Similarities between 1984 and The Truman Show

One similarity is how the media is manipulated. In 1984 Winston is given the task of changing previous news articles; he gets an assignment to change "X did Y to Z" to "Z did Y to X" and basically manipulate the truth. In The Truman Show the same thing happens: All of the media that Truman sees is carefully created so that Truman has no idea of the "outside" world. Pretty much in both of them the media is manipulated.

Another similarity is how much surveillance is used in both of them. In 1984 there are cameras in every home that look at you and listen to you. Winston has to cram himself into a corner to have the camera not see him. Cameras are everywhere in 1984. The same can be said for The Truman Show. It is a TV show for heaven sakes!! Of course there are going to be cameras out the wazoo!!!!! Cameras everywhere!!!!

Another similarity is how people are encouraged to spy. In 1984 children are encouraged to turn their parents in if they see the parents doing anything wrong, and people are encouraged to spy on their neighbors.  Basically everyone is looking at everyone and if you are around someone your privacy is not guaranteed. The same thing happens to Truman in The Truman Show!!! Everyone is eyeing Truman and they report when he is acting out or weird.