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Is the society aware of the advancements of our technology? Are they aware that our advancements in technology are so high that the government can track their every move? In the novel 1984 written by George Orwell, Orwell predicts that in the year 1984 a tightly controlled totalitarian future awaits controlled by the ubiquitous Big Brother which resembles the government. Orwell’s predictions may be turning into reality with the society we live in today, due to the advancements of technology that can control and watch what everyone seems to be doing. In the novel 1984 Orwell clearly describes the society of Oceania. He describes a society full of fear and lack of privacy due to the advancements of their technological devices such as a telescreen. A telescreen is a television screen that broadcasts government propaganda, new and approved entertainment, but also has the ability to spy on the private lives of the citizens of Oceania. Winston Smith a protagonist character of this novel clearly demonstrates the hatred he has towards Big Brother. Readers can acknowledge the power of the telescreen when the shrewish voice from the telescreen yelled out “‘6079” Smith W! Yes. You! Bend lower, please! You can do better than that. You’re not trying. Lower, please! That’s better, comrade’”(Orwell 41). This demonstrates the power of the telescreen by letting readers know how citizens in this society do not have privacy due to their advancement in technology and totalitarian ruler. In many cases people have compared our society with the society Orwell predicted in the novel 1984. Lewis Beale the author of the article “We’re living ‘1984’ Today” implies how “Todays websites like facebook track our likes and dislikes, and governments and private i... ... middle of paper ... ...w their society can never be compared to the society we live in today. According to Mss and Rajagopalan “Our lifestyle is almost as the lives of the people in 1984 due to surveillance technology that we voluntarily carry with us at all times, our cell phones.” The authors clearly try to show how technology is not as helpful as it seems but compares it to a device such as a tracker. The sad part is that our society is turning out to be a novel. In conclusion as our technology advances we are getting closer the society described In the novel 1984. Unfortunately it is too late to do something about the advancements of our technology. A way we can be able to secure ourselves would be to stop posting several personal stuff in social media networks and try to rely less on our technology. Sadly there is no turning back and we can basically call our government Big Brother.

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