Everybody walks around like a robot, every move and every word is being surveillanced. A totalitarian government is a political concept that citizens should be completely subject to an absolute state of authority. In 1984 many examples of the control and authority, the totalitarian government of Oceania has over it’s citizens are made very clear, and are quite alarming to the average reader. Residing in a “free” country without freedom, this is totalitarianism, this is 1984. In today’s world, nobody really pays attention to the contemporary surveillance that takes places in everyday life. In 2002, the Homeland Security Act was put in place, in result of the September 11 attacks in 2001 (“ Homeland Security Act of 2002”). So with that, security
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According to killedbypolice.net, nearly 1200 people have been shot and killed in 2015 alone. A trend sparked in 2015 causing people to jump to the conclusion that African Americans individuals are being targeted. Black lives matter appeared everywhere, from television to social media, to signs on street corners. Police brutality can happen anywhere and anytime. If the officer suspects the citizen is armed, they have the right to take action. It has been proven that officers have mistaken an armed citizen. February 19, 2014, 17 year old Christopher Roupe was shot in the chest holding only a Wii remote in his hand (Irving Dejohn New York Times). The police officer believed what he was holding was a hand gun aimed directly toward her, causing her to shoot in fear of her own death. Clearly, the officer made a mistake. Several cases of police brutality result from toys and other various objects being mistaken as weapons. Police brutality occurs within 1984 as well. The Proles are the lowest class of people in Oceania. They are the working class and they get discriminated against quite often. They’re treated as the minority and they’re disrespected on many levels. Throughout the book, Winston states that hope lies in the Proles. “But the Proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no reason to conspire. They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies.” (Orwell 69). The Party purges the Proles to show them they have to behave, but if they rose up, Winston believes they could overcome the
According to killedbypolice.net, nearly 1200 people have been shot and killed in 2015 alone. A trend sparked in 2015 causing people to jump to the conclusion that African Americans individuals are being targeted. Black lives matter appeared everywhere, from television to social media, to signs on street corners. Police brutality can happen anywhere and anytime. If the officer suspects the citizen is armed, they have the right to take action. It has been proven that officers have mistaken an armed citizen. February 19, 2014, 17 year old Christopher Roupe was shot in the chest holding only a Wii remote in his hand (Irving Dejohn New York Times). The police officer believed what he was holding was a hand gun aimed directly toward her, causing her to shoot in fear of her own death. Clearly, the officer made a mistake. Several cases of police brutality result from toys and other various objects being mistaken as weapons. Police brutality occurs within 1984 as well. The Proles are the lowest class of people in Oceania. They are the working class and they get discriminated against quite often. They’re treated as the minority and they’re disrespected on many levels. Throughout the book, Winston states that hope lies in the Proles. “But the Proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no reason to conspire. They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies.” (Orwell 69). The Party purges the Proles to show them they have to behave, but if they rose up, Winston believes they could overcome the