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The Role Of Children In George Orwell's '1984'

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Children of this society are manipulated into spies for the party, going to the extreme of even turning in their own parents. Winston explains a story of children betraying their own parents and thinking it is a game while committing this horrific act. A boy and his little sister catch their parents rebelling against Big Brother and yells, “I'll shoot you, I'll vaporize you, I'll send you to the salt mines!" (Orwell 29). The party has no empathy for the people because they easily take control of innocent children who do not have the ability to think through situations. The sick thought of killing a person’s parents does not resonate with the kids as they “both leaping around him, shouting "Traitor!" and "Thought-criminal!" the little girl imitating
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