Essay On 1984 Technology

In 1984 by George Orwell, technology plays a tremendous role in the society, everything that happens involves the use or presence of technology. Everywhere that you turn you are faced with a Telescreen or the Thought Police, unable to escape into privacy. This novel depicts what our society might have looked like in a different reality. Much like in the novel, our lives are somewhat directed by technology. Whether it be telescreens in the novel, or smartphones today, technology influences us more than we may know.
The telescreen, a large screen that hangs on a wall of every room, it functions as both a television and a security camera/ microphone. It monitors your movements and speech 24/7 and is used to broadcast propaganda as well as discover traitors of the party. Today we would most likely compare this to a television. In the book the main character, Winston, fears the telescreen. “Any sound that Winston made above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it; moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision… he could be seen as well as heard.” (Orwell 3). The impact of telescreens is tremendous, most people do not care that they are being watched all the time because they are so ignorant, but to the people that know the

Everywhere the novel took you there were posters and messages from the party. The telescreens were always advertising some sort of propaganda, whether it be about the war or about the party and big brother. In every society there is propaganda, in the USA we mostly see TV commercials or ads online, but in the fictional society of the book it is much different. “Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.” (Orwell 75). This quote depicts how the government can manipulate everything to make people believe anything. In addition to this there is also a Two Minutes of Hate that everybody has to sit