1984+Essay

Dear Boethius, Not everyone has control over what they think. In your time that wasn't the case, but in 1984, Big Brother controled everything and everyone in Oceania.

Nobody had privacy. Not even in their own rooms. Everyone has a telescreen that monitors what they say and do. they recive orders from the political party and everyone in the council through the telescreens. As page 40 shows, "6079 Smith W! Yes, You! Bend lower please, you can do better than that". Winston recieved streching orders from the short dark haired women on the other side of the telescreen.

The language is strange as well. They make you think you mean something by using double think or newspeak. they use the opposite of words to make a new word. Page 337 says "In newspeak euphony out weight every consideration other than exactitude of meaning". Therefor they make you think you said something when you really didnt.

Torture is another way they control you. They can torture the past out of your brain and make you beleive what they want you to think. they use room 101 to torture you. Room 101 has the thing you fear the most inside. In Winstons casecase it was rats. They put a rat cage infront of him and he was terrified. "Tell me, Winston- and remeber, no lies: you know that i am able to detect a lie - tell me, what are your feelings twords Big Brother?" "I hate him" "Room 101" (pg309) He tortured Winston into loving Big Brother.

Now you understand why nobody has freedom of speech and why everyone has to listen to Big Brother.