In my opinion, "1984" by George Orwell is in my opinion, one of the most influential and prophetic novels of the 20th century.
Orwell's vision of the future has an all-powerful government controlling every aspect of life. Any opposition to "Big Brother's" rule is crushed.
Orwell's hero of the story is middle-aged Winston Smith who spends his working days altering media to conform to the latest party line.
Smith fantasizes of rebellion against Big Brother and for a time actively engages in it, but in the end, Smith is manipulated as easily as the past is changed by the state.
Nearly seventy years after Orwell wrote 1984, technology and human nature are making his vision become reality before our eyes.
The government now has the ability to track ordinary people through a variety of methods.
Enemies can be eliminated by remote control machines.
In the world of 1984, Big Brother proclaimed "Freedom Is Slavery." Today, freedom is increasingly becoming an illusion.
Orwell's vision of the future has an all-powerful government controlling every aspect of life. Any opposition to "Big Brother's" rule is crushed.
Orwell's hero of the story is middle-aged Winston Smith who spends his working days altering media to conform to the latest party line.
Smith fantasizes of rebellion against Big Brother and for a time actively engages in it, but in the end, Smith is manipulated as easily as the past is changed by the state.
Nearly seventy years after Orwell wrote 1984, technology and human nature are making his vision become reality before our eyes.
The government now has the ability to track ordinary people through a variety of methods.
Enemies can be eliminated by remote control machines.
In the world of 1984, Big Brother proclaimed "Freedom Is Slavery." Today, freedom is increasingly becoming an illusion.
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