1984

George Orwell created 1984 not as a forecast of the future but as a powerful gesture of caution warning mankind of the danger in a society stripped of individuality and finer human emotions. He depicts a culture where hatred, terror, and suspicion force all human bonds to no longer exist and isolation to remain a way of live. Though the overall situations in Oceania seem outrageous and impossible, many of the inventions and beliefs put forth …

…as hidden cameras, phone taps, and unmarked police cars mimic the techniques used that Orwell predicted for the future. Technological advances influence our common lives more and more and the eradication of choice by misused technology becomes more and more realistic. Orwell’s forewarning of possibilities in society’s inability to control corruption is a message for mankind to preserve precious human rights and a way of life that society too often takes for granted.