What is freedom? Freedom is the ability to do what you want when you want, it also allows you to think or say anything. Most people have at least a small amount of freedom, wherever you live. However, George Orwell has created a dystopia, in the book 1984 the citizens of Oceania do not even have the freedom to think their own thoughts, love is just a whisper of remembrance. What if the freedom you had was ripped out of your hand, gone forever? In George Orwell’s 1984 the people of Oceania do not have freedom, this is shown time and time again, especially through the thought police, big brother, and the telescreens.
The thought police are there to make sure you are not plotting against them or big brother. The thought police is the absence …show more content…
A telescreen is a television that watches you back. This definitely would create a sense that someone is watching you. Oceania has no laws this would send the citizens cowering Because they don't know what is right or wrong. This means that it is at the discretion of the party to decide if you are in trouble. The telescreens are there to see if you have committed a thought crime (also at discretion of the government), “They could also watch him through the telescreen. Nobody knew how often they actually did that” (Orwell,2). The people have no idea if they are being watched or not. If they can not say what they want then they are not free. The reason the people are scared is because if you commit a Thought crime you will be tortured and then killed. Even when Winston had the audacity to say that two plus two equals four, the party went after him for that, “'And if the Party says that it is not four but five - then how many?'”(Orwell,53).
This proves that the party will attack you for anything and the telescreens are how they catch you. The thought police, big brother, and the telescreen are only some of the numerous examples why the people in George Orwell’s 1984 are not free. Freedom is being able to say 2+2 equals 4. If you can't count on that then what do you have? In the end freedom is an illusion, an idea. You have to find what feels like freedom to you, and cling to it as hard as you
The thought police are there to make sure you are not plotting against them or big brother. The thought police is the absence …show more content…
A telescreen is a television that watches you back. This definitely would create a sense that someone is watching you. Oceania has no laws this would send the citizens cowering Because they don't know what is right or wrong. This means that it is at the discretion of the party to decide if you are in trouble. The telescreens are there to see if you have committed a thought crime (also at discretion of the government), “They could also watch him through the telescreen. Nobody knew how often they actually did that” (Orwell,2). The people have no idea if they are being watched or not. If they can not say what they want then they are not free. The reason the people are scared is because if you commit a Thought crime you will be tortured and then killed. Even when Winston had the audacity to say that two plus two equals four, the party went after him for that, “'And if the Party says that it is not four but five - then how many?'”(Orwell,53).
This proves that the party will attack you for anything and the telescreens are how they catch you. The thought police, big brother, and the telescreen are only some of the numerous examples why the people in George Orwell’s 1984 are not free. Freedom is being able to say 2+2 equals 4. If you can't count on that then what do you have? In the end freedom is an illusion, an idea. You have to find what feels like freedom to you, and cling to it as hard as you