Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell :: essays research papers fc

Topic 1 What warning does the novel carry for readers at this point in time about where their hostelry is heading? opening 19 lxxxivs society carries a warning to our society about where we might be heading. However I believe that we are already at a par everyel with the society in NINETEEN 84 . Taking the focus of the media it becomes in truth clear that our society is very similar to the one in NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR if to a lesser extent. Looking at the media shows that the media have control over what we admit and accordingly what we think. Therefore who ever controls the media controls our thoughts, both here and in NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR . By showing the similarities between NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR and our world by the media it becomes clear that our society is very closely related to that of NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR .Control of our bangledgeThe media controls our knowledge of the outside world. If we dont find out to the news we dont find out what is happening in other countries . The media can be very selective about what stories they spread they will broadcast the news that they think the public will indigence to consider. An example of this in our world was the September 11 attacks. We heard wads of news about how approximately 7000 people died but we didnt hear abouto     The floods in India which killed thousands of peopleo     The 32700(approx) people who died from hunger and curable diseases on September 11.In NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR Ingsoc controls the media. They ascertain what the people need to know and so effectively control their knowledge. If the party says that Oceania is at war with Eastasia then for all the people know it is. This is besides true if the party says that Oceania is at war with Eurasia. Effectively the media controls our knowledge we know what they choose to broadcast.Control of mediaEvery media group is controlled by somebody. Whoever controls it controls what is broadcast to the public. The constitutional case of this is in NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR . The party controls the media and so all stories go through them. They broadcast what they think it is necessary for the people to know and that is the end of the story. The party is basically the media and everything they say is always correct. If it turns out to be incorrect they change their records so that it is correct.