Sneaking around town, avoiding telescreens and watching your back everywhere you go, is what the world 1984 consists of. This is just what Winston Smith does when he illegally purchases a diary in part 1 of 1984. This diary is so he can express his illegal thoughts on paper for maybe one day someone in the near future will come across it. George Orwell imagined what 1984 will be like and to an extent it reflects how our society is today.
"Big Brother is Watching You," is in every corner of the town. The protagonist, Winston Smith, is filled with anxiety and even thoughts of the government can be caught by the Thought Police. When writing his thoughts in the diary, Winston must hide in this little space where the telescreen is in no contact with him. Simple conversations with friends or family are suspicious and you can't even read, write or act without great caution and care. This world is ridiculous because everyone is living a lie and the frustration rises as privacy is being abolished and even a new way of speaking is made.
Our society today is surprisingly like that of Orwell's novel but it's done in a way that our world might not even think that at all. When walking in the mall, you are being watched. When attending schools you are being watched. When exchanging and purchasing a product your information is taken down. The government can easily take down your information and find out everything about you in a flash.
Although our world is "being watched" we still have every right to talk to who ever we want and say what we like. There's no consequences if we have a negative thing to say about the government because of the right to freedom of speech. In peoples own home there is privacy where it is easy to hide things from others and even the government.
1984 is some what like our society but people have a greater knowledge of when controling privacy goes to far. Since people have a good understanding of how a world of 1984 could possibly exist it is important that our world doesn't turn out to be like that of 1984 so our life is not a lie of hide and seek.
2 comments:
You started your blog with an attention grabbing device and a strong thesis which you stuck to, throughout your blog.
I also appreciate how you compare both the good and bad aspects of our society to that of 1984.
"When walking in the mall, you are being watched. When attending schools you are being watched." - Here I dont think it's neccesary to say the yare being watched after each point. It might be stronger if you said "you are being watched when you are walking in the mall, attending schools and..."
Your introductory sentence is very good and grabs the reader’s attention. Your paragraph structure is very clear and organized, enabling the reader for an easy read. You have some minor typos that Microsoft word could fix. Also I suggest that you work on your introduction and conclusion because they are not too clear.
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