Freedom is not something that can ever be taken, rather only surrendered by an individual, thus allowing “Conformity [to be] the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth” (John F Kennedy). This truth was evident within George Orwell’s book 1984, which constantly juggled how the threshold between freedom and captivity had become so blurred. The people of Oceania were not free; but, constrained to a path of life that prevented them from thinking freely without persecution, having privacy, and obtaining true knowledge.. Once a society's ability to think for themselves is revoked their freedom goes along with it. Since The Party controls what the people of Oceania can and cannot think, they essentially become slaves. The Inner Party members reinforce that “Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing” (Orwell 154).This means that they intentionally brainwash Outer Party members into believing in the ideals of Big Brother. Orwell expresses …show more content…
If someone's every move is under constant watch they will,without a doubt, feel no different from an animal in a zoo. No matter where they are or what they are doing the people of oceania are constantly being patronized by an oversized visage telling them “Big Brother is Watching You”(Orwell 1). Giving them the constant reminder, as if they weren’t already aware, that no matter the time of day, they were never alone. Something as simple as a secret was barely existent. No one had secrets or shared secrets because “If you wanted to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself”(Orwell 162). For the common folk of Oceania certain thoughts had to be tucked to the depths of their consciousness as to prevent from accidentally sharing them with someone else or even themselves. All in all it is not like there are any secrets The Party doesn’t know. Big Brother knows