Parallels in the World of 1984 to Our World Today.

Propaganda between the book and our world today is a big issue in my opinon. Propaganda brought out by Hollywood or Gossip Magazines is corrupting the younger generations minds. If People Magazine says that Thin is the new Chubby or Pink is the new Orange, then thier readers listen. Girls starve to look like Paris Hilton and spend ridiculous amounts of money on a t-shirt to match Lindsay Lohan. It gets very out of hand and can only get worse from here. When teens watch after parties of the MTV Awards and see Diddy drunk having a great time with all the ladies, they are going to want to be just like him. The only thing celebrities encourage now-a-days is underage drinking and cocaine abuse. Rappers rap lyrics about being locked up for murder, being released, and becoming 50 Cent or Akon. Our propaganda is sending out terrible messages to younger kids and this generation is our future. Everything our society is doing is making more warnings for our future. However no one is going to stop it because people are becoming millionaires. It is all about the money. You catch a picture of Nicole Richie buying a Prada bag and Prada sells six million of the same bag the next day. As long as money is being made, no one sees a problem. In 1984 the propaganda of Big Brother and the propaganda of Goldstein only creates hate and fear. When people walk down the streets of Oceania, they are constantly reminded that they are being watched. Girls are always reminded that there appearance is constantly being watched as well. It makes you feel trapped. No matter what you do or say, Big Brother is always going to find out and torture you. In 1984, the society is also convinced to hate Emmanuel Goldstein. They always see propaganda of the man who betrayed them. If Us Weekly tells you to hate Brad Pitt for cheating on Jennifer Anniston with Angelina Jolie, chances are Brad Pitt's next movie sales will decrease. People love to be told what to do and who to hate and how to think. No one wants to think for themselves anymore. It is so much easier to be part of the crowd. The society in Orwell's novel knows this and does exactly what people do now, they feed into the ignorance.