As alluded to in 1984, such a place as Oceania would not be possible without the use technology. ... In reality however, it gives the government full authority to acquire and use information on any citizen at any time and for any reason without anyone's knowledge or consent. ... Oceania was always said to be at war however as it is stated in Goldstein's book the word war had started to mean very little to some of the people in Oceania, such as Winston. ... Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein are today's versions of Goldstein in 1984. ... However as long as there are people like Winston...

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For instance when the government what caught tapping into our phone lines. The government also now has cameras kind of similar to telescreens in a lot of public places now. Orwell lived in a time where the government was taking a lot of people's freedoms. ... Similar In 1984 Oceania is always at war with other countries and battling for power in the book he Oceania is at war with 2 countries constantly, Eastasia and Eurasia. ... In both cases the government needed to save its money so it stopped paying for the people and supporting it and they started to just focus on the war and pay or ...

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According to the book "1984" written by George Orwell and the short article "Control the Language, Control the Masses", the effect of the use of language has rationalized the people's thoughts of rebellion against each other and limits their choices of being self-independent. ... Winston in "1984" had observed the ironic language that been used by Newspeaker, which is called doublethink, to gain power from the people: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH (17) One of the famous dictatorships in the history of World War II that has threatened...

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