Daniel's Online Journal

For a text to be successful, elements of the setting must be recognisable.

The novel Nineteen Eighty-four written by George Orwell is a piece of writing that has transcended throughout the years and is has become more and more recognisable even now in the present just as it was in 1949 when this book was published. Orwell not only made close references to the world in 1949 but also the world we live in today.

Surveillance / CCTV & Telescreens

In Recent society we have been slowly becoming very limited with our own privacy. George Orwell in Nineteen Eighty-Four introduced his idea of telescreens. A tool used for the state to spy on the people to make sure they are not talking down on the state. In our recent times in 2019 we have been introduced to CCTV cameras around the globe.

In this poem “The Lighthouse Man” Bill Burke, tells us a story about a painting he once saw as a kid and how perspective changes so much through time. Bill Burke explores so much of the passing of time. He reflects this story throughout his life by implementing language techniques including Structure, Point of view and narrative style.

Time flies so fast and we don’t even notice it. Bill Burke showed us this through his Structure of this poem. “The years passed, and in danger of becoming a stubborn rock myself” This quote resembles how quickly time passes us. The structure of this writing when the quote says “The years passed” gives so much of an emotional feeling when you realise as you grow older your perspective all changes. You lose the imagination you once had and instead become so mature that you become like what Bill Burke said a “stubborn rock.” Only seeing things for what they are and nothing else.

Point Of view – point of view from when he was a kid

Narrative Style – The way Bill Burke chose his words “yet as I stood at the door”

Dystopian futures are stories. Glimpses into our supposed future Directors, Authors, artists, all these incredible human beings created a world where they display what they believe the world will turn into in the near future. Such societies appear in many artistic works in stories set in a future. Dystopian futures are often characterised by dehumanisation, totalitarian governments, ruthless corporations, environmental disaster, or other characteristics associated with a dramatic decline in society. Many of the Dystopian future stories have many things in common. Nineteen Eighty Four a novel by George Orwell heavily relates to Steven Speilburg film “Minority Report” with Orwell’s “Telescreen” and Speilburg’s pre cogs.
Radioheads song “Fake Plastic Trees” relates to Joe Wrights Black Mirror episode “Nosedive” with the human race evolving and becoming fake in order to fit in society.

Nineteen Eighty Four

George Orwell’s dystopian future in his novel, Nineteen eighty-four is nothing less than a disappointing fact. This excellent piece of writing was published in 1949 and is set in 1984 in a 3rd person perspective with his ideas of a dystopian future where the state controls the societies train of thought using security cameras to track everyones single move and having a robot type language. George Orwell alerts a warning of a dystopian future in the novel, Nineteen Eighty Four from Orwell’s example called “Telescreens.” and “Big Brother.” In Nineteen Eighty Four there are many factors to this dystopian future that significantly connects with other dystopian fantasies. Steven Speilburg’s film “Minority Report.”

The telescreen in Nineteen Eighty-four is a tool used by the Party to detect instances of rebellion towards the state. The telescreen is designed to monitor every movement and hear every conversation between Party members, whether they are at home or at work with “no way of shutting it off completely”. Every unusual moment would be picked up and you would be accused of what Orwell calls thoughtcrime. It means that the people of Oceania had to consciously be aware of every movement they made. The telescreen was used in Nineteen Eighty Four as a form of power, as if George Orwell was purposely describing the use of telescreens in the book as a form of power. Giving that ability to whoever is on the other side of the screen, invading the privacy of anyone who is on the opposite end of the screen. “You had to live- did live, from habit that became instinct- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinised.” this quote was found on part 1 page 4 chapter 1 and it means that us as humans will evolve to get used to always being under surveillance even though it’s not right to remove all privacy and completely remove freedom of speech its the sad acceptance to the power of control that the state had in the novel Nineteen Eighty-four.

George Orwell’s prediction for a dystopian future in his novel, Nineteen eighty-four is nothing less than a disappointing and true fact. This excellent piece of writing was published in 1949 and is set in 1984 in a 3rd person perspective of Wilson Smith, with Orwell’s ideas of a dystopian future where the state controls the societies train of thought using security cameras known as Telescreens to track everyones single move and having a robot type language. This has a heavy connection in a dystopian future way to Steven Speilburg’s 2002 movie Minority Report with the way that the state can track every single persons movement. This relates to Minority Report when the police are using the pre cogs to see through the peoples eyes analysing they’re every single move, Where they are and who they are with.

