The “Stop Online Piracy Act” is very similar to the book 1948. According to our “big brother” Mr. Smith says “SOPA is trying to control our lives”. They want to censor everything on the web! Everything we say will be monitored and watched, just like big brother watches Winston and everybody else in the town. It is so much alike, because they are trying to control our minds also by checking what we say and making us get in trouble so that we won’t say anything and we will try to say positive things instead of negative things. The same thing is happening in 1948, big brother is watching them so they try not to say the wrong thing or even make the wrong face because the thought police and the party will make them disappear. However, in real life SOPA will try to take us to jail. They want everybody to see the same thing, just like big brother wants everybody to see the same thing. They are trying to brain wash us into thinking that there is no explicit things on the web, but there are. Also, Americans have a right to their privacy. SOPA wants to take that all away just like big brother tries to take away everybody’s privacy in the book. However, I am a firm believer that history repeats itself. I know 1948 is going to happen one day, it may not have happened in 1948 but I believe it will sometime soon, and it seems as though it’s already starting.