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Examples Of Surveillance In George Orwell's '1984'

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In the book 1984 by George Orwell, a man by the name of Winston wants to revolt against his government named big brother. He meets many people along the way that help him through his troubles, but is sadly brainwashed and turned for the government. In this novel, Big Brother uses many ways of surveillance to keep track of their citizens and keep them in line. Three ways they do this are telescreens, undercover cops, and having kids turn in their parents. To start off, Big Brother puts telescreens on almost every wall in the town. When every wall is said, it means every wall. For example, they use the telescreens to send propaganda to the people watching. Big Brother uses this so that all the citizens know that they are controlled by the government. This propaganda also helps with minimizing the thoughts of rebellion by the citizens. Furthermore, Big Brother uses these telescreens to spy on the people of the city. They can use this to learn the person’s actions and choose which propaganda to use on them to control their thoughts. This can also be used to see who wants to rebel. The government can analyze their thoughts and actions and see if what they find them doing might be what is thought to be rebellion, and they will be arrested. …show more content…

A prime example of an undercover cop in the story is O’Brien. Winston is led to believe that O’Brien is the leader of the rebellion and that he can bring him in. When Winston comes to him and says that he wants to join the rebellion, it leads to Winston being arrested and thrown into prison. Big Brother needs these so that they have complete control over civilians even when the people think that they are clever and have the upper hand. People want to join the rebellion because of the hardships of the government, and Big Brother uses this to have control and find out what you’re

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