They use Big Brother as a father- figure and as a leader the people can look up to, so that they are too busy supporting Big Brother to think about anything else. When the people are distracted, this lets people like Winston do their jobs. People like Winston trick people into believing everything the Party tells them by changing the history books. This is unfortunate because even though Winston wishes he could remember his memories more clearly, “But it was no use, he could not remember: nothing remained of his childhood” (1.1.3), he works for the party by changing the truth to lies.
Even if tricking the people and distracting them isn’t enough, the party still can keep its citizens controlled by hurting them. They are very good at torturing them. They have a very specific way that they torture their people so that they always get what they want. They don’t just want to hurt the people so much that they’re scared to fight back. They want to scar their