Winston Smith who is the main character is a member of the outer party. Winston works in a records department in the ministry of truth. He rewrites and changes history. Big Brother is another main character in the book 1984. He is an image that follows Winston everywhere, and everything he does, “Big brother is watching”. Along with big brother they Winston has telescreens watching every move that he takes. They are in his house, at his work, wherever he eats, where he sleeps, and even where he goes to the bathroom. …show more content…
We have this in modern society today. The Government is basically watching every move we take. Almost everyplace we go has cameras that are watching us whether it’s in your school, work, when you are driving, or when you are out shopping, in stores. If you do one thing wrong the Government can look back and watch those videos just like they watch Winston on the telescreens. It may not be in the bathrooms, or bedrooms but they are everywhere. As well as cameras watching us, the government can access our phone as well on social media. Anything that targets the Government gets a Red Flag whether it is about killing someone, bomb threat, ect. This is the same as the telescreens watching Winston’s every