The Pros And Cons Of 1984 By George Orwell

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The outstanding novel 1984 by George Orwell, takes place in Oceania in the year of 1984. The people in the book are violated on personal levels, and nothing in their lives is private. Today, there are many things that our government does that relates to the government in the book 1984. On many levels, the government in the book could be classified as unethical. If you look closely at some of the things our government does today, you can see that our government is slowly moving towards the way people were treated in 1984. In the book, the government created a two-way telescreen that spied on everyone and everything. You could find theses telescreens in the streets, in the citizen’s houses, and everywhere, according to the book, big brother is …show more content…

The so-called heroes could turn anyone in, including family members, friends, and random individuals. In 2016 I would classify the child heroes as FBI, or DEA agents. Many agents on the force go undercover as a mean to get the necessary intel and to catch someone, or a group. The FBI manipulates people by being a “criminal” they are prepared for any type of situation. How could someone trust other individuals they meet, having the fear they could get in trouble, humanity would start to …show more content…

Throughout America 's major cities there have been installations of surveillance capable streetlights, and now the fear citizens felt in Oceania will emerge on to American citizens as these street lights can now record private conversations. These ‘intelliscreens’ have the ability to receive and send alerts aloud. They also display public service announcements, this is highly similar to Orwell 's Oceania. Another unethical thing in Oceania is the helicopters that spy on people, “In the far distance a helicopter skimmed down between the roofs, hovered for an instant like a bluebottle, and darted away again with a curving flight. It was the police patrol, snooping into people’s windows” (Chapter 1). With the new invention of handheld drones that anyone can buy on amazon, or the UAVs in the sky, same thing in 1984, anyone can be watching you. In several ways 1984 has its fair share of unethical issues, from the tele screens, to the streetlights, and to the helicopters. After reading this novel, any might find it shocking that people were subjected to this type of treatment. When in reality, if you look around and really put things into perspective Americans today are essentially living the same life as the citizens of 1984. America has drones that are capable of recording audio and video, secret UAVs, as well as our FBI, and finally the NSA. Technology has been

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