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). We are constantly being watched, and listened to. Unfortunately the line, we …show more content…
The government uses the military drones to spy on any illegal conduct. Spying is is another way people get in trouble. In 1984 the government has children and train adults to watch over people constantly.“The children, on the other hand, were systematically turned against their parents and taught to spy on them and report their deviations. The family had become in effect an extension of the Thought Police” (pg 140). "It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children”(pg 22). Today the government has a program called the F.B>I and C.I.A to spy on people and they hack civilian cell phones. The government in 1984 has thought police who would arrest people and send them to jail without trial or questions. "The thought police would get him just the same. He had committed--would have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper--the essential crime that contained all others in itself" (page 19). The government had high top people that obtained private information. Sometimes they would change the information. “Big Brother is Watching You” (page 2).The government today can detain a personnel without trial and they can get any information from any organization or government contains your