Minority Report

Steven Speilburg’s Dystopian future represented in his 2002 movie “Minority Report” is a well crafted masterpiece. In this dystopian future in the setting of Columbia crime of murder is non existence. With the help of the “pre cogs” who can see into the future with a special ability they have by looking through people’s eyes as they commit the murder before it actually happens. In this setting the Police could see into the future of every murder that was about to happen reducing to numbers of murders down straight to 0. This film Minority Report represents a lot of factors that have connections to other dystopian stories like Nineteen Eighty Four.

The Pre cogs in Minority Report is a tool used by the police to detect any possible in future murders in order to stop them happening. The pre cogs are designed to catch every possible scenario where someone can be murdered, whether they are at home or at work with no way of stopping them. Every possible murder situation would be picked up and you would be accused of murder. The police called this “precrime”. It means that the people of Columbia had to consciously be aware of every decison they make. The precogs was used in Minority Report as a form of power, as if Steven Speilburg was describing the use of the precogs in this film as a form of power. Giving that ability to whoever the precogs are with, invading the privacy of anyone who is on the the other side. Possibly making more murders happen. “There hasn’t been a murder in six years. The system, it is perfect.” this quote was used by the main protagonist at the very start of the film when he was being asked about the pre cogs. He is is implying that now that they (the police) can look into people lives and possibly stop murder crime rates.

Steven Speilburg’s prediction in his 2002 film, Minority Report is quite an exaggerated piece of dystopian future however still got the viewers watching still concerned with what we could become once we have more advanced technology. This excellent piece of scripting was released in 2002 and is set in 2054 in a 3rd person perspective of John anderton, with Speilburg’s ideas of a dystopian future where the police controls the crime rate by using the pre cogs to look into people eyes from a future perspective. This has a heavy connection in a dystopian future way to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four with the way that the police can track every single persons movement. This relates to Nineteen Eighty Four when the state are using the telescreens to see through, analysing every single persons movement, Where they are, who they are and who they are with.

Fake Plastic Trees

RadioHead’s dystopian future displayed in their single from their 1995 album “The Bends” is an emotional way of displaying of what the future holds in their eyes. This excellent piece of music represents RadioHeads’s belief that everything is turning plastic. The Title gives that away already. During the song Thom Yorke was singing from his heart repeating with more and more emotion that everything around him is turning fake and plastic. The song Fake Plastic Trees represents a lot of factors that have connections to other dystopian stories like Joe Wright’s Black Mirror’s Episode “Nosedive”

In Radioheads song “Fake Plastic Trees” Thom Yorke was exploring the ideas of what his ideas are for a dystopian future. By the end he realised that one day our society is going to become fake and plastic “She looks like the real thing, She tastes like the real thing, My fake plastic love” This lyric was sung at near the end of the song. This lyric represents that all people in the future are going to lie and display an entire different fake side of their personality and from what they actually look like just so they can fit in. It will get to a point where the fake side will not even be noticeable by “looks” or “taste” but yet you will always still know that they are fake and plastic.

Radiohead’s prediction in this 1995 album “the bends”, Fake Plastic Trees is quite a sad truth that us humans will sadly face in the oncoming years with more and more people becoming fake in order to fit in our society. For example instagram influencers who put on a character just so they can get some sort of recognition from society. This has a heavy connection in a dystopian future way to Joe Wrights Black Mirror episode Nosedive with everyone in this society basically living off credibility of social media, making everyone fake. Constantly on their phones making sure they are getting likes constantly and making sure that everyones likes them. Creating such a fake environment.

Black Mirror: Nosedive

Joe Wright’s dystopian future displayed in an episode of Black Mirror named “Nosedive is a comedic way of displaying of what the future holds in his eyes. This excellent piece of scripting represents Joe’s belief that everything is turning fake. In this episode of Black Mirror your life is based on your credibility on social media, making every single person fake. No uniqueness is left in the world everything in this new society is turning fake. This episode “Nosedive” represents a lot of factors that have connections to other dystopian stories like Radioheads song “Fake Plastic Trees.”

