Big Brother Misuse Of Power In 1984 By George Orwell

“No one is free when others are oppressed” (www.civilfreedoms.org) said Aishah Shahidah Simmons who is a producer and a writer, probably not knowing the relationship between the quotation and George Orwell’s novel 1984. The quotation explains that when some people are being oppressed or denied of their right without any relevant reason, the remaining people are not free. Connecting the quotation to the novel it means that when Big Brother is oppressing someone from Oceania the other citizens of Oceania are not free. Big Brother misuse their power by denying the people of Oceania from their rights, they also use newspeak and non-written laws to suppress the people of Oceania and they use their power to change history and control information. Modern totalitarian leaders and Big Brother misuse their power to oppress people by denying them of their individual right. This is significant because every human is meant to be given their right without discrimination but when the leaders are denying

people of their right then the power given to them is being misused.

In 1984 Big Brother and Modern totalitarian uses power to pose threat to people’s freedom because it diminishes the control an individual has over information in

his life. Big Brother denies the people of Oceania of the right to privacy by using telescreen to watch them and using propaganda to remind them about Big Brother watching them. In fact, ‘‘the children, on the other hand, were systematically against their parent and thought to spy on them and report deviation” (Orwell 168 eBook). This quotes explains how children where taught how to spy so therefore they were used to violate peoples freedom.Orwell said that explaining how Big Brother uses young children as spies by brainwashing them to spy on people even their parents for example Mr. Parson said while asleep “Down with Big Brother” his daughter heard him and reported him to the thought police and he was told that he committed a thought crime which means that they were denied of their right to freedom of thought and movement. NGO’s such as Amensity International and human right watch, as well as foreign governmental institution such as U.S state Development has accused the P.R.C of violating the freedoms of speech, movement of its citizen and others within jurisdiction. (www.rightsinchina.blogspot.ca). Big Brother also deny the people of Oceania of their right to critical thinking that is “freedom is freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted all else follows” (Orwell 103 eBook).Winston wrote this in his diary meaning that if Big Brother tells you we have three ears for example but you know that there are only two ears, you just have to accept whatever Big Brother tells you because Big Brother is always right, this was also used by Communist party of China during cultural revolution. (http://www.history.com/topics/cultural-revolution). Big Brother and Modern totalitarian leaders are not people to trust to watch over someone because the only thing they care about is what will benefit the party. John Perry said “Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. (www.mobile.brainyquote.com). The main reason of being watched is for security and protection and to protect our rights and go about our daily life’s but when the protection starts removing the freedom itself, including the freedom we have over every piece of information about our lives then are we really free? The quotes by John Perry explains that we are meant to be able to rely on their government for protection and the people of Oceania too should be able to rely on Big Brother for protection but it is Big Brother that is making their people uncomfortable by denying them of their individual right, it is just like what Miss Kemp did for her student by giving all of them to be called with numbers and they cant ask any question in class which means that Miss Kemp denied them of their individual freedom. Nigeria president, Buhari made a new law that Nigeria banks mandate new ATM withdrawal limits, before the maximum amount that could be withdraw everyday was two million naira that is twelve thousand seven hundred dollars but now it is sixty thousand naira which is three hundred dollars,which makes citizens of Nigeria very uncomfortable and feel like they are being denied acess to their full money. (www.bellanaija.com).