BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU

The only sentence I can remember, after read the book <<1984>>, is nothing but "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU".  Such a simple but powerful sentence strongly supports the control made by government and brainwash it has done upon the citizens. In the novel, people who live in the nation of Oceania, everywhere they go, even their own home , the Party watches them through tele screens; everywhere they look will see the face of party's seemingly omniscient leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. This living condition is just like put cameras every corner of you home and makes people defect you all the time, which sounds ridiculous and creepy. The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people’s history and language. People like Winston Smith  lives in such conditions, he works for the party in the Ministry of Truth, where he alters historical records to fit the needs of the Party.  Winston feels frustrated by the oppression and rigid control of the Party, did not surrender but fought against this party. Unfortunately,  suffering from  suspicions and powerful autocracy, He has accepted the Party entirely and has learned to love Big Brother finally.

The ministry of truth, the department owns a name which totally different from its real meaning; a department that rewrites and counterfeits history, has three rules:
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
 IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

These three rules shows how the nation works, and reflects that "1984" is not talks about a year but a society which is choking and depressing. This society makes me think about China back to about 50 years. It had a similar party and nation likes the Oceania. At that time,  a cultural revolution was spread out to the whole China, which was a comprehensive reform movement in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the country's institutions and leadership. It was characterized by political zealotry, purges of intellectuals, and social and economic chaos. Teachers cannot teach, students lost their obligation to study, and learning was shame and awful. people got brainwash at that time, exactly as what happens in the novel. Today, those Social commentator analysis this movement and assert that it makes the development of China fall behind at least thirty years. It is a profound lesson that warns contemporary people to think about it and never make the same mistake.

"1984"  is written in 1948. In my opinion, the author is a prophet who can predict the future within all totalitarian rule. "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU " is not only a typical signal goes through the whole story but also a significant warning that he tries to pass to the future generation.

"BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU "!