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1984

The book 1984 tells a story of a world that is undergoing a totalitarian rule, whereby the freedom of human beings is removed and there is injustice present to all by the loss of privacy. It is a world where information can be changed and influenced in order to favour the Great Powers, I believe that this world of 1984 is possible for its looming signs are present worldwide.
I believe that the chances of such a situation occurring depends on the societies capacity to do it, or in other words if the technology to bring about such a situation is available then the chance of this occurring is equally likely. Of course we see in our present day world that technology has taken a huge upheaval. Our technology in terms of privacy is now far developed and in order for us to safely access our valuables we need to undergo many confirmations of our identity. Such are retinal scanners, fingerprints and the use of camera's at most public facilities, information of us has never been so easily accessible. 1984 has a system that is similar to the camera's we have today, they are called the telescreens. These have the ability to monitor all the actions of the members of the Party and can tell whether the member is breaching any of the rules of the house. In almost every room and crevice these systems are present and remove all the existences of privacy from people's lives. In our world this is very much a situation and as our technology can do the job at a more elaborate level it is more of a problem of privacy. In fact the supposed context of the writer of the book was so correct that our modern equipments are far superior in getting the intended information that was partially proposed in 1984. In other words our whole world is just a really big version of a Big Brother House. Thus our modern society is fast becoming the world of 1984 as the technology today is generally similar to it.
The manipulation of information in 1984 is a significant factor of its continual submission...