Control Of Society In The Book 1984 By George Orwell

Society can be controlled in many different ways, just the way it’s shown in the book 1984 by George Orwell. 1984 is a fictional book, that was published in 1949. The book is focused on a world known as Oceania, where people are isolated and controlled by the government. This book came out around the time when the USSR was beginning to have problems and it would eventually break and new governments had to be established. People in England were afraid something compared to the book 's description could happen, that was the reason the book was such a great hit (Rehnquist 983). In the world of Oceania, telescreens were installed in almost every corner, and out of a the other methods of control, this is the most powerful one used.
Telescreens are television like electronics, they are able to transmit live. They can also watch and hear every movement of every person. These electronics are specifically sensitive in sounds, even a whisper can be heard, “Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, …show more content…
If Oceania did not have telescreens people would have room to feel freedom in their home where there would not be a device wathcing them day and night. Even when it is dark where the telescreens might not be able to see, they are able to hear. People would feel the freedom to doing rebel meetings in their houses, it would have been easier because they would know that there was no one watching. Without the government knowing what was going on inside people’s homes they had no control over them. It was prohibited to date anyone and it would have been impossible for Big Brother to know this without cameras in “private” homes. In this world, telescreens are a huge factor that contributes to the control of the people and it is the most powerful way of having