1984

In 1984, Winston has been subject to control under the party for all of his life. All he wants is freedom because he thinks he will be happier. A part in Book One that really struck me as ridiculous was when they talked about “Junior Spies” who were children of the Parsons family. These children were so crazy and ridiculous and were trying to catch people who they considered disloyal to the party. When Winston helps Mrs. Parsons the children basically attack him because they are suspicious of him. Their father later apologizes for their harassment but is very proud of his children’s spirit and devotion to the party. This just proves how in control of every single person’s life the Party was and because people were starting this at such a young age, it showed it was going to continue for many years to come. Another thing that I couldn’t believe was the telescreens that were inserted to watch the members of the party so that they were being watched under authority at all times. Instead of using technology to benefit the society and civilization, the Party is taking advantage of it to spy on people of their party and having complete control, giving them absolutely no independence. At one point Winston got yelled at for “not working hard enough”. The Ministry of Truth consisted of thousands of workers who corrected history so that they live in false versions of records that they themselves tainted. One man because of this was actually executed. This can relate to our world because we are so completely unaware of “coincidental” things that have happened in our history that have strongly affected society. Even today with the war in Iraq we are not being clued in completely.