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* '''Room 101.''' Imagine a PlaceWorseThanDeath where you are tortured with [[MindRape whatever you fear the most]], right up to the point where you will betray literally ''anything'' just to get it away from you, and subsequently go irreversibly past the DespairEventHorizon.
** As Julia later puts it, "You really do mean it, and nothing is ever the same afterward."
* The whole third act is quite possibly one of the most horrific mundane {{Mind Rape}}s ever put to paper. Earlier, Winston and Julia agree that the Thought Police "can make you say anything, ''anything'', but they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you." The third act proves that yes, they can.
** As Julia later puts it, "You really do mean it, and nothing is ever the same afterward."
* The whole third act is quite possibly one of the most horrific mundane {{Mind Rape}}s ever put to paper. Earlier, Winston and Julia agree that the Thought Police "can make you say anything, ''anything'', but they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you." The third act proves that yes, they can.
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* '''Room 101.''' Imagine a PlaceWorseThanDeath where you are tortured with [[MindRape whatever you fear the most]], right up to the point where you will betray literally ''anything'' just to get it away from you, and subsequently go irreversibly past the DespairEventHorizon.
**DespairEventHorizon. As Julia later puts it, "You really do mean it, and nothing is ever the same afterward."
* The whole third act is quite possibly one of the most horrific mundane {{Mind Rape}}s ever put topaper. paper.
** Earlier, Winston and Julia agree that the Thought Police "can make you say anything, ''anything'', but they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you." The third act proves that yes, they can.
**
* The whole third act is quite possibly one of the most horrific mundane {{Mind Rape}}s ever put to
** Earlier, Winston and Julia agree that the Thought Police "can make you say anything, ''anything'', but they can't make you believe it. They can't get inside you." The third act proves that yes, they can.
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* [[SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands The telescreens.]] They are ''everywhere'', from the workplace to your own apartment, constantly watching people. Fortunately, their cameras are relatively limited and don't have any features such as night vision, so you might get away with doing things like making anti-party gestures in the dark, but their microphones are ''very'' sensitive to the point that they can apparently pick up a heartbeat.
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* [[SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands The telescreens.]] ]]
** They are ''everywhere'', from the workplace to your own apartment, constantly watching people. Fortunately, their cameras are relatively limited and don't have any features such as night vision, so you might get away with doing things like making anti-party gestures in the dark, but their microphones are ''very'' sensitive to the point that they can apparently pick up a heartbeat.
** They are ''everywhere'', from the workplace to your own apartment, constantly watching people. Fortunately, their cameras are relatively limited and don't have any features such as night vision, so you might get away with doing things like making anti-party gestures in the dark, but their microphones are ''very'' sensitive to the point that they can apparently pick up a heartbeat.
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*** This is also TruthInTelevision, with one of the most notorious examples being UsefulNotes/EastGermany; not only did they have an impressively large and sophisticated [[UsefulNotes/TheStasi secret police force]], but an even larger number of informants ready to turn in at a moment's notice anyone whom they perceived as suspicious as well. Such was the number of people involved with its undercover operation that it was a virtual safe bet to assume that literally any person you set eyes upon in that time would secretly be part of it.
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* The mere idea that there is no escape from this hellish dystopia, irrespective of whether the theories of the outside world are true or not. Eurasia and Eastasia are both said to be exactly as oppressive as Oceania, and the details of that are already well established. The only place in the world that is said to not be ruled by any of the three is the Equatorial Front, which is nothing more than a giant fighting arena where you'll either be gunned down by supersoldiers or taken as a slave by whatever nation grabbed you. And if Julia's theory that Oceania is a OneWorldOrder is true, then there's ''nowhere to run.''
** Even if Oceania really just governed the United Kingdom, do you really think you'd still be able to pull off an escape without getting caught? For starters, it's an island - so actually getting off when limited to underhand means is going to be a challenge in itself, and of course that's assuming you even make it that far, as the main problems here are that Oceania has first constructed an extraordinarily large and pervasive surveillance network, and has secondly pretty much mastered the art of propaganda to the point where it's impossible to tell whether something is really true or not (such as the aforementioned scale and extent of the Thought Police). So taking those into consideration, it's pretty much a safe bet to consider an attempt to escape from Airstrip One a fool's errand and a guaranteed trip to the Ministry of Love or the labour camps. And on top of that, it's already been established that the Thought Police are said to be so vigilant that even the slightest detectable hint of defection will cause them to pounce. This just further drives home how terrifying Oceania's security operation is.
