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Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984 Analysis

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1984 introduces television-like devices to readers that not only provide an unending source of propaganda for Oceana, but have the special ability to keep track of what the country’s citizens are saying and doing at any time of day. The Thought Police can access the information at any time they wish to root out anyone who might be displaying any signs of rebellion, no matter what they might be. Winston spends the entirety of the book existing in constant terror of showing any inkling that he might not be totally okay with the beliefs of Big Brother and all that he stood for. In the modern United States of America, it is nearly impossible to go through an average day without showing oneself to some form of camera be it one used for security,

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