Civil Liberties In Big Brother

In the brainwashed society of Oceania in 1984, by George Orwell, led by a totalitarian government in the name of a leader known as Big Brother, citizens are placed under constant surveillance from the government, preventing them from having individuality and freedom of thought. Although written in a fictional setting, the book strikes analogous similarities to the United States in today’s world. Due to a growth in surveillance, personal information and privacy are being intervened, however, not violated. While technological advances are increasing and crimes such as hacking and terrorism are becoming more prominent in society, government surveillance is becoming largely needed to ensure the protection

Now : Surveillance cameras in most buildings (operated by businesses), and in some public streets (operated by police) to prevent crime. Although most of these cameras are operated by private businesses instead

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness; these three things are the backbone of The United States of America. In an extremely diverse country comprised of numerous races, social classes, political viewings, etc. We all strive for similar things. Those things are happiness, and success. In the “land of the free”, every law abiding citizen should be allowed equal opportunity. This is one element that makes America so marvelous. The truth however, is that this is not the case for every citizen. America is filled with racial opinions, prejudices, and discrimination, which conflicts with the goal of equal opportunity at life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America’s history is filled with racism and extremely poor treatment of other

their own home. Such surveillance and repression is what Winston Smith one of the main

Things you wrote about in 1948 for your book 1984 still apply in today’s society. “Big Brother” could still represent today’s government with them always watching what we do. The totalitarian government is most oppressive than government but, they are both stern about the rules they want us to live. People don’t always like what the government or in your case “Big Brother” does and people want the government to go down such as Winston Smith when he writes in his diary “down with Big Brother” several times in all capital letters half way down the page. He doesn’t agree with Big Brother but, knows that he cannot speak out against his government because they do not have the freedom of speech that we do. As Goldstein was an advocate for freedom

Oceania is split into three "classes": the Inner Party, the Outer Party and the Proles. The Inner Party regulates Ingsoc and the Thought Police, and keeps all Outer Party members under close supervision, while the proles live in relatively calm conditions. The members of the Outer Party are seen as the worst off of the three classes. They lack the freedom and simple pleasures of the proles, as they are under constant supervision by the Inner Party, and they also do not have the comforts of the Inner Party. The thought police is basically

There is also physical control, the party watches everyone, and if they see that someone is being disloyal they will be in trouble. If this is noticed in the facial movement of a person they are arrested by the thought police. A person cannot physically express themselves in the wrong way, or the could die. There is also a control of the history, and all information. The party controls every source of information, and alters it in order to fit the needs of the party.

The Party in Oceania manipulates citizens to support the government. In 1984 by George Orwell, the government controls and gathers support from the people. In this abstract, dystopian society, the government takes the form of the Party. An organization called Big Brother plays the face of the Party in this totalitarian state . The Party is the ruler of the majority of Oceania. Through a network of spies, telescreens, and microphones, the Party monitors all thoughts and actions of the members.Children are even raised to spy on their parents and report anything suspicious. Citizens of Oceania are also constantly at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia. This explains why the proles, the poor people in the outer party, are constantly being bombarded

The Oceanian government and the United States government use power to have control over what people say, do and think.

Kiss Khan 1984 George Orwell’s 1984, illustrates a totalitarian dystopian state where the citizens are incapable of individual thought and freedom. The people of oceania are in constant fear of the government or the “party”. The party achieves this fear through the use of propaganda and surveillance, as well as the symbol of big brother. Big brother and telescreens help maintain the strict laws of oceania and keep society obedient. George Orwell’s 1984, demonstrates how a totalitarian government can control its citizens, through the limitation of thought, the removal of privacy and the restraint of an individual's emotions and pleasures.

Oceania is what we call a totalitarian society where the government controls the people using many different tactics some would not consider to be morally correct. The Party controls the citizens by inflicting fear into their minds so they don’t think the wrong things, feel the wrong way, or even look the wrong way at somebody. They call these things face crime and thought crime. Even the “wrong” expression could get somebody in trouble for doing a face crime (The Darker Self 90). The fear is that by committing these crimes you are essentially placing yourself into a world full of torture and maybe even death (Becnel 73).

In Oceania, love is nearly unheard of. People can marry and have kids, but there is no genuine love. Their children are gradually turned against them as they grow up to be spies for “Big Brother”. Hatred is so overwhelmingly strong in Oceania, Winston believes that “everywhere, all over the world, hundreds of thousands of millions of people …[are] ignorant of one another’s existence, held apart by walls of hatred and lies”(Orwell, 129) flowing from the Party.

One device that especially caught my attention were the telescreens. When described it very much resembles a smart TV. The only difference was that Telescreens were constantly watching, and listening to you 24/7, rather you were using it or not. This was to ensure that no one spoke badly about BB while in their homes, or thought about rebelling. Even when asleep, the telescreens were active. Telescreens were also in all public places, to monitor people's actions, and even facial expressions. “ It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself — anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality” (Orwell, 125). When I first read about telescreens in the public place I was appalled, and thought things like this would never happen in modern society.” Then I read an article by Winton, R, about Long Beach City Police using 400 Cameras city wide in order to fight crime. When you think about it, using cameras to essentially spy on people is very orwellian, and is a good example of how we use technology to stop crime in the same ways “Big Brother” did. The only difference, is what we define as crime. Many characters in the book were caught by government officials because of things the

The party controls everything every citizen says, does, and even thinks. They manage this using many types of manipulation both psychological and physical. Citizens are forced to believe everything the party wants them to believe. Also the presence of the telescreens, the thought police, the junior spies, and loyal party supporters force people to heavily filter themselves so that they only say, do, and think things that are within the guidelines of the party. Citizens are forced to live by the party’s 4 slogans: WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH, and BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING.

Oceania is the country where the book 1984 takes place. Its society is far from that of Utopia’s. In Oceania there is no freedom not even to think. They are even creating a new form of English called Newspeak in which all the words that have anything to do with rebellion are deleted. The country is always at war and constantly uses propaganda and mind control tactics to control its populace.