Are we 1984? Do you believe we are being watched? Our society seems that it is becoming more and more of what George Orwell’s book, 1984 is like. I will be discussing topics like surveillance, censorship, and violence in our society that are similar to how Ingsoc’s society is. We are like 1984 because of our surveillance. For example, “A survey conducted in 2014 said that 9% of the American people have complete control of all their personal information”(Gao). 91% say they don’t have control of what is supposed to be protected or safe. Another research study conducted in 2014 said, “54% of Americans disapprove of the government collecting personal information”(Gao). Likewise with 1984, for example,”It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen”(Orwell 65). So we have surveillance cameras, telescreens and the ability to retrieve personal information and constant monitoring at all times. Seems very similar to me. …show more content…
In 1984, O’Brien states,” who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past”(Orwell 1.3.37). In 1984’s society, Ingsoc controls the news, media, memory holes and all other sources of information totally control all the civilians minds. Similarly to our society. Some examples of censorship would include restricted websites in certain places like libraries or schools. An example would be, (www.ubisoft.com) . The school restricts any internet traffic on this website when using school equipment. You could also include net neutrality, the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites. You can compare this example to 1984 by saying our government or, “Big Brother” censors what we can or cannot see in certain