Throughout Orwell’s book he discuses how information is erased and forgotten from time by a memory hole. Orwell defined a memory hole as being a large slit that was used for the disposal of waste paper. These slits or memory holes were located in every room and corridor (pg. 37). These memory holes served a purpose to erase documents or any information by anyone at all times. Orwell’s prediction of memory holes resembles the ability to delete messages or erase a hard drive. Currently, we face the controversy involving Hillary Clinton and Benghazi. This issue surrounds the idea that Hillary Clinton deleted over 30,000 emails from her computer and washed them away from her computer server. The emails were reportedly related to the incident in
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This is just one example of how the government has the power to delete important information and erase it from existence. This ability is not just possessed by the government, but by many individuals as well. Orwell makes a third prediction in his book 1984 by introducing the idea of newspeak. Newspeak is defined throughout the book as being the controlled language created by the totalitarian government. The purpose of newspeak was to suppress individual rights such as, free speech and self-expression. An example of this is depicted in Orwell’s book, “War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength.” The government in Orwell’s book uses this form of language to control its citizens through the use of speech. The concept of newspeak can be seen in our American government as political correctness, which is when politicians avoid using offensive words to “protect” society. For example, in recent years we have seen …show more content…
Throughout our country we have a large divide between the upper class, middle class and the lower class. Currently, we see the upper class have many privileges that are not granted to the majority of society. For example, we have diplomatic immunity, which is the exemption from particular laws and taxes granted to diplomats. A second example was when former president Bill Clinton was not charged with any counts of sexual assault. Many people reported having been sexually assaulted by the former president, but no charges were made legally made against him. We see our upper class granted special privileges that allow them to make laws and break them. In modern society we also see the middle class resembling Orwell’s Outer party. In the book, the Outer party is given minor privileges such as, education and higher ranked jobs than the Proles. Today, we see the middle class continuing to get high school diplomas, college educations and a fairly high paying job. On the other hand, we have the Proles who are not given an education and are given the lowest paid jobs in society. Today, we see many lower class children unable to attend high school and college because they are forced to work to help sustain their families. Also, we see many of the lower class families working labor jobs that do not pay well and are not given any benefits. The class system predicted in Orwell’s
This is just one example of how the government has the power to delete important information and erase it from existence. This ability is not just possessed by the government, but by many individuals as well. Orwell makes a third prediction in his book 1984 by introducing the idea of newspeak. Newspeak is defined throughout the book as being the controlled language created by the totalitarian government. The purpose of newspeak was to suppress individual rights such as, free speech and self-expression. An example of this is depicted in Orwell’s book, “War is peace, Freedom is slavery, Ignorance is strength.” The government in Orwell’s book uses this form of language to control its citizens through the use of speech. The concept of newspeak can be seen in our American government as political correctness, which is when politicians avoid using offensive words to “protect” society. For example, in recent years we have seen …show more content…
Throughout our country we have a large divide between the upper class, middle class and the lower class. Currently, we see the upper class have many privileges that are not granted to the majority of society. For example, we have diplomatic immunity, which is the exemption from particular laws and taxes granted to diplomats. A second example was when former president Bill Clinton was not charged with any counts of sexual assault. Many people reported having been sexually assaulted by the former president, but no charges were made legally made against him. We see our upper class granted special privileges that allow them to make laws and break them. In modern society we also see the middle class resembling Orwell’s Outer party. In the book, the Outer party is given minor privileges such as, education and higher ranked jobs than the Proles. Today, we see the middle class continuing to get high school diplomas, college educations and a fairly high paying job. On the other hand, we have the Proles who are not given an education and are given the lowest paid jobs in society. Today, we see many lower class children unable to attend high school and college because they are forced to work to help sustain their families. Also, we see many of the lower class families working labor jobs that do not pay well and are not given any benefits. The class system predicted in Orwell’s