Global Issues In George Orwell's 1984

Karl Marx said, “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” I think, Marx made his comment while referring to the global issues of his time. In our era, people are confused and are afraid when observing the magnitude of the global disasters. One may raise few questions concerning our times including: Who is responsible for all of these issues in our world today? Is it because we have sophisticated technology, or because of the governmental brainwashed? The global issues are problems that affect almost all people around the world except a very small percentage of the world. These small groups of people usually have the power and money to control almost everything. The global issues are so enormous that individual countries cannot

To be on the top, government must control people's lives, and to do so; the easy way is to brainwash people, because then the government is not only are able to control the way people live, but even to control people’s thoughts. Orwell stated, “In the end of the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: The logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy” (80). As we all can see in these lines the novel 1984 explains about the dystopian world of his time. And I can see that what he expected in the novel comes true in our life today, yet it comes with more tragedies than he expected. The government can brainwash people through TVs by controlling what should people watch such as movies or shows; or what people should listen to through Radios; or through the advertisement and slogan that repeat all the time. People are being brainwashed unconsciously. In my experience, I have been affected by brainwashing so many times. For instance, every time I go shopping to buy something that I really need to, I would buy a device that is not really necessary to me, but because I have seen it everywhere, and it is stuck in my head. Reparative task is always a good and easy way to

Privacy is one’s own life. Orwell asserted “In general you could not assume that you were much safer in the country than in London. There were no telescreens, of course, but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized; besides, it was not easy to make a journey by yourself without attracting attention” (117). Apparently, these lines have been said in a place that totally lacks privacy. I concur with the author that privacy in our world today is completely vanished. Privacy means to be free; to be alone without being watched; yet in our world today many people lack privacy without noticing. Recently, I have read many articles about a project that the US government is working on. This project is to put a small tracking chip in every child, so parents could track their children. If my parents went to my Facebook page watching me, I will be sad, even though, I have nothing to hide; but still the desire of my privacy is destroyed. To demonstrate, the law of stop-and-frisk allowed Police Department to stop you and questioning you without doing anything wrong, they usually stop people on the street regarding to their race. According to NYCUL reports says, that in 2013 the police stopped New Yorkers 191,558 times, yet 169,252 were totally innocent (88 percent). So,