In the book 1984, written by George Orwell, one of his main points is social control. The 1984 society is very dreadful while they watch your every move and control your life. Our society has some of the same tendencies such as watching what we do at anytime, but the society does not control what we think or say. However, our society does control some of our actions by enforcing laws. Our society and the 1984 society have a lot of similarities and differences such as total control, freedom, and technical.
Living in a society with limited freedom is not the way any one wants to live. Big Brother controlled everything, including one's thoughts, feelings, sex, and any expression of individuality. They could not even express the way they thought or felt because there was someone from the thought police around, or that the giant telescreen in every citizen’s room shouts “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”. “Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere. The black mustachioed face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house-front …show more content…
It contrasts with the society of 1984 because communication, feelings, and one’s loyalty to the government are determined by each individual. O’Brien stated “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” (p.69) In modern society we are given an incredible amount of freedom. For instance, we have The Bill of Rights which are rights amendments that guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power. In some other countries you do not have as much freedom as the U.S. while some countries have a similar government, and for that very reason several people from other countries move to the U.S. to have more
Living in a society with limited freedom is not the way any one wants to live. Big Brother controlled everything, including one's thoughts, feelings, sex, and any expression of individuality. They could not even express the way they thought or felt because there was someone from the thought police around, or that the giant telescreen in every citizen’s room shouts “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”. “Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere. The black mustachioed face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house-front …show more content…
It contrasts with the society of 1984 because communication, feelings, and one’s loyalty to the government are determined by each individual. O’Brien stated “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” (p.69) In modern society we are given an incredible amount of freedom. For instance, we have The Bill of Rights which are rights amendments that guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power. In some other countries you do not have as much freedom as the U.S. while some countries have a similar government, and for that very reason several people from other countries move to the U.S. to have more