Big Brother, a recent CBS weekly television series that attracted millions upon millions of viewers to watch as this group of people were placed in a house surrounded in every cranny and nook by television cameras and mikes; available to see online at your convenience. Although this scenario is not entirely like what George Orwell talks about in 1984 it’s a sign of a start; a start to what is talked about. The ever present “thought police” who watch and observe your every move, thought and presence. Newspeak.com sums up in a nut shell what Orwell was trying to do with this quote from the book “War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. “ They go on to talk about the fact that “this darkly cautionary and prescient vision of the near future was a warning against the dangers of a totalitarian government fueled by high technology. Orwell envisions a world devastated by nuclear war and poverty, where the West has fallen under the spell of a totalitarian socialist dictator, Big Brother. A political demagogue and religious cult leader all rolled into one; Big Brother's power and mystery are so immense that one may wonder if he even exists at all. “ (Excerpt from article on 1984)
George Orwell wrote 1984 in 1949, an Englishman George Orwell was his pen name. George Orwell was born Eric Blair in Bengal in 1903, he died of a lung ailment in the early fifties. Orwell was a political writer, one of whom wrote of his own time with intense feelings and fierce hates. Two books of his are considered to be literary gems, which capture in an essence and in the clasp of the hand an issue of the time, World War II. Animal Farm and 1984 are two of his well-known works. Animal Farm was issued around the same time the Hydrogen bomb was going to be released. A main theme through out his books is a voice against totalitarianism.
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