Government Control In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

The idea of an individual living away from society and off the grid in fear that the government is watching their every move, might seem abnormal and unsound, but reality may not be far from this picture. Considering governmental policies like the 2001 Patriot Act in the United States, and the 2016 Snooper’s Charter in the United Kingdom, ruling bodies are given seemingly disproportionate liberties in the name of safeguarding the nation, and with increasing technological advances, surveillance of a nation becomes progressively more pervasive (Travis). Government control is encroaching evermore into the private lives of citizens, and it is misrepresentation to say one is truly ever alone. George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four illuminates the