Living in George Orwell's 1984-Today George Orwell's horrifying but prophetic vision of the future in his novel, 1984, has come and gone. In this nightmarish novel, Oceania, where the story takes place, is the perfect representation of the "Negative Utopia" in which the government has total control of its citizens. They control every aspect of their life. From the smallest things, like the clothes their citizens wore on a daily basis, to the person they could marry, to their thoughts. Freedom of choice and thought was unquestionable and was not allowed and anything or anyone who went against this principle or resisted oppression was completely suppressed. Now, under our current government there are many similarities between the disturbing novel of “Negative Utopia” that George Orwell portrays in 1984 and our own. Many of the tactics used in 1984 by the Party and which are used today in America by our current government are the psychological manipulation of people, physical torture and the shaping of human thought through language. In reality, democracy or true democracy has never existed in the United States of America. If we look back in time and read about the creation of this nation in our history books, our founding fathers were the wealthiest people during their time when they talked about money. They were the only few who met the profile, which they created, that allowed a person to run for office; essentially, you had to be a white adult male (at least considering the fact that the youngest "freedom fighter" was 26) and own your own land (which meant wealth in that era). If the United States had truly established itself as a democracy, why did only a few white males who were the powerful ones in that... half of the paper ......you radio host in Austin, Texas.Barnes , Fred. "A war without heroes? Only if you read the mainstream media." Weekly standard. December 26, 2005: Volume 011, Number 15(1) http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/496eeymx.asp">http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content /Public/Articles/000/000/006/496eeymx.asp"Pat Tillman." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia 8:56 PM, May 5, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tillman">http:// . /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_TillmanNichols, John. Senator Wellstone's "plane crash." 2002. 8 May 2006. http://www.oilempire.us/wellstone.html">http://www.oilempire.us/wellstone.htmlGuantánamo: Lives Shattered - The Impact of Indefinite Detention on Detainees and Their Families . 2006. 8 May 2006. http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR510072006">http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR510072006