Analysis Of Privacy In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

In the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell, depicts a world of no freedom, brainwashing, no free thinking, and the citizens are kept ignorant of actual knowledge in the world. It is a complete totalitarian government controlled by big brother. Many refer this work as an Orwellian type government. The world is set after World War II has ended. He wanted to show and alert the readers the kind of world we may live in. This caused many people to fear big brother, and be more private with their lives. The society depicted by Orwell is tremendously terrifying, which no man nor woman would want to live in. In an interview, Bernie Sanders mentions Orwell 's work, and said Orwellian society to show that we do not want to be monitored 24/7. The privacy of …show more content…
The government can check our emails, monitor phone calls, watch us through webcams, and many more possibilities. Society should not have to give up privacy to make the country better. In Nineteen Eighty-Four human privacy rights are being violated by Big Brother. Surveillance is everywhere in Oceania, most commonly found in TV sets called Telescreens. Telescreens allows Big Brother to monitor everyone during the day and night. There is a telescreen in every home and street. The Telescreen can pick up audio and video, it is unable to be turned off. The purpose of this is so the government can watch and monitor its citizens and stop any propaganda. Orwell said, “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made,