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1984 has seemed to catch the eye of many people of different kinds. Some believe this novel does relate to our real world today and others can disagree. Certain things that are occurring today do get me to believe that we are living the same way. Not only do I believe it because of cameras and technology but because the government hides so much stuff from our society as of right now.
Newspeak has a big part in our world as much as it does in the novel. We have always changed our words into a shorter version when we text and it’s the same as newspeak. We have created a new language with new words for generations without even noticing that it relates to the novel. There are many other languages that have been created as I’ve grown but never did …show more content…

Not only have we created new language but the government does have a say about what is shown and said on television and other stuff. They recreate things to make us believe what they do or say when in reality all there doing is hiding information. This is the same for this novel because the Party needed everyone to believe what there was saying was correct.
Thought crime is also not allowed in Oceania and science isn’t either because it would just cause there society to think and if there people would think then they would begin to realize what really is going on between them. They would open there eyes and realize they are stronger group then the party and what the party is doing is doing to them is not right. Compared to our society we are allowed to think as much as we want, to feel how we want and show our emotions. Relationships are allowed and being intimate with that person is not a crime so that has no relation to our society today. Every relationship is extremely intimate and is noticed even outside of your home. Our worlds are completely different when it comes to thought

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