1984

Our privacy and basic rights have been threatened as warned by Orwell’s totalitarian message of 1984. There are police eyes everywhere but there are still a few citizens who choose to rebel. Orwell’s message in 1984 reminds us of what has gone wrong, what can go wrong, and what will go wrong when the government becomes all-powerful. There is an experiment that is taking place in American colleges, directed at changing the consciousness of the entire generation of university students; the goal is to eliminate prejudice. A girl that is nine should be called a “pre-women”, and everything else that might be offensive should be altered. In the book, 1984, Winston Smith doubted his government and chose to rebel. George Orwell warns us of the power the government can achieve if we are not careful. In the book, 1984, certain words were not allowed or altered. They were restricted in speech due to the power of the government. George Orwell’s message in 1984 reminds us of what has gone wrong, what can go wrong, and what will go wrong when government becomes all-powerful. The government lied by saying that not one person died in Tianamen Square, when in fact the army gunned down thousands of unarmed civilians. The country of Iraq can also demonstrate the warning of 1984. The book 1984 depicted a society, which screened everything that citizens were told and exposed to, whether it was the altering or disposing of books and documents.