Thought Police

protagonist, Winston. His personal tendency to resist the stifling of his individuality, and his intellectual ability to reason about his resistance, enables the reader to observe and understand the harsh oppression that the Party, Big Brother, and the Thought Police institute. Whereas Julia is untroubled and somewhat selfish, interested in rebelling only for the pleasures to be gained, Winston is extremely pensive and curious, desperate to understand how and why the Party exercises such…

always watching and the Thought Police are always on the lookout, it is impossible for any kind of individualism to flourish. 1984 was written in 1949 by George Orwell and he hinted at technology which never even existed in that era. Winston Smith the main character…

party wants the ability to stop all seeds of a revolution. There are no citizens who protest the fact because they are brainwashed, and therefore hold no plans of conducting any illegal action. Through the use of telescreens, hidden microphones, thought police, children, and spies the party can easily keep the actions of their citizens under close scrutiny. Everyone is constantly put under the magnifying glass, and not even the slightest facial expression slip by unnoticed. There are many…

However, the fictional government observed the society 24/7 and telescreens are place everywhere, including in private locations. The party could also place hidden telescreens, and one (thought police) can go against the citizen if they see something they dislike. There was no privacy for the people, are limited to their actions, and is viewed as an subject. It strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible. Unlike…

The rule of big brother is one characterized by oppression while at the same time hiding the fact that they are doing so. It is reliant on information control through methods such as brain washing and the removal of free thought and those who possess it. This is vital as Big Brother’s rule was reliant on the proles, who make up eighty percent of the population, to remain uneducated and clueless as to what is occurring so they do not revolt. However the notion that the truth can be hidden forever…

with the words "Big Brother is watching you" (3), private houses are also equipped with electric eye and a microphone, even a cough cannot escape the eye of the Thought Police. Even writing a diary to record their ideas can cause one to be arrested and sentenced to death. This kind of control and high pressure restraint of the people’s thoughts deprive their freedom. Only one thinking is allowed, which is "ignorance". The story takes place in one of the three superpowers of the world in the year…

blend of several forms of class-based twentieth-century social theory—to Julia in the room above the store. Suddenly, soldiers barge in and seize them. Mr. Charrington, the property owner of the store, is revealed as having been a member of the Thought Police all along. Torn away from Julia and taken to a place called the Ministry of Love, Winston finds that O’Brien, too, is a Party spy who simply pretended to be a member of the Brotherhood in order to trap Winston into committing an open act of…

Imagine yourself in a world where the government is not accountable for its actions. Its sole goal is to gain power, while the citizens are deprived of their freedoms, live in fear and terror of being picked up by the authorities, executed without a fair trial, where you can’t trust what is being reported in the news because it may all be propaganda. In his book, 1984, George Orwell depicts a society under totalitarian regime through the eyes of Winston Smith. Here, betrayal is a reoccurring…

In George Orwell’s book, 1984, the world was completely controlled by The Party, who shut out any type of good. When love is completely removed from a person’s life, they basically become empty and void of any good emotions. If a society in the real world was based on hate, it is highly unlikely that it would last. Hate leads to violence, and violence leads to death. I think that if America was based on hate, there would be a possibility that it would be like The Purge. In the movie, The Purge,…

Oceania, a dystopian society plagued by an unrelenting paranoia placed upon them by the Inner Party. With a variety of unorthodox methods, this “paranoia” is created and allows the Party to completely control its people. Their methods include psychological manipulation and physical control. A torrent of political propaganda spews from the telescreens at every waking moment. This information includes embellished victories of the Party and many other faked events. All the incoming information is…