![]() ![]() You think no one is watching? Think again. According to the novel the public had “no way of knowing you were being watched.” We put our thoughts on social media. Nineteen Eighty-Four delivers this concept of thought police the thought police were hired by the government to monitor all telescreens to find certain people who commit a crime against the party. Today, there is no need for ‘Big Brother’ as we volunteer so much personal information about ourselves on social media already, we’re basically handing it to the government. In Nineteen Eighty-Four technology was a new way to control people with fear, with the party in power, they easily manipulated people with technology and brainwashed the public by putting telescreens in private areas and microphones around the town. ![]() Technology, a concept in Nineteen Eighty-Four that is still relevant in modern society today, with the TV show Big Brother, inspired by this novel, it just shows that Nineteen Eighty-Four essentially predicted the future we live in today. ![]()
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