The right to privacy is alluded in the fourth amendment of the US constitution. We have believed for many years that we were given that right, but in reality we are not. In the book 1984, privacy was no right, not even a privilege. Yet, the characters in the book were still committing rebellious activities and breaking laws. Those in the book, 1984 by George Orwell, had a fear of thinking of thinking to themselves. “Thoughtcrime was not a thing to be concealed forever. You might successfully dodge it for a while, but sooner or later you were bound to be caught.” (Orwell,3) The fact that …show more content…
They claim to keep the crime rate down but it does sound like a familiar tool they used in 1984. In 1984, they were being watched every second of the day and these were screens called telescreens. Orwell states that "The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it”(Orwell,4). The crime rate seemed to be the same, therefore it did not do its jobs just like in 1984. The citizens of Oceania were still committing