Thursday, 7 September 2017

What are similarites and differences of how the theme of free willl vs. security is used in George Orwell's 1984 and The Matrix?

Both of these texts
plunge the reader into two worlds where there is very little opportunity to use one's free will.
In 's dystopian nightmare, it is fear of the Thought Police and their constant observations that
prevent people using their free will, as is quickly established in the opening
chapter:

There was of course no way of knowing whether you
were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged
in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all
the time.

Even whenanddo mount...

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