1984
Cassie Smith
Miss Lindsay Safe
EWRC
23 May 2014 A Society without Privacy Keeping pace with the ever evolving technological world, brings the idea of our personal information can be accessed by a weak firewall and breakable password. All these, however, also have a drawback in common they serve as locating devices for each and every one of us. Privacy has vanished. In George Orwell’s novel, 1984, Big Brother was a character of fiction. Yet he was able to oversee everything and virtually controlled the daily lives of millions of people. Now, as we advance technologically, the thought of Big Brother watching over us isn’t so far-fetched.
Technology in 1984 plays a major role, in a way that could be compared to today. Technology is used as a control vehicle, Placed all around Oceania are telescreens and showing how constant the Party monitors their members (Orwell, 11). Not only do they monitor Party members it constantly “blares propaganda” displaying the major exploitation of technology in Oceania. (Orwell, 46) The Party corrupts technology, but they also prevent the modification of technology through their limitations of free thought. In Goldstein’s book it talks about the lack of technology causing it almost impossible to win a war without any new equipment (Orwell, 189). Inner Party members, as well as the Thought Police, monitor the telescreens around Oceania to ensure that every member does not commit any thought crimes.
The many effects technology has on the way the society is ran, without it the society would crumble and there would be more space for people to expose weaknesses in the armor of the party. For example, without the telescreens Winston could sit peacefully and write his diary without being seen
Miss Lindsay Safe
EWRC
23 May 2014 A Society without Privacy Keeping pace with the ever evolving technological world, brings the idea of our personal information can be accessed by a weak firewall and breakable password. All these, however, also have a drawback in common they serve as locating devices for each and every one of us. Privacy has vanished. In George Orwell’s novel, 1984, Big Brother was a character of fiction. Yet he was able to oversee everything and virtually controlled the daily lives of millions of people. Now, as we advance technologically, the thought of Big Brother watching over us isn’t so far-fetched.
Technology in 1984 plays a major role, in a way that could be compared to today. Technology is used as a control vehicle, Placed all around Oceania are telescreens and showing how constant the Party monitors their members (Orwell, 11). Not only do they monitor Party members it constantly “blares propaganda” displaying the major exploitation of technology in Oceania. (Orwell, 46) The Party corrupts technology, but they also prevent the modification of technology through their limitations of free thought. In Goldstein’s book it talks about the lack of technology causing it almost impossible to win a war without any new equipment (Orwell, 189). Inner Party members, as well as the Thought Police, monitor the telescreens around Oceania to ensure that every member does not commit any thought crimes.
The many effects technology has on the way the society is ran, without it the society would crumble and there would be more space for people to expose weaknesses in the armor of the party. For example, without the telescreens Winston could sit peacefully and write his diary without being seen