The lack of privacy in 1984 is proven in the following quote from the novel, “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard.” (Page 4) In the quote provided, there contains confirmation that telescreens were used to keep Winston under surveillance, and anything he did, would be picked up by it. Therefore, 1984 uses technology to play the role of dystopia, because the technology is used to constantly have citizens of Oceania under surveillance, and this would leave them with no privacy, anything they do will be picked up by the telescreen, and they would have no thoughts, or actions, kept to themselves. In the movie Catching Fire, surveillance is mainly used to locate where fighters are in the arena. Catching Fire included a scene in which Katniss went back to the starting point of the arena, and she was located by the workers in the lab. This scene shows how surveillance is used through technology in Catching Fire.
Catching Fire, also is dystopian, due to the technology is used. When people are sent into the arena from each district, they have to be the last one standing. But how is dystopia playing its role through the technology used in Catching