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If You Haven’t Read “1984” You Should, Here’s Why
Most people read “1984” in high school or college, but if you haven’t read “1984” you should, here’s why. In our current society, social media has taken center stage as a form of communication between people all over the country, and the world. While this can have positive effects and can make the world smaller, it can also give too much power to those in control of it all. Those collecting the data become more powerful than they should be. It can also serve as a means to monitor and influence a large populace of people by government entities. Up until recently, most people were not aware that all of their personal information was being collected, saved, shared and sold by most social media companies and other companies such as Amazon and Google. Data brokers gather this data into dossiers and sell it to other companies. Many feel there are eery similarities between the blatant disregard for our individual privacy, the breakdown of our verbal and written language, the rewriting of history, and these same concepts that were presented to us by Eric Blair in his dystopian novel “1984.” Whether you see these societal woes as important and worth further investigation, or as overblown paranoia, this book is a good read to get a better perspective of our 21st Century lives and liberties.
The novel was written in 1949 by Eric Arthur Blair using the pen name George Orwell. If you’ve heard the terms “Big Brother” and “Orwellian thought” used in the 21st century, Blair’s book is the original source of them. In the novel, the protagonist deals with a society that is increasingly monitored by a government group called The Party. The Party implements various controls over the populace. Some of these include Newspeak, a language used and invented by The Party to remove concepts and words that encourage free, original thinking and to suppress citizens from disagreeing with the government. Newspeak is essentially dumbing down the citizens of Oceana. Another tool used by Big Brother in “1984” is telescreens, which are TV like devices that broadcast but are used to spy on all citizens.
The protagonist, Winston Smith, works in the Ministry of Truth. His job is to rewrite history in a way that is agreeable to Big Brother and The Party. All citizens’ are very closely monitored by the telescreens. Every conversation, every action, every emotion is closely tracked and recorded by Big Brother. Winston makes a bold move to resist The Party. He starts a diary; an act that is punishable by death. He must write on tiny scraps of paper in very concealed areas to avoid being caught by the telescreens. Winston falls in love with a like-minded citizen and they plan to fight back against The Party by joining an opposing force. The telescreens have seen everything.
If you feel that Big Brother might have taken just a little too much of your personal information and spread it all over the internet, now is the time to resist. Find a good internet removal service who can help you remove your name, delete information, and help you remove google search results.
