Impact Of Technology On 1984 By George Orwell

In the novel “1984”, technology was used for surveillance and had an absolute impact on both internal and external behavior. The party had an entire power to invent many kinds of technology to track on activities of citizens. They created telescreens to capture the actions of people, and it came with the microphone which recorded what people said (Orwell, 2008, p.2). The devices were installed in every house to be in charge of the party who could see every action of the house owners (Orwell, 2008, pp.2-3). Besides, the telescreens were placed everywhere along the streets and in the ministries to remind all citizens that the Big Brother, who was the leader of the party, was always with them (Orwell, 2008, pp.3 and 23). Furthermore, the adoption of technology helped gaining the power for the party to ensure the supremacy of totalitarianism.
Orwell (2008) wrote that “the Ministry of Truth restricted the news and information to convince people in believing the party and knowing only what the party allowed” (p.12). Last but not least, the redundancy of using technology invaded excessively on the privacy and freedom of each individual. All the citizens were not allowed to write the journals or diaries because the party kept it as the act of rebellion, even thinking was kept as thoughtcrime (Orwell, 2008, p.7). Another violation was to torture the betrayer by using technological process- the dialing device (Orwell, 2008, pp.52-54). Briefly, the use of surveillance technology in 1984 did not only affect socially, but individually as