There are many ways as to how the world of 1984 is like today. Society is destroying humanity without destroying mankind, which is really scary. Who knows how long it’ll be until both are really gone. The problem with this world is that the government controls everything and if they really wanted to, they could kill us all. Social media and technology is the equivalent to the telescreens in the book 1984. The government talks to us personally through social media and that’s how propaganda is issued to us. They already keep tabs on us due to the Patriot Act, so who knows what else they do or are planning to do. In the book, it is known that there are hidden cameras and microphones, so it is very possible that we ourselves have that. The Thought Police in today’s world would be assassins. They seem to kill …show more content…
those who are speaking their minds and doing what they believe is right. For example, Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln both had their opinions on how African Americans needed to be treated like actual people and not animals. Both of their lives were taken before there was a solution to the problems they were fighting for. The difference between Thought Police and assassins would be that assassins want the individual dead and the Thought Police want the individual to repent before they’re dead. Have you ever heard of Stanley Allen Meyer or Aaron Swartz? Most people would say no and then not care enough to ask who they were. Stanley Allen Meyer was inventor of the car that ran on water and because businessmen, such as Donald Trump were making money off of oil, the government did not want Meyer’s invention to come out. He was promised to receive a billion dollars by two Arab men for putting his invention away, but he declined the offer. He visited a restaurant in 1998 with his brother to meet two Belgian investors, but after taking a sip of his drink, he ran out screaming he was poisoned and died shortly later. Coroners said his death was from a cerebral aneurysm due to his high blood pressure, but supporters of Meyers believed he was assassinated to prevent his invention from coming out. Aaron Swartz was a computer programmer that released governmental documents to the public, which was okay for the website it was taken from, but the government had an issue with it and charged him with 50 years in prison. Swartz knew the government didn’t like him for his talent and he felt watched by them. Sadly, he committed suicide by hanging himself before he was sentenced for his crime. Many believe the government murdered Swartz, but there is no proof. Both of these men aren’t talked about and are to believed to have been murdered by the government. This would be seen as the memory hole in 1984 because their work is gone and their competence isn’t well know. Many theories are out there about the U.S.
government reducing the population by creating and disputing diseases. In a way, it can be seen as the Junior Anti-Sex League in the book because they are both reducing the population. A bigger population would mean more consumption and the need for resources. Natural resources are already low, so imagine what a bigger population would do to this world. Ingsoc controls everything in the book, including food and the people don’t get very appetizing meals or large portions. It would cost lots of money and we’d need space for everyone to settle down and support themselves and families. The government is more than likely not prepared for such an outbreak because it would make them outnumbered and the world would go crazy to find resources to survive. The U.S. was considered overpopulated in 2009 and grows by about 2.5 million people each year. It doesn’t seem too populated now, it will be really crowded by 2100 and the conditions of this world will be worse. Global warming is expected to be high, there’ll be less land, water and food and the government could no longer exist, unless they take ideas from
1984.
1984 was written in 1948 and published in 1949 by Eric Arthur Blair under the pen name ‘George Orwell’. It is set in the year 1984 in Airstrip One, which is a province in the country of Oceania. The world is in a constant state of war between Oceania, and the other two countries, Eurasia and Eastasia. Oceania is controlled by English Socialism, or INGSOC in Oceania’s language, Newspeak. The powerful Inner Party controls the country using omnipresent surveillance, and manipulation. Every part of life is regimented and controlled, but the only crime is ‘thoughtcrime’: independent thinking and individualism. Big Brother is the figurehead of the Inner Party, and throughout the book, it is heavily implied that he may not really exist. The people
Even though there are many reasons why people disagree with the statement that 1984 is like society today, I obviously agree. We may not be to that point yet, but there are many similarities between our societies. The slogan, War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, shows how frightening the dystopian society in 1984 is. Hopefully conditions do not ever reach the same level.
...of the world if fascism were to continue. In Orwell's day, the leading fascists were Hitler and Stalin, and today there are Muammar Qaddafi, Kim Sung-un, and Xi Jiaping, while in 1984 there is Big Brother. All of these governments are very similar to each other, as Orwell had predicted. These points reveal that even though those who live in free nations think that 1984 is dystopian science-fiction, in some places around the world, 1984 is almost a work of realistic fiction.
today is very different from that of 1984, it is the people. In the words of the
Today’s modern world may not be exactly like 1984, but there are some issues that are very similar to it. Some of the biggest issues that is becoming compromised today is the issue of privacy, which in the book 1984 was something that the people did not have much of because of things like telescreens. Not only is our privacy compromised but the government is also being too controlling. Ways today’s privacy is being compromised are through things like game consoles, phones, social media, and drones and not only is our being compromised through these things but the government is also gaining too much control by compromising our privacy.
The novel 1984 is one that has sparked much controversy over the last several decades. It harbors many key ideas that lie at the root of all skepticism towards the book. With the ideas of metaphysics, change, and control in mind, George Orwell wrote 1984 to provide an interesting story but also to express his ideas of where he believed the world was heading. His ideas were considered widely ahead of their time, and he was really able to drive home how bleak and colorless our society really is. Orwell wrote this piece as a futuristic, dystopian book which contained underlying tones of despair and deceit.
