1984 novel compared to our modern society: Part V

- Big Brother is Watching You
-- Google (search, Google earth, etc.)
-- Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion
-- Public Records Databases
-- Spyware, malware, and whatever thing they'll come up with next
-- ISPs
-- Cameras on street lights
-- Cellphone companies tracking your location

- Anti-Sex League
-- Strict rules on sexual behavior for students at religious schools, hoping to turn that energy into recruiting fervor
-- Gays and lesbians describing heterosexual married couples as "breeders"

- The first time Winston and Julia meet with O'Brien
-- University teacher influencing students to see the "Realities" of the world
-- Religious leader indoctrinating followers
-- Politician changing his message for a different audience
-- The gullible public believing what they are told without thinking
-- John Q. Citizen trusting the father-figure/person with power to take care of them.
-- Believing a single official can influence big government.
-- Sacrifice, death ... as a political movement. Reminiscent of suicide bombing.
-- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington