Fear Of The Future Control Of The Human Race from The Book “1984“

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Fear of the future control of the human race
George Orwell’s book entitled “1984” made me think of how the future control of the Government could easily take over the human race mentally, physically and spiritually. The Government is becoming so immense and physically powerful that some day in the future they would easily be capable of controlling the entire human race. One thing that scares me the most is the rapid increase in technology. Today’s technology is becoming so mind-boggling and dominant and with the Government in such high authority, it wouldn’t be difficult for the Government to use this technology against the human race. The Government would be able to store and access almost all data on computers, they would be able to hide microphones in fabric of clothing and they would be able to place almost invisible video cameras almost anywhere. This is just one of the many fears that George Orwell’s book “1984” made me realize might occur to the human race in the future just as it did in his book.
In this book, Orwell highlighted on some of the fears that many people have for the world that we are creating. The control of the Party that he speaks of is like that of the Nazis of World War II. The only difference between the Nazis and Orwell’s imagined Party is the emotion. The Nazis fell from power because of the emotions of its leader, Adolph Hitler. The Party held up because their leader, Big Brother, was merely an image and had no emotion at all. Within


my reading, I encountered many interesting points, both scenes and lines that I remember very clearly.
All of these points reflect the type of power that I have to control my life as I know it. From the points that I concentrated on came my own thoughts and fears about what future the human race was able to create. The point that I remember most vividly is the motto of the Party. The motto is: “Those who control the past control the ...