Friday, February 25, 2011

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

In 1984, the theme is about a totalitarian government and the dangers it possesses. The character "Big Brother" is never directly in the novel, although the character has a major impact throughout it. The fact that the thought police know ever move that the party members make through the means of the telescreen may not be that different from reality. In our society, could Big Brother not be the face of corporation? It is present everywhere and always keeps a watchful eye on all members of society. Just like how the party members in 1984 have to act in a certain manner in order to be considered "sane", people in our society have to conform to certain norms to fit in. The telescreen is similar to our internet and how everything we do is tracked and monitored. The searches we do in Google and the items we "like" on Facebook are all stored and processed in databases. This information is used to profile us and is sold to corporations so they know what we are more likely to purchase. And to think, all this information is given willingly. I don't know if we have lost our right to privacy or if we have given it away in ignorance. 
Posted by Rich Sopko at 6:05 PM

5 comments:

  1. Tiyana Renee'February 27, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    I think that we as people have given it away as ignorance. Not thinking that many people can hack and see what we put. But when it comes to our attention, then we actually pay attention to it!

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  2. Brittany TrotterFebruary 27, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Good points but the reasons corporations do this is in order to sell its not like we have a thought police..it's not that bad but I do see some similarities

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  3. BrianFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    I think that we have given some of our privacy away because of ignorance, because we sometimes just don't think about it.

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  4. bs4035February 28, 2011 at 2:46 PM

    I made basically the same point and i agree with you. I think we give away more information than what is taken without our permission. It's pretty bad that most of the people complaining about our lack of privacy are the ones to blame.

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  5. OliviaFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:18 PM

    "I don't know if we have lost our right to privacy or if we have given it away in ignorance."

    Powerful. I think not knowing speaks for itself. If we cannot easily tell, then we, as a society, have a problem.

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