** Even if Oceania really just governed the United Kingdom, do you really think you'd still be able to pull off an escape without getting caught? For starters, it's an island - so actually getting off when limited to underhand means is going to be a challenge in itself, and of course that's assuming you even make it that far, as the main problems here are that Oceania has first constructed an extraordinarily large and pervasive surveillance network, and has secondly pretty much mastered the art of propaganda to the point where it's impossible to tell whether something is really true or not (such as the aforementioned scale and extent of the Thought Police). So taking those into consideration, it's pretty much a safe bet to consider an attempt to escape from Airstrip One a fool's errand and a guaranteed trip to the Ministry of Love or the labour camps. And on top of that, it's already been established that the Thought Police are said to be so vigilant that even the slightest detectable hint of defection will cause them to pounce. This just further drives home how terrifying Oceania's security operation is.
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* The mere idea that there is no escape from this hellish dystopia, irrespective of whether the theories of the outside world are true or not. Eurasia and Eastasia are both said to be exactly as oppressive as Oceania, and the details of that are already well established. The only place in the world that is said to not be ruled by any of the three is the Equatorial Front, which is nothing more than a giant fighting arena where you'll either be gunned down by supersoldiers or taken as a slave by whatever nation grabbed you. And if Julia's theory that Oceania is a OneWorldOrder is true, then there's ''nowhere to run.''
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Even if Oceania really just governed the United Kingdom, do you really think you'd still be able to pull off an escape without getting caught? For starters, it's an island - so actually getting off when limited to underhand means is going to be a challenge in itself, and of course that's assuming you even make it that far, as the main problems here are that Oceania has first constructed an extraordinarily large and pervasive surveillance network, and has secondly pretty much mastered the art of propaganda to the point where it's impossible to tell whether something is really true or not (such as the aforementioned scale and extent of the Thought Police). So taking those into consideration, it's pretty much a safe bet to consider an attempt to escape from Airstrip One a fool's errand and a guaranteed trip to the Ministry of Love or the labour camps. And on top of that, it's already been established that the Thought Police are said to be so vigilant that even the slightest detectable hint of defection will cause them to pounce. This just further drives home how terrifying Oceania's security operation is.
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Even if Oceania really just governed the United Kingdom, do you really think you'd still be able to pull off an escape without getting caught? For starters, it's an island - so actually getting off when limited to underhand means is going to be a challenge in itself, and of course that's assuming you even make it that far, as the main problems here are that Oceania has first constructed an extraordinarily large and pervasive surveillance network, and has secondly pretty much mastered the art of propaganda to the point where it's impossible to tell whether something is really true or not (such as the aforementioned scale and extent of the Thought Police). So taking those into consideration, it's pretty much a safe bet to consider an attempt to escape from Airstrip One a fool's errand and a guaranteed trip to the Ministry of Love or the labour camps. And on top of that, it's already been established that the Thought Police are said to be so vigilant that even the slightest detectable hint of defection will cause them to pounce. This just further drives home how terrifying Oceania's security operation is.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. Youth organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League exist to indoctrinate them early and teach them to hate all enemies of Big Brother (the minimum age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and joining one is as normal to a child of Oceania as joining the Boy Scouts or Little League. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
-->With those children, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror. Another year, two years, and they would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy. Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the Party. On the contrary, they adored the Party and everything connected with it. The songs, the processions, the banners, the hiking, the drilling with dummy rifles, the yelling of slogans, the worship of Big Brother -- it was all a sort of glorious game to them. All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the enemies of the State, against foreigners, traitors, saboteurs, thought-criminals. It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason, for hardly a week passed in which The Times did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak -- 'child hero' was the phrase generally used -- had overheard some compromising remark and denounced its parents to the Thought Police.
