Technology plays a large role in every society, utopia, or dystopia, however, technology can ruin a society's structure. In Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, the society is ruled by a totalitarian government, also known as “The Party”, who directs everything that the people do. The use of the technology by George Orwell, in a way, shows the reader how the world could eventually turn to: with no privacy from anyone, especially the government. Through the use of the Thought Police, telescreens, Newspeak or Oldspeak, and the 4 Ministry’s The Party can mandate and know the entire lives of the Inner Party, the Outer Party and the Proles. The Thought Police is a secret force who are always watching, and listening to scope out who is betraying Big Brother, the leader of Oceania, or is committing
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By doing this, the Thought Police can see everything that the Party members do, and this is also how they expose them, “The sinister ''telescreens'' placed in people's homes spewed propaganda and conducted surveillance, keeping the population passive and the leadership firmly in control” (Kirn). This technology allows no privacy at all, because the telescreen is mandated to be inside every home and can only be turned off for a certain amount of time, depending on if it is an Inner or Outer party member. Even if the TV is off and the party member is finally out of way of the camera, the Thought Police can place secret microphones around the houses that hear everything. For example, Winston and Julia were exposed by a secret microphone and telescreen hidden behind a picture frame in an antique shop, “The picture had fallen to the floor, uncovering the telescreen behind it” (Orwell 231). Due to the telescreen and microphones, no one can live a secure private life because someone, somewhere is always
By doing this, the Thought Police can see everything that the Party members do, and this is also how they expose them, “The sinister ''telescreens'' placed in people's homes spewed propaganda and conducted surveillance, keeping the population passive and the leadership firmly in control” (Kirn). This technology allows no privacy at all, because the telescreen is mandated to be inside every home and can only be turned off for a certain amount of time, depending on if it is an Inner or Outer party member. Even if the TV is off and the party member is finally out of way of the camera, the Thought Police can place secret microphones around the houses that hear everything. For example, Winston and Julia were exposed by a secret microphone and telescreen hidden behind a picture frame in an antique shop, “The picture had fallen to the floor, uncovering the telescreen behind it” (Orwell 231). Due to the telescreen and microphones, no one can live a secure private life because someone, somewhere is always