In Conclusion, 1984 is a novel that represents a called government. The government is taken over by “The Party”. The Party seeks to gain complete obedience from the people of Oceania. The main goal of the Party is to eliminate independent thought. The book is surrounded by psychological manipulation. Everything that happens throughout the book is government related and tends to manipulate some people of Oceania. Since their government is totalitarian they seek absolute power towards their people. This shows warning of what might happen id our government becomes too powerful, the party is trying to avoid any sort of rebellion from the people.
George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 follows the psychological journey of main character Winston. Winston lives in a utopian society called Oceania. There, the citizens are constantly monitored by their government coined “Big Brother” or “The Party”. In Oceania, there is no form of individuality or privacy. Citizens are also coerced to believe everything and anything the government tells them, even if it contradicts reality and memory. The goal of Big Brother is to destroy individual loyalties and make its citizenry only loyal to the government. In Orwell's novel 1984, he uses Winston's psychological journey to stress the dangers of individuality in a totalitarian regime because it can result in death. Winston’s overwhelming desire to rebel
Many people today are fighters and make attempts to stand up for what they believe in. Another way 1984 impacted us today is that the novel was a prediction of a controlling government. “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever” (page 267). Just like in 1984 they had “telescreens”monitoring their every move, we know there are so many surveillance cameras used everywhere we go. There are also microphones and the government is able to tap their citizens’ phone to monitor what they say. This ties into the main theme
In conclusion, I found 1984 fascinating and Orwell’s ideas eerily accurate as a forewarning to future generations. Even though we live in a democratic nation, there are ideas to ponder and consider in today’s world, even though 1984 was written sixty years ago. The fact that in this dystopian society no one was happy is maybe a sign that it should not be a totalitarian rule. Freedom is humanities one of humanities best traits. The language that is used makes society dumb even the people that are supposed to be smart arent because of the “newspeak”. If life was like this today there wouldn’t be any happiness in the world and we all would be sad. I am glad that Mr. Orwells prediction didn’t come true because I wouldn’t be able to live in a society like that.
1984 was a representation of what the future held in store, and how society could change. By creating a leader who people feared and appreciated society could easily be controlled and how one person could control everyone. Orwell predicted the future in a sense with things he noticed in real life experiences and how the world was changing in such an early time. Based on ideas he had, he was correct! We are all watched, we are controlled and the world is in fact changing.
War Is Peace. Freedom Is Slavery. Ignorance Is Strength. The party slogan of Ingsoc illustrates the sense of contradiction which characterizes the novel 1984. That the book was taken by many as a condemnation of socialism would have troubled Orwell greatly, had he lived to see the aftermath of his work. 1984 was a warning against totalitarianism and state sponsored brutality driven by excess technology. Socialist idealism in 1984 had turned to a total loss of individual freedom in exchange for false security and obedience to a totalitarian government, a dysutopia. 1984 was more than a simple warning to the socialists of Orwell's time. There are many complex philosophical issues buried deep within Orwell's satire and fiction. It was an essay on personal freedom, identity, language and thought, technology, religion, and the social class system. 1984 is more than a work of fiction. It is a prediction and a warning, clothed in the guise of science fiction, not so much about what could happen as it is about the implications of what has already happened. Rather than simply discoursing his views on the social and political issues of his day, Orwell chose to narrate them into a work of fiction which is timeless in interpretation. This is the reason that 1984 remains a relevant work of social and philosophical commentary more than fifty years after its completion.
The year 1984 has long passed, but the novel still illustrates a possibility for the future of society. It still remains a powerful influence in all sorts of literature, music, and social theory. George Orwell envisioned a nightmarish utopia that could have very easily become a possibility in 1949 ? the year the novel was written. He managed to create such a realistic view of humanity?s future, that this story has been deemed timeless. There will always be the threat of totalitarianism, and at some moments civilization is only a step away from it. Orwell hated the thought of it, and 1984 shows that. From his work, readers who live in prevailing democratic society have a chance to consider about these very different political systems, democracy and totalitarianism.
As the man’s lips grasped the edge of the cup and slurped the hot drink, the reflection of two eyes in the darkened coffee grew tremendously. The man immediately puckered his lips and placed the cup atop the wooden surface with dissatisfaction. His hairy arm was revealed from underneath his cotton shirt as he reached for the glassware containing packets of sweet crystals. He picked up the packets labeled Stalin, Hitler, and World War II, and dumped them into the caffeinated drink. Within seconds, a thick, redolent cream labeled, ‘Totalitarian Governments’ crashed into the coffee with force. A tarnished spoon spun around the outer edges of the cup, combining the crystals and cream together, and, unknowingly creating the themes for the book in which Big Brother would become a regime—this was the cup of George Orwell. Written in 1944, the themes in 1984 are reminiscent of the fascist and totalitarian governments formed in the early twentieth century.
In the novel 1984 there are plenty of symbols to represent the oppression of freedom. In 1984 you have zero freedoms and are victim to a vicious system of totalitarian rule. Your mind and atmosphere are altered to fit the ideal society of the power hungry government. They control every aspect of your life. They control aspects of your life you believed no one could such as your mind, thoughts, and how you feel. They control you through fear and oppress every freedom you have. Big brother brainwashes you into thinking the government gives you these liberties which in turn makes you love big brother. In reality they are your worst enemy and take every aspect of your life and influence you into accepting lies and dismissing the truth.