Thoughts are an interesting concept from 1984. They can betray even the most loyal person to the party. It is hard to control thoughts inside one’s brain. It requires high levels of self-discipline. Some of that self-discipline comes from the fear of Big Brother and the Thought Police. They inspire enough terror in the Party members that they cannot help but be in control of their own mind. Even the smallest twitch in the corner of an eye in front of a telescreen is enough to send the Thought Police after you. Even from a young age, Party members are taught to love Big Brother and have perfect thoughts. Children are spies for the Thought Police on their parents, parents are thuswise nervous of their own children and the likelihood of being turned into the Thought Police.
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One of the children in the family was watching him and as Winston was leaving, “‘You’re a traitor!’ yelled the boy. ‘You’re a thought-criminal! You’re a Eurasian spy! I’ll shoot you, I’ll vaporize you, I’ll send you to the salt mines!’” (23). Later on, in that same family, the girl turned her father into the Thought Police for yelling out in a dream “‘Down with Big Brother!’” (232). Party children are all apart of the Spies and taught to spy on their parents and listen at key holes. With your own children spying on you, just waiting for a chance to turn you in, there can never be a true family
One of the children in the family was watching him and as Winston was leaving, “‘You’re a traitor!’ yelled the boy. ‘You’re a thought-criminal! You’re a Eurasian spy! I’ll shoot you, I’ll vaporize you, I’ll send you to the salt mines!’” (23). Later on, in that same family, the girl turned her father into the Thought Police for yelling out in a dream “‘Down with Big Brother!’” (232). Party children are all apart of the Spies and taught to spy on their parents and listen at key holes. With your own children spying on you, just waiting for a chance to turn you in, there can never be a true family