Comparing Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four And 1984

In the novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell the concept of big brother and events in the book are similar and can relate to events and ideas happening in the present day western world. Much like in 1984, our governments and big corporations are slowly starting to watch our every move, check every citizen and alter news and media. Although not as extreme as the Party having extreme consequences for having opinions not shared by the Party, our media and governments still alter news to fit their agenda which often have social consequences when one does not share the same views. Orwell states “Newspapers and history books were, of course, always colored and biased” (209). Much like the Party altering news and having to bias our own media outlets and governments produce and sometimes alter news to fit their ideals. For example, FOX News and CNN

With the rise of personal technology in the past fifteen years, it has become easier for governments and big corporations to watch citizens. The popularity of smartphones has made it effortless to have video surveillance without the need for security cameras on every street corner. Using smartphones now everyone has a security camera on them, much like when Orwell states “There were telescreens all round the pediment” (120). Like having telescreens all-around monitoring every move, in the modern-day, we have smartphone cameras and people already thinking they are simply taking a picture when the NSA or C.I.A. could be watching. With the popularity of Snapchat and Instagram’s face filters and facial recognition has made it a ‘fun’ way for the general populace to give up a three-dimensional scan of their face to the government. Making it easier for the government and ‘Big Brother’ to find our faces through