In a Black Mirror episode “Nosedive” Joe Wright was exploring the ideas of what his ideas are for a dystopian future. By the end he realised that one day our society is going to become fake and toxic “Don’t come. I don’t want you here. I don’t know what is up with you, but I cannot have a 2.6 at my wedding.” This quote was used during the middle of the episode when the main protagonist “Lacie” was invited to the wedding and then excluded because her credibility on social media wasn’t high enough. This dystopian situation is almost a fact in our recent society. So many people now only choose their friends based on how many followers they have on Instagram or how many friends they have on Facebook instead of actually getting to know the person and seeing if they are genuinely a good person.

Joe Wrights prediction in this 2016 Black Mirror episode, Nosedive is quite a sad fact that us, as we will sadly face that in the oncoming years with more people becoming fake in order to fit in our new society. For example instagram and facebook influencers who put on a character just so they can get some sort of recognition and credibility from our new modern society. This has a heavy connection in a dystopian future way to Radiohead’s Fake Plastic Trees with everyone in this society basically becoming so fake and making themselves plastic so they can become someone they dream to be, instead of becoming someone they were meant to be, making everyone fake. Creating such a dense and toxic society.

Dystopian future Notes: There is no religion!. The law states you have to believe there is no god. If you are caught praying you will be sent to jail to where they brainwash you into not believing in any religion anymore. This process is called “unbaptised.” it is the year 2063, Others that don’t believe in religion are called “The Realists”

Chapter One

On the 3rd In the month of March 2063, it was a cold foggy day in South London, Left hand hitting midnight. Adam Nostradamus, his hands buried deep in his jacket pocket all the way to the old strawberry gum that he left there last week as a way of escaping the endless winter breeze, brushed quickly as he could across the intersection of Blackmore street through to Ralph Tell road, which was empty as a church and smelt of decayed food. He rushed through his old rusty doors of his house, swiftly as he could, however not swiftly enough to stop the flakes of snow coming along with him into his hallway which reeked of dirty laundry and old shoes. First thing Adam noticed when he entered, through the door at the end of the hallway that lead directly to the living room was that old Samsung TV from 2024 that he left on foolishly. The TV was repeating the end of the advert that resembled the praying emoji with a cross going over it. The society of “The Realists”, the symbol of “unbaptism.” Adam saw it in boredom impersonating the old man that speaks over it ruggedly. “God isn’t real! The belief of him is a lie! Praying and any sort of support towards religion will lead to justified punishment from the law! We Are The Realists!”
Adam chucked his bag onto the living room coffee table, which erupted too clouds of dust, too tired to drag it into his room. Wanting to lie down and bury himself under the covers, but beneath his skin was still the subtle frosty breezes running through his bones.
As Adam collapses down onto his unmade bed, he immediately was alarmed by something outside his window. “Get off me!, I didn’t do it I swear, I didn’t pray!, Please, Please sir, Please!!!” A man outside, who sounded in his mid 40s, screaming and yelling in desperation. Dragging himself out of bed to investigate. Slowly opening up the curtain enough to get at least one eye squinting through, parting the curtain just slightly. Under a dimmed light post the man who Adam assumed was screaming, now seemed to be unconscious. Bleeding from his head while being dragged cruelly down the concrete kerb by a big dark figure, towards a police car that was stationed in front of them.
Adam cautiously closed the curtain. He shuffled his way back to his bed trying to make as little noise as possible, in the hope he can fall back to sleep. Beneath him, his bed creaks uncomfortably, making his spine freeze. Trying to close his eyes, forcing himself to sleep, the image of that man being dragged across the pavement kept reoccurring in his mind. Slowly, but surely he drifted into a phase of darkness.

Eyes aching to open, he finally woke up, checking his phone only to feel panic. Sleeping through all of his alarms, his phone which had 61 messages and 34 missed phone calls from Noah, Adam’s brother. Noah was stress texting him on all social medias, I-Message, Messenger, Snapchat, all of it. You could feel the sweat from the other side of the screen with the way he was typing. The brightness making his eyes burn, squinting his eyes in able for him to read through the foggy blur. “Dad is going to be unbabtised!” “Get up now!” “He has been taken to the camp!” Adam, his mouth wide open, mind in awe, burst off energy, got up immediately, didn’t waste any time to brush his teeth or even have a shower. Throwing his clothes on his body, and starting to panic more, sweating through the clothes he just put on. Trying to call everyone who knew his dad. But no one picked up.
Lying in the corner of his living room, with the constant ringing in his ear, on the floor which hasn’t been vacuumed in weeks, lying in the puff of dead skin, freaking out with his phone surrounded by his hand, trying to think of solutions for what he can do, but there was nothing. There was nothing he can do. No one was picking up, not even his mum who always had her phone on her. Adam, getting so upset and concered, to the point where he was furious, talking and mumbling to himself under his breath. “How can no one have their phones on them, its f***en 2063!” As he continues with his heavy breathing he begins to have dark thoughts and speaks them out loud “Do they know about me?” “Why can’t I and my family have freedom of thought and belief?”
Out of nowhere. Adam woke from his thoughts, he was alarmed by hearing slamming and yelling on the door, his phone revived, Noah messaging him several times, telling him in panic . “they know! The Realists know!” Adam read the message in disbelief. Tears fall from his eyes and drips down his cheek slowly, beneath his skin, his bones shiverer, his heart skipping a beat. Adam didn’t know what to do. There was no way out of this situation. It was too late at this point for him
In a split second after dropping a tear the door broke down, slamming into the wood floor, charging through were 5 men, yelling in demand as loud as they can in a psychotic yet rugged way “We know who you are!”

