What would it be like to live a life in constant fear that someone was watching your every move.? In George Orwell’s novel, 1984 written in 1948, people are constantly being watched by Big Brother in a place called Oceania. Oceania is made up of different Parties, the Inner Party, Outer Party and the “Proles”, which all have different rules. From the time the people of Oceania wake up, to the time they fall asleep, their lives are watched closely with the use of technology to make sure how they’re living is orthodox to the Party they’re apart of. If a person is found not abiding by Party rules, that person is vaporized, or in other words sentenced to death. Winston, the main character in the novel, decides to revolt against his party, causing him to eventually get caught. Because of the technology in the novel, this was made possible. Without technology, the Parties of Oceania would not be able to facilitate evil.
The telescreens in Orwell’s novel are a representation of the little to no privacy that the people of Oceania have (or had?). Even though there were different Parties, who all had their own individual rules,
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Big Brother, the all powerful figure makes life seem like it 's been the same for nearly sixty years. The use of technology, enables the Party to manipulate its people, making their minds only remember and believe what they are told. Orwell’s use of technology in the novel serves a much greater purpose than just to control the comrades of Oceania. It predicts the world we live in today. From the day we’re born, to the day we die, we are constantly being watched. Things we deemed as forever being private are no longer private. With the click of a button our existence on this planet can be erased, and any record of us ever existing can be thrown down a “memory hole” to become nonexistent. Just remember, there is no place to hide, Big Brother is always