I think that the thought police began watching him 7 years before 1984.I think that the journal just added to the knowledge that the thought police had about winston
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I think that the thought police began watching him 7 years before 1984.I think that the journal just added to the knowledge that the thought police had about winston
I don't think the Thought Police were really "tracking" Winston. They don't need to... All thought crime is eventually caught. A major theme of the book is that there is no escape. Big Brother is Watching you and there is NO way to hide from him.
It was probably when Winston started hiding from the telescreen in his flat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Princess Belle
It seems to me that the thought police merely observe everyones actions all the time for signs of potential rebellion. But, to aid them in their search, they have little traps like the antique shop running all the time to help catch anyone that they may have missed in observation.
The thought police is all over the world, in any country, communist, tyrannical, etc. In USA it is to protect freedom of speech and democracy, which is precisely why there are some idiots preaching as much nonsense as they wish. And why would they care so much about their privacy of thought when they don't care at all in what they say over the internet? This is not going to change. It will become simply more openly exposed and justified as it should for the advantage of the moral man.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gandalf13
Are the Thought Police even real? They have been mentioned several times throughout the book, but no one is ever found eye to be an actual member of the Thought Police. It seems to me that they've been made up by the government to scare the people.
How do they live with constant fear of the thought police. Not knowing who they are and how they might get in trouble. how do they live being paranoid all the time.