People claim that eyes in a picture tend to follow their every step, but perhaps one day they realize that they might really be real eyes. George Orwell’s science-fiction novel, 1984, introduces the character known as Winston who struggles with accepting the surroundings presented to him in the dystopian society of Oceania. Winston notices how the government, the Party, utilizes its resources as to watch upon the people through telescreen, drone, and even children, causing Winston to continuously worry whether or not he behaves “well”. He later notes the irony behind the jobs of the four Ministries in that each of them conduct tasks that completely void their purpose, such as how the Ministry of Truth alters the truth and how the Ministry
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While in his secret home in the middle of the proles town, Winston lays besides Julia, but suddenly hears a distant voice mimicking their words and realizes where it came from when “[t]he picture [behind them] f[e]ll … to the floor, uncovering the telescreen behind it[, and claimed that ‘n]ow [it] could see [them]’” (Orwell 222). Winston and Julia feel safe while in their far away hideout, however when they masked telescreen becomes apparent to them, they realize how the government actually created a false sense of safety so that they openly revealed their most hidden desires. Even though our government claims that they do not interfere with our private lives, recent evidence reveals that modern government attempts to hack into the phones of all citizens in order to detect any unlawful activity through the use of opening all private manners such as emails, text messages, and even phone calls. Also, people like the “NPR and CIR [have access to a large amount of] private data that [they can] obtain … even without court approval [just by using the internet]” (Schulz and Zwerdling 2), which makes it prevalent that they too inserted a false sense of independence and safety from the government when the reality actually spots them watching over our every move. In addition to intervening in the private lives of …show more content…
Although people believe our government and the Party in 1984 share no similarities, the two governments frighteningly resemble too closely to one another because they both publically and privately watch over their citizens through the use of technology and people, and they also change or restrict information given to the public in order to make the nation look more appealing. Big Brother spys on its people through the use of strategically placed telescreens as to interfere with any conversation being given, and also trains the children to become loyal enough to turn in any suspicious people they encounter no matter who they may be. Our government parallels their behavior in that they hack into citizens’ personal emails, texts, and voice recordings as to intercept anything they deem as suspicious. With propaganda, although our government does not intend to make the population remain in an amnesia-like state, it to copies they ways of Big Brother when altering information in history books as to make the nation appear more heroic than brutish and aggressive. Orwell highlights these points throughout the novel in order to persuade the reader to look at those they trust in a new light in hopes that they open their minds and not follow anything with a blind pair of
While in his secret home in the middle of the proles town, Winston lays besides Julia, but suddenly hears a distant voice mimicking their words and realizes where it came from when “[t]he picture [behind them] f[e]ll … to the floor, uncovering the telescreen behind it[, and claimed that ‘n]ow [it] could see [them]’” (Orwell 222). Winston and Julia feel safe while in their far away hideout, however when they masked telescreen becomes apparent to them, they realize how the government actually created a false sense of safety so that they openly revealed their most hidden desires. Even though our government claims that they do not interfere with our private lives, recent evidence reveals that modern government attempts to hack into the phones of all citizens in order to detect any unlawful activity through the use of opening all private manners such as emails, text messages, and even phone calls. Also, people like the “NPR and CIR [have access to a large amount of] private data that [they can] obtain … even without court approval [just by using the internet]” (Schulz and Zwerdling 2), which makes it prevalent that they too inserted a false sense of independence and safety from the government when the reality actually spots them watching over our every move. In addition to intervening in the private lives of …show more content…
Although people believe our government and the Party in 1984 share no similarities, the two governments frighteningly resemble too closely to one another because they both publically and privately watch over their citizens through the use of technology and people, and they also change or restrict information given to the public in order to make the nation look more appealing. Big Brother spys on its people through the use of strategically placed telescreens as to interfere with any conversation being given, and also trains the children to become loyal enough to turn in any suspicious people they encounter no matter who they may be. Our government parallels their behavior in that they hack into citizens’ personal emails, texts, and voice recordings as to intercept anything they deem as suspicious. With propaganda, although our government does not intend to make the population remain in an amnesia-like state, it to copies they ways of Big Brother when altering information in history books as to make the nation appear more heroic than brutish and aggressive. Orwell highlights these points throughout the novel in order to persuade the reader to look at those they trust in a new light in hopes that they open their minds and not follow anything with a blind pair of