This novel depicts a government that has every need to be in the midst of every citizens lives. This conspiring act is one that will eventually be put back on them. Winston, working in the Truth department, knows the actuality of the government. Knowing the truth makes him vulnerable for the government and therefore a perfect subject for a retaliation. Not being able to do this alone he attempts to find those that will and is brought to the realization that everyone else is infected by horrid disease of ignorance. The government has controlled a large population by simply using the effective tool of propaganda and no one seems to notice. Today's political system seems to be doing the same exact act, controlling a large mass with not only propaganda, but fear as well.