Freedom is Slavery: The ultimate Freedom is Slavery is best explained in the 1984 book by the telescreens shown throughout the novel. In today's world, the Patriot Act guarantees the freedom of US citizens by ensuring the FBI's ability to examine their daily activities. In today's world, the Patriot Act claims to protect the freedom of US citizens. Ensuring the FBI's ability to examine anyone's daily activities. For me this is a big contradiction. The Patriot Act essentially states that the government now has the ability to control our freedom. Under the Patriot Act, law enforcement has the ability to access highly personal files such as medical, financial and student records. This goes against the maxim that freedom is slavery because this act claims to guarantee the freedom of Americans by allowing government officials to surveil our daily lives. This jeopardizes many of our amendments. Some of our rights under threat include the First Amendment: our freedoms of religion, speech, and the press. The Fourth Amendment, our freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, is also at risk. Other amendments in danger include: the Sixth Amendment which allows for due process, the Eighth Amendment which protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment, and the Fourteenth Amendment which guarantees equal protection to all. Other cases questioning the ultimate freedom versus slavery occurred when the president talked about amending the constitution regarding marriages. As of now, America can choose who it wants to marry. This represents the freedom Americans have now. If this proposal is approved, the government will be able to decide who the public will be able to marry. When I say "who the public can marry," I mean same-sex marriages or traditional marriages between a man and a woman. This takes away the freedom of expression that today's society enjoys and replaces it with rules and regulations, which symbolize slavery. The government has made today's society feel the need for protection. In George Orwell's novel 1984, people are essentially free to do what they want, but are constantly monitored by the various surveillances used by Big Brother. Some of the surveillance used in the novel included helicopters patrolling the area, cameras hidden in television screens called telescreens, by the thought police, and from simple posters of Big Brother's face watching people..