** It is strongly implied that Parsons said nothing of the sort and they lied about the whole thing ForTheEvulz. Parsons is so indoctrinated into the ideology that he goes along with it even if it means his own death.
-->With those children, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror. Another year, two years, and they would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy. Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the Party. On the contrary, they adored the Party and everything connected with it. The songs, the processions, the banners, the hiking, the drilling with dummy rifles, the yelling of slogans, the worship of Big Brother -- it was all a sort of glorious game to them. All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the enemies of the State, against foreigners, traitors, saboteurs, thought-criminals. It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason, for hardly a week passed in which The Times did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak -- 'child hero' was the phrase generally used -- had overheard some compromising remark and denounced its parents to the Thought Police.
** It is strongly implied that Parsons said nothing of the sort and they lied about the whole thing ForTheEvulz. Parsons is so indoctrinated into the ideology that he goes along with it even if it means his own death.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. Youth organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League exist to indoctrinate them early and teach them to hate all enemies of Big Brother (the minimum age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and joining one is as normal to a child of Oceania as joining the Boy Scouts or Little League. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
-->Withsleep (which is strongly implied that Parsons said nothing of the sort and they lied about the whole thing ForTheEvulz. Parsons is so indoctrinated into the ideology that he goes along with it even if it means his own death).
--> ''"With those children, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror. Another year, two years, and they would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy. Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the Party. On the contrary, they adored the Party and everything connected with it. The songs, the processions, the banners, the hiking, the drilling with dummy rifles, the yelling of slogans, the worship of Big Brother -- it was all a sort of glorious game to them. All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the enemies of the State, against foreigners, traitors, saboteurs, thought-criminals. It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason, for hardly a week passed in which The Times did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak -- 'child hero' was the phrase generally used -- had overheard some compromising remark and denounced its parents to the ThoughtPolice.
** It is strongly implied that Parsons said nothing of the sort and they lied about the whole thing ForTheEvulz. Parsons is so indoctrinated into the ideology that he goes along with it even if it means his own death.Police."''
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--> ''"With those children, he thought, that wretched woman must lead a life of terror. Another year, two years, and they would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy. Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the Party. On the contrary, they adored the Party and everything connected with it. The songs, the processions, the banners, the hiking, the drilling with dummy rifles, the yelling of slogans, the worship of Big Brother -- it was all a sort of glorious game to them. All their ferocity was turned outwards, against the enemies of the State, against foreigners, traitors, saboteurs, thought-criminals. It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children. And with good reason, for hardly a week passed in which The Times did not carry a paragraph describing how some eavesdropping little sneak -- 'child hero' was the phrase generally used -- had overheard some compromising remark and denounced its parents to the Thought
** It is strongly implied that Parsons said nothing of the sort and they lied about the whole thing ForTheEvulz. Parsons is so indoctrinated into the ideology that he goes along with it even if it means his own death.
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* The Oceanians, thanks to all the years of indoctrination, starvation and overworking, coupled with the removal of any conflicting or disloyal elements, border on OurHumansAreDifferent. They're almost completely devoid of empathy for others, totally numb to violence or absolutely reveling in it. They're encouraged to hate their designated enemies, with each generation growing more desensitized to suffering and more thoroughly indoctrinated by the Party. They've also developed mindsets bordering on BizarreAlienPsychology, capable of actions like {{Doublethink}} nearly without question. They go beyond HumansAreBastards and closer to humanity if we were AlwaysChaoticEvil.
** There are, unfortunately, plenty of historical examples of this being TruthInTelevision - take UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany for instance.
** There are, unfortunately, plenty of historical examples of this being TruthInTelevision - take UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany for instance.
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* The Oceanians, thanks to all the years of indoctrination, starvation and overworking, coupled with the removal of any conflicting or disloyal elements, border on OurHumansAreDifferent. They're almost completely devoid of empathy for others, totally numb to violence or absolutely reveling in it. They're encouraged to hate their designated enemies, with each generation growing more desensitized to suffering and more thoroughly indoctrinated by the Party. They've also developed mindsets bordering on BizarreAlienPsychology, capable of actions like {{Doublethink}} nearly without question. They go beyond HumansAreBastards and closer to humanity if we were AlwaysChaoticEvil.
