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"Winston Smith is a disillusioned Outer Party member in Oceania, in the year 1984, and he begins to question the validity of the Party and its doctrines, like no sex for joy (only for procreation) and the ever-present telescreen which monitors his apartment all day. He feels the Party is restrictive and overpowering free thought and will (what Winston feels are fundamental to being human), but he is fearful of the Thought Police who patrol people's heretical thoughts and make people "disappear" (into "nonpersons") if they think poorly about the Party and its leader, Big Brother. His job working for the Party involves falsifying history for Party purposes, but he is tormented by the idea that soon, no one will have a sense of true history, since the Party can change it whenever it wants to say whatever it wants. One day, he meets Julia, who becomes his mistress, and together, they decide to take the risk of outwardly combating the Party. They arrange with O'Brien, an Inner Party member, who leads them into the world of the "Brotherhood," an underground organization dedicated to fighting against the Party. However, their relationship is destroyed when it turns out the O'Brien is really an agent of the Party, who has set them up to be discovered and re-habituated. Winston is taken to the Ministry of Love (which maintains law and order in Oceania) and tortured endlessly until his thoughts change from hatred of the Party to undying love to the organization and its purpose in controlling the masses (called "proles"). After his exhaustive torture, Winston is a new man, completely loyal to the Party and Big Brother. The Party has won out over humanity."

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Big Brother has existed in the past and does today in other countries. To say it can't happen in today's America would be false. The Holocaust is a real life example of devastating, life ending consequences in Germany to the Jewish people and those who opposed Hitler, much like in 1984.  Hitler, like Big Brother, were both evil dark leaders with centralized power and reigned with full authority over an entire society.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9801850/North-Korea-steps-up-surveillance-of-citizens-with-16000-CCTV-cameras.html

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/02/kim-jong-un-north-korea-understanding

http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/kim-jong-un

http://www.jiffynotes.com/1984/PlotSummary.html

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Does Big Brother exist today?  Yes, as at matter of fact he does.  Kim Jong-un is the dangerous evil dictator of North Korea.  He had his government purchase 16,000 CCTV surveillance cameras "as the regime stepped up the monitoring of its own people." Much like in 1984, "His power in North Korea is so great that not only does no one dare criticize him, no one dare advise him... or your head might someday share the same chopping block.   He will kill anybody who opposes him and their entire family without a single thought or care..

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Video surveillance is something that our world will never be without again.  We can't go back.

The book 1984, by George Orwell, is a representation of where we could be headed at the rate we are going with today's unstoppable technology. Today we live in a dark world full of nightmare situations. Our lack of privacy and ultimate control mirrors that in 1984, but the severity of the consequences is thankfully non existent at this time, at least in the United States.

The word "privacy" has become a joke in today's world.  The internet, technology of today, and social media have become in and of itself, its own version of 1984.

America's government is in a constant state of surveillance. From tapping phone calls to watching people through the various sources of video surveillance, privacy is diminishing.

Much like in 1984, nothing in our lives today, no matter how much we try to protect our personal information, is still open game to our government. Individuals do not actually have any true "privacy." Therefore those in power have ultimate control.