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Correctness In 1984

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In the book, 1984 by George Orwell, there are many connections that could be made to situations today, despite the book being a dystopian world in which we do not live in today. Parental monitoring, microchipping, and political correctness are three things that we can see very commonly today, and those three themes can fit into the book 1984. The first topic is parental monitoring, and the parents watching over their children could be seen as the inner party and big brother watching over everyone. Parents can be worried about what their children are doing on the internet and want them to be safe, or to see the right things. “Most of those teens are friends with their parents” Out of context this sounds good, but in context the “friends” is …show more content…

This can be linked back to the telescreens in 1984, and how the telescreens are always monitoring everyone at all times, microchips, when programed correctly, can perform the same task. Microchipping in this specific article is talking about how it would allow someone get into buildings, log onto computers, and buy snacks. …show more content…

In 1984, big brother wants everything his way, wants everything and everyone to like him. For everyone to like the same things, and to do the same things, he wants everyone to be “happy”. Any hateful or impure thoughts or big brother is asking for a death sentence, because it is offensive to big brother and the inner party. Political correctness is all about avoiding offensive words and actions. To big brother, so much is offensive, to the point where words such as amazing, are replaced with double +good. In 1984 there is a supposed secret brotherhood that hates big brother and there is also a slogan that says “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.” It is a harmless slogan, but it is punishable by death, it would be very similarly related to the fact that some people don’t like Halloween, but some praise the holiday and get upset when others dislike it. You can link this back to big brother and how he doesn’t want people disliking him, even if it is harmless. He wants all the praise and attention, he wants the

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