How The Technologies Depicted in Orwell’s 1984 Can Be Compared to Today

Orwell’s novel 1984 is a captivating story of the inevitable future of the power that the cyber world possesses. In the novel, Orwell warns his readers of the future advancements in technologies, through a story of a totalitarian run society that uses technology to keep track of their occupants. The main protagonist in the book, Winston, says that there’s “always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or bed- no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters in your skull”. Throughout the book, Big Brother can be seen as a “