##nce Of Surveillance In George Orwell's Freedom

Today’s society is predicted as living in a world George Orwell envisioned in 1984. The system Orwell invented is compared to what the United States government is capable of doing. Government control of society is an essential subject due to the current mind set of the world today. In 1984, George Orwell represents how Big Brother is compared to today’s government, showing the consequences and dangers of a government with unlimited surveillance power.

One of the most important concepts that many individuals in modern day society value the most is the idea that they have the freedom to do whatever they please. The term freedom means “being able to act, think, and speak in any way one wants to without any type of hindrance,”(Dictionary.com). In the book, 1984, by George Orwell, the totalitarian society ruled by Big Brother, in many ways, controls its citizens by hindering any types of freedom a member of the society might have. In a society that is decorated with telescreens, hidden microphones, and strict rules, Orwell illustrates the many ways Big Brother uses that to its advantage to stifle the freedom of its citizens. However, under all the scrutiny of Big Brother, there are

“BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”(Orwell 2), is a saying that surrounds society in the classic novel 1984. The author, George Orwell provides his audience with an abundant amount of themes throughout his writing. One very prominent one is Orwell’s psychological manipulation of his characters. As characters within this society are constantly surrounded by sayings such as, “WAR IS PEACE”, “FREEDOM IS SLAVERY”, and “IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH”(Orwell 4), Orwell shows the ultimate type of control within his characters. Orwell is able to achieve such psychological manipulation in his characters through physical control and the abundance of technology. Without Orwell’s use of telescreens, his characters would be able to have their

George Orwell’s novel 1984 reflects on the society of dystopian city Airstrip 1 where main character Winston Smith lives. Along with the many other citizens, Winston is controlled by the Inner Party by constantly being monitored via telescreens that keep sight of everybody and their actions. Besides using telescreens the government also easily arrests people in any case of “thoughtcrime” which consists of any thoughts that regard disobedience towards the government. Thoughtcrime and telescreens are two of the several factors that reflect the extreme surveillance in 1984. Orwell uses surveillance as the central theme of the novel to spread his idea that the usage of more extreme surveillance could eventually lead to a totalitarian society. On a less extreme scale, today’s society also has a significant amount of surveillance but many question whether or not more surveillance is necessary. With the many current text sources, it is certain that we need less surveillance in order to keep a stable society that does not take away the individualism of people.

Similar to how telescreens work in 1984, our society has personal information analyzed and recorded by the government. Data collection is a turning more to privacy taken away from citizens. If people are constantly being under surveillance, people start to lose their individuality because people transform into automatons. On (1.5.65) Winston says, "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." This quote explains the significance of privacy, as even the smallest things in society matter. Orwell is foreshadowing the increasingly tighter surveillance on citizens and that affects society today because our society today is becoming more similar to the one portrayed in

George Orwell wrote a novel that is not only mournful but also horrifying. He describes a society where the government controls every aspect of life: clothes, thoughts, food, jobs, spouses. The people living in this society are constantly monitored by telescreens on the streets, in their apartments, and in every other building. “Big Brother” is their leader, although he is not real. Every day the main character, Winston, lives in fear that the thought police will catch him, and he will die. Society is required to do whatever Big Brother says or believes, and if they do not, they will vaporized. While readers mourn for the people in this book -even though they are fictional- these problems still exist today. Technology with two way communication

The most obvious argument towards our society becoming increasingly “Orwellian” is the amount of monitoring we are allowed to be subject to. One disturbing fact is that we are indeed monitored by our government, which is in place to protect our rights. One right in particular,

A totalitarian government depends on subservience because its citizens are completely controlled of mind and body. History is constantly revised and edited to keep its citizens ignorant, and simple truths are easily ignored by the populace if told to do so. Constant war is waged by totalitarian governments to have a reason to use up its resources and keep its citizens in a suppressed state. The citizens of totalitarian governments are under constant monitoring, even by their own family members. The totalitarian state is dependent on all of these factors, and because of that, no freedoms can be given. Orwell’s book 1984 serves as an insight and warning for generations to come, as once a totalitarian government is established,

