1984 By George Orwell

Zoo Animals Have you ever wondered what it’s like being watched every hour of everyday? Being watched all the time can change people’s personalities because they are worried that whatever they do wrong will be caught on camera and they could be in trouble. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, and the article Day Dreaming Students are Caught on Camera by New York Times, people’s privacy has been taken away as they are being watched all of the time. In the novel 1984, Big Brother, an organization run by the government, is watching every citizen every second of the day. Winston Smith is a member of the party as he works for the government. He has to be cautious of everything that he does because he could get in serious trouble that could lead to death if he does
anything wrong.
The government knows everything that he does because they have added telescreens into every room in the community to observe what is going on. They also have “thought police”, who can read people’s mind and if someone thinks about something that they should not be thinking, they could be harshly punished. In the article, webcams have been added in many schools to watch children throughout the day. Non student enjoy going onto a website to watch what is going on in the school during the day. This could be harmful to the students because people are observing when they are getting off of task, talking to a student, or going on their phones, and they get in trouble for everything. The students do not like these cameras because they say “I feel like we are zoo animals”. In both the article and the novel, people are being watched all the time and their privacy has
been invaded.