Chapter Two

Beyond the nuclear city lies a man, broken hearted, with his loyal dog. Beneath the threatening guards floats the miserable bridge struggling to keep standing. In front of the curious man and the dog is a strangers car driving along the broken bridge. Next to all of this are two guards around the car protecting the nuclear civilisation over the bridge.

So Before I start this, Sorry to anyone who I might alarm Life is a journey that we all sit and ride along. Taking these notes and then I write this speech while asking you for some answers But we don’t have that type of bond but Now that desires are gone and with the way the I’ve been living life lately If I died right now, you would put that fire on. Im Sick of this bullshit, people calling me a sellout because I said i was Christian so seriously and said no then I fell out Now I’m avoiding questions like a scared dog with his tail down Feeling so embarrassed cause now they looking at me like I’m the devil himself. What story should I tell now? I’ll just expose the truth I’m so close to the edge but I should be close to you But who actually are you? You never showed the proof And I’m only human so what am I supposed to do? There’s way too many different religions with detailed descriptions
Begging all men, women and even children to listen, Now I’m dealing with this backlash because I’m not a Christian. all I’ve been told is that I should always pay for my sinful life. I honestly can’t buy it, it’s just too hard to stand beside it I need an answer and if i’m being honest humans just can’t provide, it I look at the Earth and Sun and I can tell a genius person designed all of it It’s mind blowing, no one can deny. it Is heaven real? Is it fake? Is it really how I fantasize it? Where’s the Holy Ghost at? How long it take a Man to find it? My mind’s a nonstop tape playing and I can’t rewind it my elders gave me a bible and then expect me not to analyse it? now I’m frustrated and you provoked it and now I’m not reading that book because a human wrote it have a brain, shouldn’t you know that
You gave it to me to think to avoid every useless moment It was a mission that I had to abort because humans are lying with such an inaccurate source It’s going be hard to put me back on the course Next Jehovah’s witness to come on my porch, I swear I’m slamming the door A lot of people believe it though, but I’m not surprised Humans are just so dumb!, But I ain’t trying to take your legacy and torch it down I’m just saying, I ain’t heard anything from the horse’s mouth Just sheep always telling stories of older guys
Who were made by you when you finally vocalised Now I’m supposed to bow my head and close my eyes And somehow let the Holy Ghost come into the picture, sounds like a absolute joke. Show yourself and the conspiracy is done Every rumor’s gone, I no longer doubt this, you’re the one And all my old habits can hop onto a roof to plunge I’ll donate to a charity that could use the funds screw the club, instead of people I’d hang with a group of nuns. I hate the fact that I have to believe You haven’t been chatting with me like you like Adam and Eve
And I haven’t seen no talking snake or rabbit from trees With an apple to eat, that stuff never happens to me I don’t know if you do or don’t exist, this is driving me crazy
Send your condolences, this is me reaching to you so don’t forget If hell is truly your pit of fire and I get thrown in it im probably going to regret the fact that i wrote all this. But My gut feeling says it’s all fake, I hate to say honestly but screw it i should have lost faith This isn’t a small phase in my life, my perspective’s all changed My thoughts just keep picking everything apart all day However in my mind I make perfect sense because If you aren’t real then all my prayers aren’t worth a anything That would mean that I could just make up what my purpose is I guess.

