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Compare And Contrast Essay On 1984 By George Orwell

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You’re being watched twenty-four seven from the time you’re awake till the time you lay down and even during the most private time of the day.
As I read the book 1984 by George Orwell it gave me a great impact on how our government has power to do whatever they want, like in the book how people are being monitored constantly.
Now the novel is mainly about Government power and how they control their people to the figure Big Brother. He is the person they worship and must follow his rules at all times. Today I will be talking about the same technology they use in the novel 1984 and how it compares in today’s technology. First thing I want to talk to you about the book and how the author, George Orwell predicted most of the technology used in …show more content…

The proof is in the book we all read and the author states “we are in war with eastasia we have always been war with eastasia.” Now I believe that proved my point because that’s what our main character Winston said when he was getting tortured by O’brien, now how is this connected to our world you may ask? Well it’s simple, we are at war with Iraq and we still are today, just like 1984 they have always been at war. Last point for this paragraph is the way that they can hear us just like our phone, Its reach not limited to telescreens, the Party also places hidden microphones throughout London to monitor the interactions of its constituents. Just like the telescreen and our phone they can hear us because of the microphone hidden inside our phone. This can be found in his book as it states “There were no telescreens, of course, but there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up.” That means watch whatever you say or they might just hear you wherever you may

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