1984
1984
I think that today's society is a "half version" of George Owell's novel,
1984, in some ways it is similar and in others, uniquely different. The closest
we come today to a "Big Brother" is the mob. The people are also controlled by
watchful security cameras and subliminal messages. However, something in life
today is very different from that of 1984, it is the people. In the words of the
famous lyricist, "Power to the People."
In analyzing "Big Brother," there are similarities between it and the
mob. The Mafia is a crime family that can see everything, there is no going
against the mob or else someone is going to die. The Mafia is so widespread that
it has operatives all over keeping an eye out for cops or law enforcement, this
is the Mafia's "telescreens" (Orwell 6). Another startling similarity between
the mob and "Big Brother" is the Mafia's strange way of making someone disappear
or "vaporize" (Orwell ). Almost unknowingly a person's identity can be changed,
altered,......
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