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Bridie Dunn
Teacher
Advanced Placement Language and Composition
25 August 2014
1984 Essay In the novel “1984” written by George Orwell the main character, Winston Smith, states that one man can control another by “making him suffer” (266). The Party in this novel is able to maintain control over its citizens by making them suffer both mental and physical torture. The mental torture of party members is very present throughout this novel. In this futuristic setting, a new language, Newspeak, is in the making with the goal of completely eliminating even the possibility of rebellious thinking. Winston’s companion Syme explained how Newspeak will “make thought crime impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” (52). This mental torture will eventually cause the outer party members to become drones who fulfill every need of the inner party without question due to the elimination of free thought. Another example of mental torture is the telescreen’s found everywhere that watches every citizen’s move. While terrified that he was being inspected by a member of the Thought Police, Winston made sure to not commit a crime called “facecrime”; which was “to wear an improper expression on your face…” (62). This fear of committing facecrime virtually banned any express of emotion. Another form of mental torture was the banning of intercourse. While pondering the idea that chastity and party loyalty were directly connected, Winston wondered how The Party could ” [bottle] down some powerful instinct and [use] it as a driving force” (132). The Party takes away man’s natural sexual instinct to reproduce by banning intercourse, but also takes away family by turning the children into their own personal spies. Children often turning in their own parents for crime serve as another tool for The Party to spy on its citizens, mentally torturing party members with absolutely no place to themselves.
Another form of torture the Party frequently uses is
Teacher
Advanced Placement Language and Composition
25 August 2014
1984 Essay In the novel “1984” written by George Orwell the main character, Winston Smith, states that one man can control another by “making him suffer” (266). The Party in this novel is able to maintain control over its citizens by making them suffer both mental and physical torture. The mental torture of party members is very present throughout this novel. In this futuristic setting, a new language, Newspeak, is in the making with the goal of completely eliminating even the possibility of rebellious thinking. Winston’s companion Syme explained how Newspeak will “make thought crime impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” (52). This mental torture will eventually cause the outer party members to become drones who fulfill every need of the inner party without question due to the elimination of free thought. Another example of mental torture is the telescreen’s found everywhere that watches every citizen’s move. While terrified that he was being inspected by a member of the Thought Police, Winston made sure to not commit a crime called “facecrime”; which was “to wear an improper expression on your face…” (62). This fear of committing facecrime virtually banned any express of emotion. Another form of mental torture was the banning of intercourse. While pondering the idea that chastity and party loyalty were directly connected, Winston wondered how The Party could ” [bottle] down some powerful instinct and [use] it as a driving force” (132). The Party takes away man’s natural sexual instinct to reproduce by banning intercourse, but also takes away family by turning the children into their own personal spies. Children often turning in their own parents for crime serve as another tool for The Party to spy on its citizens, mentally torturing party members with absolutely no place to themselves.
Another form of torture the Party frequently uses is