There Is No Such Thing as Privacy “It was even conceivable that they watched us all the time.” These are the words Winston Smith and all of Oceania had to live by. George Orwell’s 1984 warns us about totalitarian regimes. The government, Big Brother, abolishes the citizen’s freedom and their own personal privacy, and even into their personal thoughts. Consequently the nation is losing its patriotism and the government is representing that of an undemocratic leadership. The book portrays a futuristic lifestyle about how mankind will become “human less” and will lose their personal privacy because of government involvement in everyday professional and social lives. What is invasion of privacy? This question is asked many times throughout reading 1984. Invasion of privacy is when an individual perpetually and unlawfully intrudes into another’s private business.
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The government, Big Brother, takes away the citizens freedom by invading their personal privacy with microphones, cameras and telescreens in the people’s apartments and work space. Big Bother represents an undemocratic government because they do not let the citizens speak their minds and give their opinion on the government, and the nation is losing their patriotism. They make sure that the people do not say anything that discriminates the government or anything abolishing for that matter. Invasion of privacy happened quite often in the book, and was an interesting topic to write about. The way that the government invaded the personal lives of the people was wrong, but they did it in a smart way. Big Brother hid cameras and microphones in places people would not even begin to look. And when the citizens say something about the government and there is a mic near, the citizen was captured and
The government, Big Brother, takes away the citizens freedom by invading their personal privacy with microphones, cameras and telescreens in the people’s apartments and work space. Big Bother represents an undemocratic government because they do not let the citizens speak their minds and give their opinion on the government, and the nation is losing their patriotism. They make sure that the people do not say anything that discriminates the government or anything abolishing for that matter. Invasion of privacy happened quite often in the book, and was an interesting topic to write about. The way that the government invaded the personal lives of the people was wrong, but they did it in a smart way. Big Brother hid cameras and microphones in places people would not even begin to look. And when the citizens say something about the government and there is a mic near, the citizen was captured and