the government through a search warrant. “The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects you from unreasonable government searches and seizures,(not unlike the raid that happened in the upper room of the shop in 1984) and this protection extends to your computer and portable devices.” There has to be a reason why the government wants to go through your information.11 The Party has telescreens that it uses to spy on everyone, keeping a close eye on all of its members every little tiny move. Anything that can be used against them can be used against them and they will be convicted. In American court, if they (the government) have gone through it without a warrant or through shady back doors the evidence is moot in a court of law. The FBI director himself is getting upset with cell phone companies, apple in particular, for having nigh impossible to crack data encryption. This is good for consumers.8 The FBI chairman said this -- “It impacts investigations across the board - narcotics, human trafficking, counter-terrorism, counterintelligence, gangs, organized crime, child exploitation.” -- on its frustrations with apple not complying and the issue of the whole thing.8 This applies in the sense that is because of encryption these …show more content…
In 1984 the government has spies everywhere, including children and electronic monitoring. If you said anything, even in your sleep, that might hint at you not being one hundred percent for The Party then you would be arrested. If you ever thought about that sort of thing and were suspected then you would be arrested for a thought crime. One of our freedoms is freedom of speech. As long as a feasible threat is not being made then the American people are free to say whatever they want. The only asterisk there is that this is the exemption from legal action. People are still responsible for their actions and whoever they are talking to may have an extreme reaction if something cruel is said. The first amendment also protects freedom of the press. Defined by dictionary.com it is “The right to publish newspapers, magazines, and other printed matter without governmental restriction and subject only to the laws of libel, obscenity, sedition, etc.” That is a lot of freedom. In 1984 all the press is tightly controlled by the Party. Nothing goes out that the Party does not want to. Want to print anti-government propaganda? Forget about it. That alone would get you sent to jail. Even thinking about doing so could be liable for prison time. The constitutions first amendment also protects freedom of religion. In America, anybody can practice religion freely so long as they