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This 5 page essay begins with the premise that Orwell did not intend to make predictions. Comparisons are then drawn between technological devices in 1984 and present day to demonstrate that however inadvertently, many of Orwell's 'predictions' did indeed come true. Bibliography included.
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grim, there is a resurgence of interest in Orwell?s work. During calm and economically strong periods, fewer references are made to it.
Some of the technology Orwell described can be seen in today?s world; some of it is on the horizon and will be common in the near future. In that respect,
Orwell?s visions have either become or will become realities. The society as depicted in 1984, regimented, lacking all human dignity, completely controlled by a government, severe cruelly as a matter
of form, living in fear, has not materialized. Historically, 1984 has been viewed as a prediction of the future but, in reality, George
Orwell?s 1984 was not so much a ?prediction? of the future as it was a review and extrapolation of the recent war. Perhaps it was also warning of what could
have happened if Hitler and Nazism had been the victors in World War II. The incidents in the text can be compared directly to the reality of Germany, Lithuania,, Yugoslavia,
Austria and other countries that came under Hitler?s rule. Consider the continuos reference to Jews in a negative light: first there was the war film with a ?middleaged woman might
have been a jewess was sitting up in the bow with a little boy of about three in her arms? (Orwell, 1949, p. 10); the little life boat was bombed.
A scene which received applause from at least one section of the audience. Who was the number one enemy of the people, the
focus of the ?Two Minutes Hate? program? Emmanuel Goldstein, a Jewish man. Goldstein was also the face on massive-sized posters, declaring: ?Big Brother is Watching You,? a phrase that came
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