Perspectives 12 20 October 2014 Surveillance It is safe to say that people live in an age where it is possible to say that one is alone and privacy doesn’t exist. People are always being watched‚ tracked‚ listened to‚ and investigated. In the book 1984 one of the main topics would be that “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” ( 2). Wherever they go‚ they feel as if they are being watched. If not by the thought police‚ then they are being watched by the telescreens. A world where no one is safe‚ nor trusted
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Through the eyes of Winston‚ the protagonist in 1984‚ we observe the forces used for the government to retain its complete power over the people. The government almost diminished free thought of the people‚ has destroyed any means of building relationships‚ and utilized fear to make sure everyone would stay true to Big Brother. In such a dystopian society it may only take one person to overcome such obstacles‚ or so we thought. Orwell designed 1984 to warn his readers about the grave dangers in
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being the enemies of Germany changed between the Jews and the Allied Powers (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The next historical parallel between Nazi Germany and Oceania is the totalitarian governments‚ more specifically‚ dictatorships. In 1984‚ the dictator‚ Big Brother‚ was feared‚ respected‚ and loved. Throughout the story‚ Winston was a skeptic of Big Brother and the Party’s actions; however‚ by the end he conformed‚ and he admitted his love for the enigmatic leader. “He gazed up at the
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ABSTRACT Augmented reality (AR) has been defined by Barfield and Caudell (2001) as a system in which “a participant wears a see-through display (or views video of the real world with an opaque HMD) that allows graphics or text to be projected in the real world.” Other modalities can be included in AR and information can be subtracted from the real world using augmentation. AR is a computer generated‚ interactive‚ three-dimensional environment in which a person is immersed. AR is a
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1 1984 and Nationalism Thesis Statement: In “1984” George Orwell portrays a society derived from several forms nationalism‚ which has one point – to isolate the individual citizen to achieve unwavering allegiance to the Party. However‚ Orwell reveals the mechanisms of nationalism are not just to forge submission to the Party but rather to eradicate any other allegiances that would distract from the Party’s agenda. George Orwell‚ in his novel “1984”‚ invents an authoritarian future society that
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Americans are obsessed with appearance due to their surroundings and the prevalence of the media in everyday life. Celebrities are idolized and seen as societies version of "perfection". Ways of editing and distorting like photoshop have become prominent in the media. These things shove the idea of perfection in the faces of impressionable Americans because we are so exposed to it. We see perfectly straight‚ white teeth‚ stick thin figures‚ flawless complexion all over magazines and movies. These
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“Until they become conscious they will never rebel‚ and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” Book 1‚ Chapter 7 In the novel‚ 1984‚ Winston recognizes in his diary that the Party and the Thought Police never consider the Proles dangerous. Winston acknowledges that Proles outnumber both the Thought Police and the Party in general making them a potential threat to the Party. The Party also underestimates the Proles’ ability to pose a threat to the Party. The Proles
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which provide different viewpoints on the same building‚ the film also makes a strong reference to the aesthetics of video surveillance. At the end‚ we may ask if we are dealing with a film that is borrowing strategies from other media; or with a “reality TV” program that adopts the strategies of surveillance; or with a computer game that heavily relies on cinema. In short‚ is Timecode still cinema or is it already new media? This essay will address one of the key themes which accompanies both the
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Appearance When I was a child‚ I saw people the way I wanted‚ I saw poor people murderers and thieves and saw rich people kind and generous‚ but I didn’t see what was inside them. On the way to New York on the train‚ I was reading my newspaper very calmly. I wanted to go to New York because of a job interview‚ I was really scared and afraid that I wouldn’t get the job‚ and would have been sent home with no job. My mother sent me some cookies‚ they were delicious and I really enjoyed eating them
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“Mirage: An optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea‚ in the desert‚ or over a hot pavement‚ that may have the appearance of a pool of water or a mirror in which distant object are seen inverted‚ and that is caused by the bending or reflection of rays of light by a layer of heated air of varying density.”(Merriarn-Webster’s Medical Dictionary) Imagine yourself walking alone in the desert‚ you haven’t drink any water for a long time‚ you were tired‚ thirsty and exhausted. Suddenly‚ there was
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