Throughout the text of 1984, Orwell plants warnings to the reader. What are some of the larger issues at hand here? Throughout the text of 1984, Orwell...

It seems
that the overall warning sound throughout the work is the reality of what happens when
individuals lose control of their government.  From the most fundamental of standpoints and
although it would like to show it otherwise, the government of Oceania, Big Brother, had to have
seized control from the people.  It is highly unlikely that any body politic would have
legitimized such a government.  Once individuals lost control of their government, government,
through the form of Big Brother, turned on them.  The idea of eliminating the private realm in
favor of the public, ensuring that all thoughts are controlled or channeled towards embracing
governmental aims, as well as being a collector of covert information against the government are
all ways in whichindicates that we, as citizens, must take a stand and control our governments. 
The world Orwell creates might not be real, but it contains enough fearful elements for us to
fully embrace and understand that if we, as citizens, turn off the need to pay attention to
government, there is a good chance that government will turn on us.