Hmm let’s think what if Jesus was a facade? Therefore that would mean the government is God i’ve been feeling recently like they’ve been brainwashing us with a lot so much so that we now don’t notice that we’re stuck in their box. looking at it everything is what if, why is it always what if? Our planet what if, the universe what if, our own afterlife what if Every thing that deals with you is always suspect! at the end of the day This is my life and I’m living it i shouldn’t need to worry about what other people believe in . If you really care for me then prove that I need to live carefully
But I’ll be damned if I put my own pleasure aside for an afterlife that isn’t even guaranteed We are you, and you’re us, stop playing games My life’s all I got, and heaven is all in my brain And when I feel I am in hell, my ideas are what get me through pain Do as you please, and I’ll just do me, I’m a human, I’ll stay in my lane.

George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four is more than a work of fiction. It is a dire warning. Explore the means by which Orwell reaches through the decades and grabs us by the neck: What is he trying to tell us?

George Orwell’s prediction for a dystopian future in his novel, Nineteen eighty-four is nothing less than a disappointing fact. This excellent piece of writing was published in 1949 and is set in 1984 in a 3rd person perspective with his ideas of a dystopian future where the state controls the societies train of thought using security cameras to track everyones single move and having a robot type language. George Orwell alerts a warning of a dystopian future in the novel, Nineteen Eighty Four from Orwell’s example called “Telescreens.”, “Big Brother” and many more.

The telescreen in Nineteen Eighty-four is a tool used by the Party to detect instances of rebellion towards the state. The telescreen is designed to monitor every movement and hear every conversation between Party members, whether they are at home or at work with “no way of shutting it off completely”. Every unusual moment would be picked up and you would be accused of what Orwell calls thoughtcrime. It means that the people of Oceania had to consciously be aware of every movement they made. The telescreen was used in Nineteen Eighty Four as a form of power, as if George Orwell was purposely describing the use of telescreens in the book as a form of power. Giving that ability to whoever is on the other side of the screen, invading the privacy of anyone who is on the opposite end of the screen. “You had to live- did live, from habit that became instinct- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinised.” this quote was found on part 1 page 4 chapter 1 and it means that us as humans will evolve to get used to always being under surveillance even though it’s not right to remove all privacy and completely remove freedom of speech its the sad acceptance to the power of control that the state had in the novel Nineteen Eighty-four. George Orwell displayed a warning for a dystopian future in his novel, Nineteen Eighty Four as a form of the use of high power in a society in a form of a monitor known as a “Telescreen” and the real question is has his warning actually come true?

Telescreens/CCTV

In Recent society we have been slowly becoming limited with our own privacy. For example of this control of power and security, one of the biggest cities in the world. London. The Capital of England has one of the largest rates of CCTV cameras. CCTV cameras are used as security for the purpose incase something bad happens like theft and traffic monitoring. However due to these surveillance cameras we are constantly being watched by security. But is that ok? Do we trust security. Too many cases we have seen security cameras being hacked by anonymous people to stalk people gifting them that power, to gather information about the people, finding possible weaknesses to use against them. This is exactly what George Orwell was warning us about in Nineteen Eighty-Four. CCTV was made with good intentions but who is to say it won’t become what Orwell called a “telescreen”? George Orwell in his novel Nineteen eighty four is warning us to always be weary on what we say and what we do cause there could always be a CCTV camera around and seeing what we are doing. Orwell tells us we will lose our security and secrecy once society evolves. Having everyone in the governments pocket. Giving them more power against us.

Telescreens/Phones

Another device that also resembles Orwell’s warning is a device that follows us everywhere we go that we use to communicate to each other, use as news sources and play games. Our own phones is another form of “telescreen.” All phones have a camera and a microphone that can easily be hacked which shows “telescreen” aspects. We can’t turn our phone completely off as that then defeats the purpose of having them for our use, allowing an opportunity for us to be watched at all times by anyone who could hack just like the state watching through the “telescreens”. In recent times we have become so reliant on our own cellular devices, so much so that our phones now on our maps app the phone knows where you live and where you go on a weekly base. George Orwell predicted the “telescreen” back in 1949 it may not have the same name however our phones is very much capable of doing the exact same thing as the “telescreen” did in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Who is to say that your phone can’t be hacked. Once a phone is hacked in this case whoever the hacker is could take over your entire life. Founding out everything about you, where you live, who you talk to and what you’re possible scared of, taking complete control over you. George Orwell warns us from the telescreens that from all the devices around us we could be being watched and that anyone with a high ability of hacking can become a real antagonist in our own lives. Orwell somehow knew back in 1949 that society will come to a point where we have to be weary with every move we make as we will come to a point where we could all be being watched.

