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1984 By George Orwell: Are You Ever Truly Free?

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Are You Ever Truly Free? In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, there is no freedom due to technology. At the beginning of the novel, Winston is describing what Victory Mansions, the apartment in which he lives, looks like. He says plastered on all of the walls are posters that say, “Big Brother is Watching You” (Orwell 2). Big Brother is the government that rules in the novel 1984, and this poster is a reminder to the citizens of Oceania that they are never truly alone. They have constant surveillance of their citizens through the use of telescreens. The citizens live in constant fear because, there are certain rules they have to abide by all the time, and if they break these rules they are punished, and the government always knows because they
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In the novel, 1984 written by George Orwell takes place in a continent named Oceania and it is constantly being controlled and watched by the government, “BIG BROTHER”. Winston Smith, lives in the society of Oceania and he constantly feels like he’s being watched by “BIG BROTHER” twenty-four seven, and he also feels like he has no rights in order to do what he wants to when “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 of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard” (2-3). Winston has no freedom to say or to do what he wants when he is constantly being watched by “BIG BROTHER”. The society of today can relate to

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In the book “1984” and the articles from the New York Times and the Washington TImes, all speak about how the book 1984 showed people had no freedom what so ever. It speaks about many things that our society today goes through. Most people believe that we will soon live in a dystopian society where everyone always keeps tabs on us. In 1984 they say that “Big Brother is always there.”

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As Orwell describes Winston’s flat he depicts a “telescreen”(Orwell, 1) with the caption “Big Brother is always watching you.” (Orwell, 2). Orwell places concept of society always being watched by the government as an allusion to the Soviet secret police always watching society for rebellious thoughts. As Winston is writing his book criticizing Big Brother, he notes that writing this book is “a crime punishable by death.” (Orwell, 62).

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