The devices used by man come with many consequences that some people may not be too fond about, as expanded upon in George Orwell's novel 1984 . ... "What was worse of all was that by means of such organizations as the spies that they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the party" (Orwell 24). ... The Big Brother rule in Orwell's novel acts as a warning about fascism which could ruin humanity's overall progress. ... Orwell wanted to warn the world about fasci...

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The narrator in George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" is faced with precisely this kind of situation. ... However, unlike the mob of over two thousand Burmese in Orwell's account, today the groups are generally made up of peers and in much smaller numbers; nevertheless, the outcome is the same. ...

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This idea of an "all knowing" government leads many to reflect on literature that, in a way, reveals the fate of society, such as George Orwell's novel 1984. ... Orwell's novel became a touchstone of our culture in the way that it functions as a warning, "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever." Orwell's picture of the future describes the boot and its stamping of a human face in all the detail necessary to frighten everyone from the pessimistic misanthropes to the idealistic optimists. The book could only be written from the most pr...

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Electronic Surveillance: A Threat to Liberty In 1984, George Orwell wrote in his futurist novel, "You had to live -- did live, from habit that became instinct -- in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized." ...

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In conclusion, I feel that the Bush Administration is taking baby steps now into turning our government into a Big Brother organization (reference to George Orwell's literary classic 1984) for the future. ...

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In conclusion, I feel that the Bush Administration is taking baby steps now into turning our government into a Big Brother organization (reference to George Orwell's literary classic 1984) for the future. ...

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