When George Orwell wrote “Nineteen Eighty-Four” in 1949, he envisioned an omniscient government. Through the use of telescreens placed in all public and private spaces, the government had the ability to continuously monitor all citizens of Oceania. Due to constant surveillance, the government is able to instill fear, and many of the values ​​we cherish today (such as our privacy, freedom of speech, and ability to think independently) are prohibited . Although we may not know it, we live in a similar society to today. As citizens of the United States, we are unknowingly subject to some of the surveillance (and much more) that citizens of Oceania must endure. Our government today collects personal information such as our cell phone call and text logs, emails, and any other forms of private communication we might use. Of course, there are differences between the surveillance of citizens of Oceania and that of citizens of the United States today, but in my opinion, our current government is, in some ways, much more invasive than Big Brother's regime . In Orwell's fictional government that he envisioned in "1980-Four", the government is led by the one known as Big Brother. Big Brother, a never-before-seen character, maintains omniscient power over the citizens of Oceania. Through telescreens (essentially two-way televisions), the government has the ability to monitor all public and private environments with video and audio capabilities. These TV screens broadcast propaganda, announcements and information 24/7, while monitoring each person's words, movements and even facial expressions to prevent thought crimes. Therefore, the citizens of Oceania are constantly in a state of fear, worrying about the possibility of becoming a non-person (even a thought against Big Brother can cause...... middle of paper .... .. transported by helicopters, watching In each of their films, in the United States today we have over 30,000 drones flying above us, with the ability to monitor us through video recordings/ audio also at any time. In some ways, we are under much more surveillance than those in Oceania. Overall, there are many similarities between surveillance in Oceania and that of the United States today. if we are not driven into a state of fear and submission by our surveillance (unlike the citizens of Oceania), it is still wrong I think the government is invading our privacy far more than necessary. I was not aware of all of this information until I did a lot of research and believe that collecting all of our cell phone data and personal messages is unconstitutional. If more people were aware of the surveillance we are subject to as American citizens, we could change this..