1984 North Korea Today Analysis

In 2018, we are living in a world of violence within the minority groups, protesting, an over-obsession to technology and a society constantly under surveillance. The seminal dystopian texts 1984 by George Orwell, published in 1949 and The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury, published in 1951 have been relevant since their release. The main events that occurred past these publications were technological advancements (CCTV, automobiles and FBI), the implementations of new political systems (totalitarian), fake news (2016 USA election and North Korea) and the constitution of police-run states (China Xinjiang).

1984 is regarded as a profound dystopian text that studies the dangers of totalitarian rule and surveillance. 1984 follows Winston Smith and

It offers a representation that fake news might be essential under a totalitarian government. The Ministry of Truth is the propaganda department, it controls the media and rectifies the past. “Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past.” This means that the government is in control of everything that is happening by rewriting the past in a favourable light so that future generations believe that everything is factual. North Korea today is like George Orwell’s 1984 as it is run by a totalitarian government whose leader is known as “Dear Leader”. The North Korean government uses propaganda to brainwash its people that their life is so much better than the West even though they are dying of starvation and have no basic human rights such as no access to the worldwide web. Fake news is used in 1984 and also in modern day times in North Korea as a method of propaganda that portrays the government in a favourable

Progression (n.) is the gradual process of moving towards a more developed state. Mead said, “the police, of course, but what a rare, incredible thing; in a city of three million, there was only one police car left, wasn’t that correct?” Consequently, in Mead’s world, progression will inevitably lead to loneliness as there is a loss of sense of humanity and pastimes are deemed unnecessary. Trends including watching television and driving automobiles have displaced books and going for night-time walks. In the 21st century of advancements in all areas, we are increasing the distance between ourselves and the natural world. An example of this is our addiction to television whereby our eyes are glued to the screen, and we are less likely to venture outside into nature. The sophistication of society as represented by The Pedestrian is not seen as a good thing but rather that society has lost some of its