Basic human rights are very important for people as they live their everyday lives. “Big brother,” is a term that people know as people always watching. George Orwell uses it many times im his famous book “1984.” In “1984“ it is a dystopian society with the government having full control over everyone and everything; including telescreens everywhere to watch all people, erasing history for all citizens, and they kill all who try to go against. “Little Brother” is the new thing seen everywhere. It is a less protective and doesn’t watch society with their every step. We don’t need to have the “Big Brother” style because that is overprotective and very stockerish. The “Little Brother” style is just enough watching where they can catch bad guys
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Although there are a lot of resemblances between Orwell’s “1984” and today’s society. Our society is nothing compared to the totality of Oceania. Orwell has many methods to show the control the Party had over is people, like when he wrote,
“The black mustachioed face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house-front immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes looked deep into Winston's own. Down at street level another poster, torn at one corner, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and uncovering the single word INGSOC.” (Orwell)
This quote goes to show how much “Big Brother” was watching as it clearly says it is. These posters echo the authority the the Party has on their people. “Big Brother” and “Little Brother” can be a very powerful source for people if the use is for good. But it can also be a very evil source if people take advantage of it. Some people will abuses their power and abuses other people with it. We shouldn’t have to have telescreens in every room of every building and house in America to make sure that people are doing the right
Although there are a lot of resemblances between Orwell’s “1984” and today’s society. Our society is nothing compared to the totality of Oceania. Orwell has many methods to show the control the Party had over is people, like when he wrote,
“The black mustachioed face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house-front immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes looked deep into Winston's own. Down at street level another poster, torn at one corner, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and uncovering the single word INGSOC.” (Orwell)
This quote goes to show how much “Big Brother” was watching as it clearly says it is. These posters echo the authority the the Party has on their people. “Big Brother” and “Little Brother” can be a very powerful source for people if the use is for good. But it can also be a very evil source if people take advantage of it. Some people will abuses their power and abuses other people with it. We shouldn’t have to have telescreens in every room of every building and house in America to make sure that people are doing the right