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Analysis Of George Orwell's '1984'
Good Morning/Afternoon and welcome back to the program. According to recent studies, children under the age of 2 are spending an average of 2 hours a day watching television or using other devices (such as computers and tablets), while children who are over the age of 8 years old spend approximately 7 hours per day in front of screens (including mobile phone use). While these figures are confronting, imagine what these figures will look like in 50 years when technology that haven’t even been discovered yet is readily available to children.
In today's program we will be exploring the world of technology addiction and the possible effects it can have in the future. In today’s society it seems that children are being born ‘digital’. What do I
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The film depicts a dystopian future of which ‘Big Brother’ watches everyone’s move. Nothing is allowed to be performed outside the systems regulations. You cannot think. Winston Smith becomes involved in the rebellious group known as the government. But rather than joining the ‘brotherhood’, he is more rebellious in the act that he has his own thoughts. The fact the Winston is only one of an extremely small amount of people who have their own though in the near future is a clear sign that we will all be consumed by the government and technology. We will not be able to think, and the technology that was once used for surveillance has now taken our ability to think and perform actions for ourselves.
Minority Report and 1984 are two texts that preview our future. Our reliance on technology will turn on us, taking away our privacy and right of thought. I’m sorry, but we do not have a choice. There is no escaping, as we are already consumed. Minority Report uses technology for safety’s sake, using spyders and cameras to always watch everyone’s actions. 1984 has a Big Brother system, which disallows individuals to think for themselves. Both systems take away our freedom, and this can already be seen in our society

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