As sick as that is, it is the current reality humans live in. A stranger can be a friend or a foe, and anyone can try to harm you. Yet as dismal as this may seem it is not to the point of 1984, a book centered around a dystopian future, with no individuality or freedom of thought humans submit and live under constant supervision from the government, through telescreens that are placed in the citizens' homes and around the city that is constantly transmitting what they say and does back to the government. The truth of this time is humans are also under constant supervision in public areas. Demonstrated in the article, “In Britain, Somebody's Watching You” by Jennifer Carlile, it is impossible to avoid all the devices employed to keep the public safe, “ In fact it would be impossible to avoid all of the 96 cameras at Heathrow airport, 1,800 in train stations, 6,00 on the London Underground, 260 around parliament, 230 used for license plate recognition in the city center, and the dozens surveying West End streets.” (Carlile Somebody’s Watching You). These cameras watch the public all day every day, in order to help document and prevent crime. Despite the unavoidable documentation of someone's daily commute, there is no invasion of privacy. As stated in the article ,” - all windows and doorways into private residences are blurred, staff must fill out a “regulatory investigative powers

While George Orwell’s book is nearly 70 years old, the novel is still relevant today in the discussion of Big Brother, in relation to fake news, and politics. Many conspiracy theories have been developed over time as technology has advanced, and the concern of how far the government can reach into our civil liberties with the Patriot Act seem to be an underlying theme in the novel 1984. The imbalance of social classes is also frightening similar to 1984 and society today.

Surveillance is an extremely effective mechanism to control a large group of people or society in our modern world. This method of control can prove to have a strong effect on a person’s sense of privacy and can induce a strong sense of fear and anxiety. There are various methods from which government agents can monitor a group of people. In the novel, 1984 by George Orwell, these methods and theories are depicted very well. These methods include, the use of Telescreens (similar to CCTV), spying organizations including undercover police, and a psychological mechanism of anxiety, called the “Panopticon Effect”. George Orwell 's- 1984, is not a prediction of how he thought that we would live in 1984, but is a warning of what can happen, if we allow a dictatorship or totalitarian state to take control

“Big Brother Is Watching You” (pg. 5, Orwell). George Orwell wrote a book about a man named Winston and his society. How he is being controlled on his every move and listening to everything he says. How he can’t live his own life without the government over his shoulders. In society today it is extremely similar. The government eavesdrops on everyday civilians. Their reasons for that? “Part of the wider security strategy of the country” (Par. 4, Government Spying), they say their trying to find terrorist and stop them before another devastating disaster happens. The only devastating disaster that is happening is how our government and society is crumbling and loosing trust. Although Government surveillance system might

In 1984, “Big Brother Is Watching You.” One could not take two steps without bumping into a poster of a stern-looking man seeming to stare into the soul of the viewer. Big Brother acts as a Godlike figure to the citizens of Oceania, a super-nation constantly at war with the two super-nations. The government of Oceania, the Party, keeps citizens in a vice-like grip through constant surveillance and laws placed on every aspect of human existence. The only loyalty allowed is to the Party. They control the past, the present, and the future through its command over anything and everything. The government set up in 1984 directly reflects that of a totalitarian government. Totalitarianism as it exists in George Orwell’s 1984 exhibits key features which bare striking resemblance to modern governments.

The concept of George Orwell’s “Big Brother” hangs over the world like an ominous cloud, sparking fiery debates over the use of mass surveillance. The government’s ingenuity in finding loopholes in legislation troubles the citizenry, for they tremble at the dehumanizing practice of transforming into pawns in the game of national security. History has shown that self-governing citizens have always been distrustful of the state’s abuse of power; therefore, misopolemists must take it upon themselves and exercise “consent of the governed” by deciding between absolute freedom or guaranteed security by virtue of rigorous measures of surveillance. Manipulating the interdependence of rights, liberty, and the public welfare will only lead to discrepancies, so it is only rational to evaluate the social, political, and philosophical arguments of both perspectives to reach a verdict.

“Big brother is watching you” (Orwell 3). The book 1984 by George Orwell depicts a