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Comparing Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four And 1984

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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 …show more content…

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

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Technology is a significant part of daily life. Everyone makes use of some form of technology every day. As technology evolves and its quality is made better, it is taking us closer to the world of Big Brother. In his book, 1984, George Orwell describes a world in which society is constantly being watched by “Big Brother,” or their leaders. With current technologies such as GPS and smartphones, our world is not far from the heavy surveillance experienced by people in 1984.

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Here are my two cents on the articles. By no means were these articles what I had envisioned. I was searching for some sort of validation that would tell me I was on the right track with my analysis of what I had read thus far. These articles don’t supply you with any reassurance to your critical reading abilities but they do offer insight to George Orwell’s past and how book written in 1949 has become relevant in today’s society. The two articles have very different perspective.

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Robin Wilson: A Lifetime of Student Debt? Not Likely Media thrives on successfully manipulating the emotions of its audience; as a result, unordinary stories are brought to light far more often. Such is the case with the topic of student debt. Graduates shackled to large student debt years after their diploma have more coverage than those who are well in control of their repayments. Why would articles and newscasts on college graduates routinely handling their repayments with generate return customers?

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The “Facial Recognition”, article on who’s watching you in public is compared to the book 1984 by George Orwell; by its use of notification to the citizens of personalized identification without consent. For example, within this book all citizens are watched through the telescreens on critique facial expressions, suspicious body language, and use of self documentation. I am strictly against these practices that 's used in this country although, it is bringing more store sales it still should not betray privacy of a customer. A customer is always bound to change their mind on certain perceptions in what they purchase in a store. With this use of betrayal of privacy within a store I believe that in today’s society they will progress even larger.

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Fear takes control of the case between o'brien and winston as it promotes them to take on the roles of big brother, who holds the strings and controls the puppets. Even though there are some similarities between the 20 centre and the world of George orwell “1984”, there are still more differences between our lives now, and the lives of winston and julia, and in the book such as technology, spying, and government. We live in an age where it is laughable to say you’re alone and where privacy cannot be purchased with a house without electrics “Privacy, he said, was a very valuable thing. Everyone wanted a place where they could be alone occasionally.” (Pages 144).

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George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is a pessimistic and dystopian novel. Throughout the novel we are shown a sense of oppression and totalitarianism. In the beginning of the novel Winston, who has a strong sense of individuality rebels against Big brother, who is the dictating party. He writes in big words in his diary “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.”(Orwell 2013: 36-37) At the end of the novel the party tortures and brainwashes Winston into accepting the ideals of the party.

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The tracking of one’s activities, communication and whereabouts are seen as unnecessary by a large portion of society, regardless of it’s positive uses. For example, in 2009 government bus drivers in Sydney threatened industrial action over the use of CCTV on buses. Each bus is fitted with several cameras that are designed to deter misbehaviour on the bus. However, one camera is situated so that it points directly at the driver and record only them. The drivers complained that this camera was being used to ‘check up’ on them.

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Surveillance is becoming increasingly integrated into human lives. Seemingly inconsequential minutiae like how long one spends in line at a grocery store or how many times a headline is clicked on a social media site are collected automatically by both public and private institutions. Whatever we do and wherever we go, there is likely some trace of it. This has led to great debates about the right to privacy, how much surveillance is too much, and under what circumstances surveillance is justifiable. Film and Television play important roles in these debates and in the way in which the public conceptualizes the utility and threat of surveillance more generally.

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Ever since George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1949 people have been comparing the two societies. It has Throughout the years, advances have been made so that more than ever Today’s society is similar to George Orwell’s 1984 because of the government's abuse of power and control, the increase in technology and surveillance which is invading our privacy and the social organization that benefits the rich and not the poor. Today’s society is similar to 1984 because of the unmonitored control and power that both governments have over their people.

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In our world, Society gets watched twenty-four seven and some people know it, but they either do not care or just go along. So in reality, Society could prevent this problem by removing social media off of their habits and be spy free. “Young adults (85% of whom are smartphone owners) are also incorporating their mobile devices into a host of information seeking and transactional behaviors. About three-quarters of 18-29 year old smartphone owners have used their phone in the last year to get information about a health condition; about seven-in-ten have used their phone to do online banking or to look up information about job; 44% have consumed educational content on their phone; and 34% have used their phone to apply for a job.” “Behind Winston’s back the voice from the telescreen was still babbling away...of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment” (2-3).

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Surveillance cameras are a big deal in today 's world as well, as they spy on the average person as they go about their daily routine. In today 's society cell phones are a big controversy. As it states in the article That 's No Phone. That 's My Tracker, “ The

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Those who have power over the media dictate the information the public is fed because they want to make someone look bad, make themselves look better, or decide what's “real” and what's “not”. In the book 1984 by George Orwell, Orwell writes about a dystopian society in which the main character, Winston, describes the totalitarian government of Oceania and its partake in fake news in the media. In the article “On Twitter, Fake News Has Greater Allure Than Truth Does” by Maria Temming, Temming writes about Twitter and its fast spreading of fake news and how/why fake news is spread in the media. When comparing these two pieces, similarities are drawn between the fiction novel and the non-fiction text showing real-life instances in the novel 1984.

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In the united states today the government has so much power than what people may think. They have control over innocent citizens. The kind of power the government has over us has gotten to a limit where now they know where we are at and all of our private information safe on our cell phones. George Orwell’s novel 1984 gives a great example of how the government controls the people. In the novel they tell us about the government from Oceania, and how they control every single second of the citizens’ lives.

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Governments are increasingly adopting technology to keep tabs on their citizens, as highlighted in the recent article "Police Seizes on Covid-19 Tech to Expand Global Surveillance" by Garance Burke, Josef Federman, Huizhong Wu, Krutika Pathi, and Rod McGuirk. The article explains how governments are enhancing their monitoring powers by utilizing the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, some nations use facial recognition technology to watch people's movements, while others use contact tracing apps to monitor interactions among their citizens. The Dystopian society is shown in 1984, where residents are informed they have no private lives and must carry out the governing Party's orders, which is similar to the kind of surveillance that exists today. In Part 1, Chapter 1 of 1984, Winston notes that he can remain hidden from the telescreen, “By sitting in an alcove.

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In 1984, George Orwell writes about a dystopian society called Oceania with a totalitarian government. Winston, the main character, is an Outer Party member and works for the government who is under the rule of “Big Brother” and the Inner Party. The Party’s purpose is to rule Oceania with absolutism and have control over its citizens by using propaganda, censorship, and the brainwashing of children. Today, many modern-day countries use these techniques to maintain their power including: North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Nazi Germany. First, North Korea and Oceania use propaganda to encourage patriotism to make themselves look better to citizens in order to keep a totalitarian rule.

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