Should The Government Be Protected In The Book 1984
The current system that law enforcement employs is a system that is being abused since it’s used to spy on the privacy of those who feel like they should be protected by the government. In the novel, 1984 by George Orwell, the party uses its power to spy on the civilians, exploiting the citizens’ feelings regarding the safety of the system that is currently in place since they misguidedly feel protected. The people feel like they are being shielded from violence such as war and other sorts of problems, whether emotionally or physically. The truth, however, is that the citizens aren't protected because the party has made it so that the citizens believe what the party means for them to see. They rewrite history so their own people believe what
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The world of Big Brother uses it news to make people believe what they are doing is the right thing just like in our world where the government used our safety to promote what they believe benefits them. In the article, “Long Beach Police to Use 400 Cameras Citywide to Fight Crime” by Richard Winton talks about how the city wants to add cameras to “detect” individuals who are committing crimes and even catch criminals who are committing a crime and catch them when they are committing it. Winton writes, “Although the city has a few dozen cameras across the community, McDonnell has set up a system to tap into hundreds of privately owned cameras that are part of the city's streetscape. The new program synchronizes law enforcement data with real-time video feeds from parks, beaches, business corridors and even some retail centers” (Winton, Par.3). The city is trying to make what they are doing seem like its what benefits both us and them however they seem to have different intents. The city taps into cameras and they expect us to allow us for them to install cameras wherever they want. The city is using what may seem to the people as an intent to reduce the crime of a city to deliberately observe and spy on individuals. This connects to the world of Big Brother because the party uses the war to make people hate the other countries and love their country when in fact they are just being used and manipulated to hate a country when their own country are the ones who are making them suffer and killing
The world of Big Brother uses it news to make people believe what they are doing is the right thing just like in our world where the government used our safety to promote what they believe benefits them. In the article, “Long Beach Police to Use 400 Cameras Citywide to Fight Crime” by Richard Winton talks about how the city wants to add cameras to “detect” individuals who are committing crimes and even catch criminals who are committing a crime and catch them when they are committing it. Winton writes, “Although the city has a few dozen cameras across the community, McDonnell has set up a system to tap into hundreds of privately owned cameras that are part of the city's streetscape. The new program synchronizes law enforcement data with real-time video feeds from parks, beaches, business corridors and even some retail centers” (Winton, Par.3). The city is trying to make what they are doing seem like its what benefits both us and them however they seem to have different intents. The city taps into cameras and they expect us to allow us for them to install cameras wherever they want. The city is using what may seem to the people as an intent to reduce the crime of a city to deliberately observe and spy on individuals. This connects to the world of Big Brother because the party uses the war to make people hate the other countries and love their country when in fact they are just being used and manipulated to hate a country when their own country are the ones who are making them suffer and killing