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This 3 page paper discusses George Orwell’s vision of the future as propounded in his classic novel “1984,” and argues that films such as “The Truman Show” do not approve of this dystopian culture, but rebel against it.
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but instead criticize the so-called security state and its use of surveillance equipment. Discussion Nineteen eighty-four is one of the most frightening books ever written, and its all the
more disturbing to realize how very close we are to living in that world. It can be argued that the state is all-powerful because of its constant surveillance of its
citizens. The book creates a such a sense of oppression and fear that the reader may, at times, have to put it down and reassure himself that no one is
spying on him. That horrible sense of vulnerability is engendered by the knowledge that the spying is constant-the government makes no pains to conceal the fact that it watches its
citizens; in fact, the surveillance is a cornerstone of the dysfunctional society. Its even more troubling that while the surveillance is not secret, the personnel who carry it out are.
No one knows who is watching, only that they are watching-and listening-all the time. This is the era of the Thought Police, Newspeak and the idea that history is rewritten
all the time to tie in to the policies of the government in power. Anyone could be an agent or spy, no one can be trusted; it is the ultimate
in paranoid societies. By keeping its citizens fearful and mistrustful of each other, the government remains in power. It can be argued with not too much exaggeration that the U.S.
immediately after September 11 came frighteningly close to modeling itself along these lines. Films, however, often present arguments against such societies, and argue against the legitimacy of the totalitarian
state and its practice of spying on its citizens. In The Truman Show, the entire moral question of creating a reality and not telling its subject about it is examined;
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