Their society has no convictions, the government is the definition of restrictions, and freedom is fiction. In 1984, Orwell expresses within Winston’s point of view that he is truly worried for the future. During Orwell’s time, social, political, and economic hardships began to overbear the European nations. For a very unfortunate recover, totalitarianism induced its chaos and World War 2 began. Russia, yet and still, struggles with power hungry leadership by their government. Was Orwell trying to protect us from a world full ignorance, war, and deceit?
Deceit still underlies in our government today.
Social media, smart phones, and technology are just some of the few that trail us to disconnecting with our face-to-face world. Others may argue
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They are always watching the telescreens, knowing that they themselves are being watched. (Sound familiar?). We watch silly, scripted reality televisions to be entertained. Producers of that show script it and base it off the audience’s wants and needs. It is very easy to say that reality TV show is losing its human quality and perceiving reality to be an edited fiction.
To contradict the belief that our society is plummeting into a nullified, technology-filled, century, we can argue a few things. For example, the United States of America and our freedom.
There’s truly nothing else that can trump totalitarianism then a free nation filled with nationalism, pride and joy. Orwell’s reflection on the future was very significant during his time, but a very outdated theory. We grow from the past mistakes society has made, and we as humans, become increasingly acclimated to new inventions and innovations. Oceania is a polar opposite world if we became a world filled with totalitarianism, but we are far from it.
In reference to the book 1984, the common slogan of Oceania, almost haunts the streets to warn the citizens. “Big Brother is Watching You!” The psychological manipulation