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Imagine the world, everyone is living a happy life, naked, being watched through a
large, black telescreen. On the other side, a government agent is watching every
single step people are taking. With no privacy but with no concern because every
citizen has been brainwashed by government's philosophy. This is the life in 1984, a
throughout the novel and questions are raised about what lack of privacy can lead
citizen who just tries to survive, privacy is always important and necessary just like
one's clothes. Privacy is critical in human society and everyone should respect
others' privacy. Lack of privacy will cause the loss of value of a human being
because they can't express themselves freely. Everyone has a unique lifestyle and
how they make choices is his/her own business. Freedom of thoughts is valuable,
that's what make each human being different. Respect, respect to others' privacy, is
Everyone has his/her own way to live, and this is varied by many factors, which will
change one's choice. For example, whether one wants to keep a lie, whether one
wants to tell someone "I love you". All these choices should be kept private. If you
want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself(Orwell, 452). If one can't
choose for his/her own life, what's the pint to be alive? The ability to make
intelligent and reasonable choices is the only difference between humans and
robots. The government or any other individual should not limit one's thought, even
spy on others. However, privacy has been a huge debate in the political world,
Legislative and Executive branch soon took action to prevent further attacks like
Snowden pointed out that the spying is not only on personal texts but also on e-
mails and computer profiles that are required a search warrant to be accessed by
the police. If they want to find that person who plans to attack the United States,
they can do actual, targeted police work rather than just looking at innocent
Illinois. This is the invasion of privacy, close to the one Big Brother did in 1984. The
Constitution. By accessing our information, it equals to accessing our mind and take
importantly, thoughts create speech and religion and many ideas that changed
history. It's vital to the development of civilization and humanity. "It was terribly
dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within
range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an
(Orwell 55). In the novel, Big Brother uses everything is available to control people's
thoughts--the thought police, junior spies, telescreens, and public hangings. All
these methods created fear so that people will not fight against the government. As
result, freedom to think is replaced with not thinking at all, thus freedom of speech
and religious were eliminated at the same time. In contrast of real life, North
Korea's and Russia's policies toward personal liberty are great examples.
As the globalization progresses, we hear more and more about what's happening in
North Korea, especially the block of information and control of thoughts. "The North
Korean government enforces loyalty and obedience through its Ministry of People's
Security, which requires citizens to spy on each another, including family members.
of North Korea's ten brutal concentration camps."(Head 1). Similar in 1984, spying is
required among the citizens thus no one can have any thought that will intervene
government regime. As we learn more and more about Korea, we can see how awful
trust among people and people. What was worst of all was that by means of such
organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little
savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the
discipline of the Party. On the contrary, they adored the Party and everything
the party uses children to spy on their parents. It's shocking to learn that no trust
exists in daily life in 1984, even between kids and parents-the first ones people love
People lost trust and get anger if their privacy is ignored by others, especially
government officials. One looks back in history, disrespect had caused a lot rage
more and more people as the tech knowledge advances. "People have almost no
faith in either their government or corporations to protect their privacy, the survey
indicated. When asked 'Who do you trust more to protect your privacy
'neither.' "(Sulivan). As the survey conducted by NBC indicates, people lost trust in
their government because the invasion of privacy had happened too much. How
can people teach their children not to lie when they themselves don't trust anyone?
But, some people may think that a dictatorship, a government like big brother will
result in a happier society because the citizens don't need to worry about anything,
as long they have food and a house to live in. In exchange for privacy, people can
live better lives. For example, Karl Marx's communist Manifesto is a great textbook
goods and products with a central government controlling every aspect of life. As
history proves, such government is not working as nobody can have a unique idea
that may be better for the society to grow and develop. All the tech knowledge
came from a flash of ideas that will be useless without privacy. The security of our
thoughts is important, it's necessary, it's what make our lives different.
People want privacy, it's not because they are are not willing to share, but because
People need privacy to secure their freedom of thoughts to express what they think
is right, for themselves or the society as a whole. People need privacy to obtain
trust, no one wants to be a nefarious malefactor because they didn't get respect
from others. Privacy is critical for a human being to maintain liberty and justice.
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