Was 1984 Right

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Was 1984 Right?

Was 1984 right that the world will become like Big Brother with what their doing with technology? With all the advances in technology made these days, is it right to believe that it will be used in bad ways, and I say of course it is. After very advancement made their is a way that it will be used in bad ways. This is just like what the government is doing with the technology they are given. They use cameras to spy on what we do with our PRIVATE time, they look at us through our phone and other electronics camera and this is spying on us. We have a right to live our life without getting watched after every move we make, even if it isn't bad.

In the novel Winston lives in fear of the telescreen, of being watched and being arrested for doing something they consider to be bad. He tries to resist the telescreen and being watched, but ends up being taken in at the hands of surveillance. In Long Beach Police To Use 400 Cameras Citywide To Fight Crime,it says”The new program synchronizes law enforcement data with real-time video feeds from parks ,beaches, business corridors and even some retail centers.” Just like when Winston was being watched everywhere. We’re being watched doing ordinary things in private areas, areas where our life shouldn't be watched, and there's no way for us to take control of it.. …show more content…
Winston's world applies to us now. Everything we say is being heard somewhere by someone, like Winston. “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 which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well heard.”

1984 Vs. Today

Shelby Buffum 8 Jan 2015 English 10 1984 vs. Today The book 1984 might not be so different than recent times today are let's take a look at some of the events that are similar to our government and the Party. Is Big Brother Real? Are they spying on us like the thought police? All these questions and more will be answered. In the past year we have learned a lot about what our government has been doing with what we thought was our privacy. Just like in 1984 when Big Brother has the Telescreen to monitor…

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The Prophecy Of A Detrimental Future

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1984 Feminist Analysis

For centuries women have been treated unfairly, unequal and looked down upon. This is especially portrayed in George Orwell’s 1984 novel. He seems to underestimate women and what they were capable of. During this novel he talks about how the women were lead by the party (government) and had no choice or even allowed a word or thought of how the party worked. In my opinion i think Winston and Julia's love fails because of the sexism in the party. In the story George Orwell portrays, Winston is different…

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1984 By George Orwell: Literary Analysis

In the novel 1984 by George Orwell a main topic that stands out in the literature is how politics in a negative utopia can make or break the way a society thrives as a whole. Any government can either lead the world to being a joyous and better place or it can bring society into utter chaos. In 1984, politics have taken control of everything. In this negative utopia, free choice is abolished by the government's ministries through the invasion of privacy, the deletion of history records and the outlawing…

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Handmaids Tale

In orwells novel 1984, Big brother ruled a totalarism goverment and crippling the rights of his citizens. In atwood's novel The handmaids tale, the government was ran by more than 1 power but, the laws were very distorted. Both novels shows a different view to the same corruption of law. Both Novels show how a dystopian government can lead to ultimate destruction within its citizens. However Both dystopian novels arise from a different view. Orwells novel 1984 depicts a state of…

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Expectations Of Women In George Orwell's 1984

In the novel 1984 women are not really mentioned, the only one that is generally mentioned is Julia. With all the commotion of women fighting their government for their rights, aren’t they homogeneous to Julia? Women today have expectations like the women in 1984 and they are both rebelling against their own government for a change. The expectations of women in today’s society are quite different than the expectations in 1984. The basic right of a women today is to fall in love with whomever they…

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Memphis Police Officer Hymon Case Study

On October 3, 1974, Memphis police officers Hymon and Wright were dispatched to a burglary in progress, called in by a neighbor who heard glass breaking (Blume, 1984). Upon arrival Officer Hymon made his way to the rear of the residence where he observed a black male suspect running from the back door of the residence. Officer Hymon gave the suspect verbal commands to stop, in an attempt to effect the arrest, as the suspect began ascending a fence some distance ahead of him. The suspect ignored Officer…

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1984 Essay

Rebels of the Party In the book 1984 by George Orwell, a new world order has been introduced. The book revolves around a member of the Outer Party of Oceania, Winston Smith. In the year 1984, the world is divided among 3 sections, Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Oceania is split into 3 classes, the Inner Party as the upper class, the Outer Party being the middle, and the proles being the lowest. The Party is the government of Oceania, it controls everything, it sees everything and it is everything…

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1984: Should The Government Be Invaded Without Permission?

1984 Essay American Citizens privacy should not be invaded without permission because we all have rights that apply to us, and they should not be violated unless we are acting suspicious or unless we are showing signs of being a threat to the country. The government has no right to go in innocent citizens information without the knowing. I believe the government should not go through people’s personal files because that is a sign of disrespect. In 1984 it was just as bad except us citizens in…

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Victoria Galluzzo Ms WilliamsKorbelPeriod 41 December Essay

December 2014 Modern 1984 Do you ever have that prickly sensation on the back of your neck as if some was watching you from afar? In the novel “1984,” George Orwell depicts a world in which the government constantly surveillances it's own citizens. The government has the power to do spy on it's citizens with revolutionary technology. For decades critics have said that Orwell's book was nothing more than science fiction, they thought the government could not violate our rights with such technology…

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