Bob Dylan once said that "No one is free, even the birds are chained to the sky." The lack of freedom in George Orwell's 1984 is directly linked to this quote, as it depicts a world where there is no freedom and citizens are constantly brainwashed through technology, leaving people unsure of their rights and beliefs. In today's world, the same problem is occurring involving the media and the power the government and NSA have to invade people's privacy and thoughts through it. George Orwell's 1984 is a frightening warning about an emerging totalitarian society, a world dangerously close to our own, perhaps nowhere nearer than in the role the media plays in manipulating what we believe, including the level of privacy at which we here we come. expect.One can understand that the Orwellian dystopia of 1984 is profoundly divorced from our understanding of reality. However, with the surveillance state becoming increasingly pervasive in our society, parallels begin to appear between Orwell's fictionalized society and our all-too-real one. Lies, paranoia and lac...