Parallels between the World of the Novel and our Own World Today (2)

With the warnings that I first pointed out that Orwell is trying to show to us that may happen in the near future, there are threats to an individual’s freedom in the novel’s world including own real world. As I had discussed a little bit about before, the government of Oceania in the story, in my opinion, invades the Party members’ privacy when the government has a telescreen in every single area where any member could possibly be at anytime. This is just like how the United States of America’s government in our own real world is acting, but just not to that extreme of Oceania’s government in the novel. They are alike because President George Bush passed the patriot act which allows the government like the C.I.A., and other government agencies to tap in phone wire at anytime to hear any citizens’ conversation. In my opinion, this is also invasion of a citizen’s privacy just like it is in the novel with the telescreens listening in on Party members’ conversations. From Orwell’s warnings, he also shows that with these "invasions of privacy", the government may persuade its members (novel) or citizens (real world) that it is for the good of the Party (novel) or country (real world). The Party says this will be able to protect its Party from enemies and make it stronger. This is just like how our country’s government in the real world says that it protects our country from dangers such as terrorists, which is like saying enemies from the novel.
So in other words, both governments are saying that it is only good for everyone and not bad at all. That is not what I think.