Analysis Of 1984 By George Orwell

1984 is a novel written by George Orwell depicting a dystopian society in Oceania where the Party oppresses human actions with the omniscience Big Brother. His novel introduces the phrase describing life without freedom: Big Brother is watching you. The rundown, tyrannical government of 1984 is often being compared to today’s society, and Americans fear that we will become the dystopian civilization in Orwell’s novel. People claim that the surveillance technology used by our government is inhibiting privatization amongst all Americans, and nothing is held sacred. Despite the fact that the government is spying on American citizens through technology, the constant robust debate concerning Snowden’s disclosure along with the public exposures of
Many fear that Trump will bring upon a tyrannical government and cause the fall of American into a dystopian society like in 1984. However, in the article “Trump’s not Orwellian. He’s the distracter-in-chief.” by Yahoo News writer Matt Bai, he believes that Orwell’s future envision does not accurately depict the moment of today’s society; we are, in fact, missing something more subtle. Bai writes, “President Trump doesn’t strike me as a very convincing Big Brother. You don’t go out of your way to alienate security services if you’re considering the imposition of a police state … He doesn’t want to control what you think - only what you think about, which is him” (9). In other words, President Trump is not changing American’s society into 1984’s but rather uses entertainment in order to maintain control. His gift is channelling a passion in the audience, whether the outcome is adoration or outrage. Differentiating between a distraction and a permanent reality is the challenge for everyone when discussing the future of America. No one should fall headfirst into President’s chasm of tricks - he is definitely not bringing a dystopian