1984-Is There Privacy?
Is there Privacy?
In 1984 George Orwell describes how no matter where you go in Oceania there is
a telescreen right there watching you. Everything you do say or sometimes even think,
Big Brother will know. 1984 was written in 1949 and Orwell hinted at technology which
never even existed. Perhaps he saw it coming because of how popular the television was
becoming. There are many ideas in this novel that Orwell predicts. Some came true in
1984, some did not, but today in United States there is an issue of privacy similar to the
one that is described in 1984. Of course technology didn't develop exactly the way
Orwell predicted it would, but he wasn't too far off.
In Oceania, Big Brother was in control. No one knew who he was or whether he
even existed. Everyone was taught to love Big Brother without question, so no one asked.
Winston would see things written all around the city, things like "BIG BROTHER IS
WATCHING" (6). And it was true,......
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