Personal Privacy In 1984, By George Orwell
Many people might say that the privacy of modern day American citizens is being violated, that to similar to the world of 1984. The novel 1984 written by George Orwell is about a totalitarian government who oppresses its people and controls all aspects of their lives. The government is symbolized by Big Brother, people are monitored their entire day for flaws in their thinking towards Big Brother. I believe that privacy of American citizens is being violated and that people should not give up aspects of their personal privacy for greater good of society. The book 1984 was written by Orwell to caution future generations of the dangers of an all controlling government. Comparisons between Orwell’s novel about a tightly controlled totalitarian future ruled by Big Brother are in fact quite similar to today's world. In 1984 they mention telescreens, nearly all public and private places have large TV screens that broadcast government propaganda, news and approved entertainment, but they also spy on citizens private lives. Today social media like Facebook tracks our likes and
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The monitoring done in 1984 is mostly done by telescreens, a device that people watch and by which they are watched. This type of activity is similar to that of the modern day becuase, the National Security Agency admitted that they have violated American citizens personal privacy thousands of times. The NSA collects telephone and Internet data on all Americans. This is similar to the world of 1984 because today in the modern day technology is a big part of the american society. We basically communicate via telephone calls and online such as the internet and social media. Therefore by the government keeping track of all that they are watching us just as Big Brother used Telescreens to keep track of their people's every
The monitoring done in 1984 is mostly done by telescreens, a device that people watch and by which they are watched. This type of activity is similar to that of the modern day becuase, the National Security Agency admitted that they have violated American citizens personal privacy thousands of times. The NSA collects telephone and Internet data on all Americans. This is similar to the world of 1984 because today in the modern day technology is a big part of the american society. We basically communicate via telephone calls and online such as the internet and social media. Therefore by the government keeping track of all that they are watching us just as Big Brother used Telescreens to keep track of their people's every