The feeling of someone constantly watching and controlling you is prevalent in the city. With the use of technologies such as telescreens, and mics, Big Brother is able to watch each and every single move of his citizens. Big Brother controls people’s thoughts and beliefs, through what is called speakwrite, by constantly changing, and rewriting history. The technologies the party uses to control its citizens are the telescreens, microphones, Ministry of Love, and speakwrite.
Telescreens are one way The Party uses to keep an eye on its citizens. Mr. Charrington rents a room to Winston and Julia above his shop, which has a hidden telescreen that both Winston and Julia have no clue about. The Party not only watches them at home, but also in …show more content…
This ministry is the most feared out of all of them and is not spoken about, because it is where thought criminals are punished. It is used to house thought criminals, and to engrave the love of Big Brother in their hearts by brainwashing them through torture. The room Winston and Julia are sent to is called room 101. Room 101 is a torture chamber in the Ministry of Love, in which the prisoners are forced to face their worst fears. They are tortured to a point where they will confess to their crimes and even betray their loved ones, for Winston it was Julia. O’Brien, an inner party member, says, “You asked me once, what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world.” (Orwell 296). In Room 101 the criminal is not just faced with their worst nightmare, but is in such a way that it persecutes the criminal. For Winston, his head was trapped in a box of rats in which the rats were to devour the victim’s face. An old man in the Ministry of Love said “You can take the whole lot of them and cut their throats in front of my eyes, and I 'll stand by and watch it. But not Room 101!" (Orwell 249). This shows how much people fear Room 101. The purpose of the torture is to break the person’s spirit, to destroy all hope in rebelling against the party, and to sometimes even vapourize the
Telescreens are one way The Party uses to keep an eye on its citizens. Mr. Charrington rents a room to Winston and Julia above his shop, which has a hidden telescreen that both Winston and Julia have no clue about. The Party not only watches them at home, but also in …show more content…
This ministry is the most feared out of all of them and is not spoken about, because it is where thought criminals are punished. It is used to house thought criminals, and to engrave the love of Big Brother in their hearts by brainwashing them through torture. The room Winston and Julia are sent to is called room 101. Room 101 is a torture chamber in the Ministry of Love, in which the prisoners are forced to face their worst fears. They are tortured to a point where they will confess to their crimes and even betray their loved ones, for Winston it was Julia. O’Brien, an inner party member, says, “You asked me once, what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world.” (Orwell 296). In Room 101 the criminal is not just faced with their worst nightmare, but is in such a way that it persecutes the criminal. For Winston, his head was trapped in a box of rats in which the rats were to devour the victim’s face. An old man in the Ministry of Love said “You can take the whole lot of them and cut their throats in front of my eyes, and I 'll stand by and watch it. But not Room 101!" (Orwell 249). This shows how much people fear Room 101. The purpose of the torture is to break the person’s spirit, to destroy all hope in rebelling against the party, and to sometimes even vapourize the