Big Brother/Social Media

Big Brother in Nineteen Eighty-Four was a way of giving George Orwell’s “telescreen” a face “telescreens”. It made the “telescreens” seem more scary, giving the camera a face. “Big Brother is watching you”, someone else is watching you. You have to “worship Big Brother” because he is always watching everything you do. It was through the personification of the “telescreens” that Big Brother was always there.Having the person that is your leader he controls you. you have to obey, having someone watching your every move makes you act a different way. You become conscious of every step and breath you take. Big brother was used to manipulate the mind of everyone if you did not act in the way “he” wanted you to, dulling the human train of thought. In a way social media is Big Brother in a sense that you don’t know who can truly see what you post out there on the internet, whether that would be a post for all your friends or even a simple text message. We can’t determine who is watching us on social media. Social Media, like big Brother can manipulate our thoughts. For example if a high social media source like Facebook posted about news that was happening on the other side of the world we would believe it as its the only form of news we can get and that we have heard. How can we truly trust Social Media? How George Orwell predicted BigBrother to become true in a form of social media in 1949 in that respect is nothing less than impossible. The way that social media can impact the way we look at the world Just like Big Brother. George Orwell is warning us that we can’t believe everything we believe on Social media. Just because it seems like it’s all true. You can never fully believe anything.

George Orwell’s prediction for a dystopian future in his novel, Nineteen eighty-four is nothing less than a disappointing and true fact. This excellent piece of writing was published in 1949 and is set in 1984 in a 3rd person perspective of Wilson Smith, with Orwell’s ideas of a dystopian future where the state controls the societies train of thought using security cameras known as Telescreens to track everyones single move and having a robot type language. George Orwell alerts a warning of a dystopian future in the novel, Nineteen Eighty Four from Orwell’s example called “Telescreens.” and “Big Brother” with the telescreens correlating to todays society with cirvalence cameras known as CCTV and everyone little devices known as phones which like telescreens have a camera and a microphone. With these modern outcomes of Orwells telescreens they can all be hacked and used by people for power. Orwells big brother prediction relates heavily to our own Social Media with giving the telescreen a very demanding face that looks trust worthy. Orwell taught us in this text nineteen eighty four that we can’t believe everything we see and from the telescreens he taught us that we could always be being watched.

Text Type
Feature Article:
– Express an opinion
– Analysis
Language:
– 3rd Person
– Past Tense

      Structure
– Organise your argument
– Use effective discourse markers
– LOGIC!

      Scope
– 50% Nineteen Eighty-Four
– 50% contemporary world

1. Identify a warning that George Orwell issues to us via his Novel nineteen eighty four – support with a quote

2. Identify a manifestation of this concern in contemporary society – provide evidence

3. Draw a connection between the two – was Orwell right? – What did he miss? – What are we missing?

George Orwell alerts a warning of a dystopian future in the novel, Nineteen Eighty Four from Orwell’s example called “Telescreens.” The telescreen in Nineteen Eighty-four is a tool used by the Party to detect instances of rebellion. The telescreen is designed to monitor every movement and hear every conversation between Party members, whether they are at home or at work. George Orwell through Nineteen Eighty Four shows through his writing that the idea of having a tool like that intrudes the privacy of the society influencing on how people act, giving the state power. (quote about telescreens then explain) In Nineteen Eighty Four, Orwell writes this as if its a warning towards future generations that we will lose the chance to ever be alone and lose the ability to truly have our own secrets. Losing the privacy.

In Recent society we have been slowly becoming limited with our own privacy. For example of this control of power and security, one of the biggest cities in the world. London. The Capital of England has one of the largest rates of CCTV cameras

1. “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” – Nineteen eighty-four, page 37

To me this quotation that George Orwell is representing in Nineteen eighty four shows an expansion on the negative effects of corrupted power as like for example the first part of this quote where George Orwell says “who controls the past controls the future” Adolf Hitler in World War 2 I believe is a good example of this as it shows anyone with a large level of power can have such a large impact on society’s future therefore in a way controlling the future with the new generation. Winston references “Who controls the present controls the past” I take this quote and it makes believe that anyone in a current position could in a way control the past by saying something about the past and exaggerate it and create a rumour and slowly change peoples thoughts of history.