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Even though George Orwell’s mind-numbing novel 1984 was written in 1929, he accurately predicted some societies outcome of a totalitarianism government. In the book 1984, Winston Smith, a low member of the ruling party, lived and matured with the concept of a totalitarian government. The same totalitarian concept took place in Fascist Italy under the ruling of Benito Mussolini in the early 1900‘s. Mussolini and Orwell’s concepts and ideas intertwined in imagination. They both had the …

…TV shows that intertwine with the Big Brother concept; the freedom of reciting the pledge of allegiance is forbidden in public schools due to laws governing the separation of church and state. Totalitarianism is growing closer to becoming real and tangible. Knowing that political leaders seek control over us should not surprise us. To have power of directing influence over and regulation destroys our sense of freedom, and yet the whole purpose of being American.