How 1984 relates to today
George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four and How It relates to the Type of Government We Have in the Twenty First Century George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is about a society in which its people strive for utopianism. This book, which was written in the 1940's, depicts a futuristic 1980's society in which there are no laws but everyone is watched carefully and they limit themselves to certain behavior. The story concentrates on a character named Winston, who is an insignificant official in the Party, a totalitarian organ that rules all of airstrip one, which used to be, called England. Winston as an official, is not allowed to record thoughts or exhibit certain types of behavior. He is compelled to buy a diary and an ink pen so that he may write in a secret alcove of his house. His "telescreen" (Orwell 3) is situated so that he may write without being seen in it. The telescreen is a tool, which is similar to a combination of a telephone and a television. It is used to watch the people but also used to send messages, which persuade the people to have certain beliefs. It is evident in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four that many of the tools and ideas
Our government in essence wants the same thing. Our government wants everyone on one accord for one purpose. We have our laws and law enforcement to help keep it that way. The question is what will that purpose be in the future? Will it be like George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, serving in a totalitarian organ such as airstrip one? Only time will tell. In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, the telescreens which are very much like our televisions send messages to the people so that they may believe in a certain cause or way of life. In a way, we do the same types of things in our propaganda and advertisements. In Nineteen Eighty-Four, the group called the party is the core of Airstrip One. By it being so, the actions of the people contained within in it are heavily restricted. They make up only nineteen percent of the population but control one hundred percent of the population. Though the way of life in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four may seem outrageously harsh in some ways, it is not too far from the way we do things. They expect order and efficiency just as we do. It is the way of both of our societies. In a way, we are expected to do
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