1984 By George Orwell: Dystopian America
Dystopian America
Shaina Spears
St Georges Technical High School
Abstract
The dystopian novel, 1984 by George Orwell gives readers an insight into a frightening society, where authority figures are constantly watching you, waiting for you to make a mistake, and subsequently murdering you. My fear is that his predictions of future society will come true in America. The government is invading our privacy rights by controlling our cell phones unknowingly, through the National Security Agency. Also, law enforcement is becoming more and more brutal every year. Approximately five hundred American citizens are murdered by the police every year. The statistics continue to rise because citizens …show more content…
The telescreen “with its never-sleeping ear, could spy upon you night and day.” (Orwell, 1949) It was a two way television that could listen and watch everyone at any time. American citizens willingly carry around their own telescreens, and they pay extreme amounts of money for them. The NSA has complete control of citizen’s cell phones, and they are repeated giving up their freedoms. “The NSA’s ANT division develops implants for mobile phones and SIM cards. One of these is a spyware implant called “DROPOUTJEEP” designed for the first generation of iPhones which was still in development in 2008, shortly after the iPhone’s launch. This spyware was to make it possible to remotely download or upload files to a mobile phone. It would also, according to the catalog, allow the NSA to divert text messages, browse the user’s address book, intercept voicemails, activate the phone’s microphone and camera at will, determine the current cell site and the user’s current location. ANT’s technicians also develop modified mobile phones, for use in special cases that look like normal, standard devices, but transmit various pieces of information to the NSA — that can be swapped undetected with a target’s own mobile phone or passed to informants and agents. In 2008, ANT had models from Eastcom and Samsung on offer, and it has likely developed additional models since.” (Cook, J. 2013) Your privacy is entirely nonexistent in today’s society, the fifth amendment of the constitution, “Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate.” (U.S. Congress, 1791) It is not repealed, it is however, ignored and unlawfully committed everyday by our
Shaina Spears
St Georges Technical High School
Abstract
The dystopian novel, 1984 by George Orwell gives readers an insight into a frightening society, where authority figures are constantly watching you, waiting for you to make a mistake, and subsequently murdering you. My fear is that his predictions of future society will come true in America. The government is invading our privacy rights by controlling our cell phones unknowingly, through the National Security Agency. Also, law enforcement is becoming more and more brutal every year. Approximately five hundred American citizens are murdered by the police every year. The statistics continue to rise because citizens …show more content…
The telescreen “with its never-sleeping ear, could spy upon you night and day.” (Orwell, 1949) It was a two way television that could listen and watch everyone at any time. American citizens willingly carry around their own telescreens, and they pay extreme amounts of money for them. The NSA has complete control of citizen’s cell phones, and they are repeated giving up their freedoms. “The NSA’s ANT division develops implants for mobile phones and SIM cards. One of these is a spyware implant called “DROPOUTJEEP” designed for the first generation of iPhones which was still in development in 2008, shortly after the iPhone’s launch. This spyware was to make it possible to remotely download or upload files to a mobile phone. It would also, according to the catalog, allow the NSA to divert text messages, browse the user’s address book, intercept voicemails, activate the phone’s microphone and camera at will, determine the current cell site and the user’s current location. ANT’s technicians also develop modified mobile phones, for use in special cases that look like normal, standard devices, but transmit various pieces of information to the NSA — that can be swapped undetected with a target’s own mobile phone or passed to informants and agents. In 2008, ANT had models from Eastcom and Samsung on offer, and it has likely developed additional models since.” (Cook, J. 2013) Your privacy is entirely nonexistent in today’s society, the fifth amendment of the constitution, “Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause as determined by a neutral judge or magistrate.” (U.S. Congress, 1791) It is not repealed, it is however, ignored and unlawfully committed everyday by our