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Private and Government Surveillance. Student’s Name: Institutional Affiliation: Private and Government Surveillance Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) is a film that is based on George Orwell’s political novel of the same name. It focuses on highlighting the dangers of a totalitarian government. After witnessing the hazards of communism in places like the Union of Socialist Soviet Republic (U.S.S.R), he felt he should alert the western nations who seemed to embrace the concept of communism. The movie also focuses on the dangers of mind control and shows how risky it is even to attempt to control the way citizens of a nation or state think. The following essay focuses on the use of technology in the film and how it is employed for privacy and government surveillance. Although the book was written in the 1940s, Orwell wanted to depict the use of highly advanced technology by the government CITATION Orw87 l 1033 (Orwell, 1987). The citizens of Oceania are surrounded and controlled by technology which also monitors their every move. As a result, people like Winston who do not agree with everything that the government does are forced to watch their backs constantly. There is widespread use of cameras and telescreens that seem to be everywhere one goes. Perhaps Orwell’s use of technology was prophetic as the kind of technology seen in the novel is what exists today CITATION Bas88 l 1033 (Basalla, 1988). Further, the mysterious figure that is only known as Big Brother, which appears to be the government regularly infringes on the rights of its citizens. No one may express a negative opinion of the government and even thinking such a thought is a bigger crime. The
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