Thoughtcrime In 1984

The main character Winston Smith in “1984” resembles a divergent character, separating his path and goals away from societies’. This is clearly shown from the moment he committed a thought crime, a specific type of crime recognized sometime in the future by the Thought Police. Winston begins to talk to himself stating, “The Thought Police would get him just the same. He had committed—would still have committed, even if he had never set pen to paper—the essential crime that contained all others in itself. Thoughtcrime, they called it. Thoughtcrime was not a thing that could be concealed forever.” (Orwell 19). Although this violation was not the only action committed to make him different, this was the beginning in making him marked for practically …show more content…
Thoughtcrime is one way in not accepting the Party’s way of ruling, but there are other possible choices in which to imply the same feedback. Winston decides to fulfill his everlasting dream with Julia by stating, “The next moment, it was hard to say by whose act, she was in his arms…. The youthful body was strained against his own, the mass of dark hair was against his face, and yes! Actually she had turned her face up and he was kissing the wide red mouth.” (Orwell 122). At this moment, Winston is deciding whether if this is what his body truly wants due to him never being with anybody ever since his lost wife. Ever since he laid eyes upon Julia, he began to grow a lust towards Julia, either wanting to see her once more or just make love secretly incorporating a feeling of excitement. Winston had once wrote in his journal about how desperate he was and wanted to make love with practically anybody. Not many people would be willing or have the will from the start to go against the Party by breaking their rules only to fulfill a couple of desires. This quality Winston and Julia express is the only reason that makes them different and overall, winners at the end of the day, living their lives to the fullest with no restrictions or regulations creating …show more content…
Where Winston and the rest live will always have these surveillance cameras called telescreens in the corner or behind objects, keeping an eye on them 24/7. Winston starts to talk to himself while climbing upstairs by stating, “The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. Winston turned a switch and the voice sank somewhat, thought the words were still distinguishable. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely.” (Orwell 2). Although the location of these telescreens keeping an eye on them is known, the unsatisfying feeling of a presence will always be acknowledged in the back of our minds. This type of factor that cannot be overseen is the main reason why the idea of privacy or being private ceases to exist. Comparing this to our society in the present day, we have these surveillance cameras all around us, looking down on us while recording our movements, unapproved by us as a society. We do not have a say in this, due to us not having any real power compared to the government, upholding the authority to have these cameras on duty. This is exactly similar to Orwell’s society, by them also having no saying in this argument, not even having it from the start, against the Party.