"Freedom is Slavery" (Orwell, 2) and freedom is "to power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint" (Google). Everyone is wanting to speak out about the government and be free from their grasp but, they are too scared of what they can do to them if they do. The characters in Orwell's 1984 do not experience freedom as it was evidenced by the use of the telescreens, the Thought Police, and the brainwashing scene at the end of the book. To begin, the telescreens were used to watch over the Inner and Outer Party, as well as some of the proles, to see if they are doing anything forbidden like writing their thoughts in a diary or making a face. A perfect example of this is in Chapter 1 page 2 where it is stated
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For instance, in Chapter 7 page 41, it was stated on what the Thought Police do in the public eye. "A few agents of the Thought Police moved always among them, spreading false rumours and marking down and eliminating the few individuals who were judged capable of becoming dangerous; but no attempt was made to indoctrinate them with the ideology of the Party" (Orwell, 41). They had sent some of the Thought Police out towards the public eye to spy on anyone who was speaking and thinking wrongly of the Party. Here's another example, in Chapter 1 page 2, the Thought Police were able to 'hack' into the citizens' phone wires. " How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to" (Orwell, 2). They could check up on the citizens' phone line whenever they felt like it, even when they were speaking to long-distance relatives. Without a doubt, the Thought Police spied on the people by hacking into phone lines, by going out and listening in on conversations and if they caught them doing anything against the Party, they would be arrested and sent to criminal holding …show more content…
For example, O'Brien wanted to rebuild Winston's mind through various of stages. "’There are three stages in your reintegration,’ said O’Brien. ’There is learning, there is understanding, and there is acceptance'" (Orwell, 152). All three stages have to do with brainwashing the thought-criminal's mind into thinking that Big Brother is their saviour from the cruel world that they live in. Not to mention that they were shocking him into learning that two plus two equals five, not four. "He did not know whether the thing was really happening, or whether the effect was electrically produced; but his body was being wrenched out of shape, the joints were being slowly torn apart... ’How many fingers, Winston?’ ’Four! Stop it, stop it! How can you go on? Four! Four!’ ’How many fingers, Winston?’ ’Five! Five! Five!’ ’No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are four. How many fingers, please?’" (Orwell, 141-142, 145). During this sad, graphic scene, Winston is being shocked to understand that he is holding up five fingers, instead of four fingers. Furthermore, the Party used certain holding cells to brainwash the thought-criminals into perfect role models for the people of
For instance, in Chapter 7 page 41, it was stated on what the Thought Police do in the public eye. "A few agents of the Thought Police moved always among them, spreading false rumours and marking down and eliminating the few individuals who were judged capable of becoming dangerous; but no attempt was made to indoctrinate them with the ideology of the Party" (Orwell, 41). They had sent some of the Thought Police out towards the public eye to spy on anyone who was speaking and thinking wrongly of the Party. Here's another example, in Chapter 1 page 2, the Thought Police were able to 'hack' into the citizens' phone wires. " How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to" (Orwell, 2). They could check up on the citizens' phone line whenever they felt like it, even when they were speaking to long-distance relatives. Without a doubt, the Thought Police spied on the people by hacking into phone lines, by going out and listening in on conversations and if they caught them doing anything against the Party, they would be arrested and sent to criminal holding …show more content…
For example, O'Brien wanted to rebuild Winston's mind through various of stages. "’There are three stages in your reintegration,’ said O’Brien. ’There is learning, there is understanding, and there is acceptance'" (Orwell, 152). All three stages have to do with brainwashing the thought-criminal's mind into thinking that Big Brother is their saviour from the cruel world that they live in. Not to mention that they were shocking him into learning that two plus two equals five, not four. "He did not know whether the thing was really happening, or whether the effect was electrically produced; but his body was being wrenched out of shape, the joints were being slowly torn apart... ’How many fingers, Winston?’ ’Four! Stop it, stop it! How can you go on? Four! Four!’ ’How many fingers, Winston?’ ’Five! Five! Five!’ ’No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are four. How many fingers, please?’" (Orwell, 141-142, 145). During this sad, graphic scene, Winston is being shocked to understand that he is holding up five fingers, instead of four fingers. Furthermore, the Party used certain holding cells to brainwash the thought-criminals into perfect role models for the people of