** ThereAlwaysChaoticEvil.[[note]]There are, unfortunately, plenty of historical examples of this being TruthInTelevision - take UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany for instance.instance, whose behavior is eerily identical to the Oceanians (and this disturbing behavior would be adopted by UsefulNotes/NorthKorea and UsefulNotes/{{China}} later on).[[/note]]
** There
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* Holy hell, '''''EVERYTHING''''' about the Ministry of Love. It gets introduced as "the really frightening one" for a reason.
** The four Ministry towers are intimidating enough, but Miniluv takes it up to eleven by having no windows whatsoever and much, ''much'' tighter security than the other three; for example, its perimeter is caked with barbed wire fences and guards can be seen in areas a good distance away.
** The four Ministry towers are intimidating enough, but Miniluv takes it up to eleven by having no windows whatsoever and much, ''much'' tighter security than the other three; for example, its perimeter is caked with barbed wire fences and guards can be seen in areas a good distance away.
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* Holy hell, '''''EVERYTHING''''' about What happens to people that get targeted by the Thought Police? Normally, a trip to the Ministry of Love. It gets introduced At the beginning of the novel, it's pointed out from the other three towers as "the really frightening one" one", and there are '''very''' good reasons for a reason.
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** Thefour other three towers have windows, but the Ministry towers are intimidating enough, but Miniluv takes it up to eleven by having no windows whatsoever and much, ''much'' tighter security than the other three; for example, its perimeter is caked of Love has none whatsoever. It also has a visibly significantly larger degree of security, with booby traps and hidden turrets everywhere, layers upon layers of barbed wire fences fences, and there's so many guards can be seen that even the streets leading up to its entrance are patrolled. Now that's a lot of security.
** Unlike the other three, the Ministry of Love is much more restrictive with who's allowed inareas a - basically, good distance away.luck if you aren't on official business.
** The Ministry of Love is also where Oceania's mastery of distorting the line between fact and fiction really shows. For example, because there are no windows, people who are kept prisoner there are completely unable to gauge the time. They could have clocks saying it's night when it's actually midday, and they'd believe it.
** The
** Unlike the other three, the Ministry of Love is much more restrictive with who's allowed in
** The Ministry of Love is also where Oceania's mastery of distorting the line between fact and fiction really shows. For example, because there are no windows, people who are kept prisoner there are completely unable to gauge the time. They could have clocks saying it's night when it's actually midday, and they'd believe it.
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** Even if Oceania was really just a rump state that governed over Airstrip One, good luck trying to escape. At best the coastline is going to be fortified to hell with Floating Fortresses - and that's if you even manage to make it that far, given that there's surveillance all over the place with the Thought Police waiting to pounce...
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** Even if Oceania was really just a rump state that governed over Airstrip One, good luck trying to escape. At best the coastline United Kingdom, do you really think you'd still be able to pull off an escape without getting caught? For starters, it's an island - so actually getting off when limited to underhand means is going to be fortified to hell with Floating Fortresses - a challenge in itself, and of course that's if assuming you even manage to make it that far, given as the main problems here are that there's Oceania has first constructed an extraordinarily large and pervasive surveillance all over network, and has secondly pretty much mastered the place with art of propaganda to the point where it's impossible to tell whether something is really true or not (such as the aforementioned scale and extent of the Thought Police). So taking those into consideration, it's pretty much a safe bet to consider an attempt to escape from Airstrip One a fool's errand and a guaranteed trip to the Ministry of Love or the labour camps. And on top of that, it's already been established that the Thought Police waiting are said to pounce...be so vigilant that even the slightest detectable hint of defection will cause them to pounce. This just further drives home how terrifying Oceania's security operation is.
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* The Oceanians, thanks to all the years of indoctrination, starvation and overworking, coupled with the removal of any conflicting or disloyal elements, border on OurHumansAreDifferent. They're almost completely devoid of empathy for others, totally numb to violence or absolutely reveling in it. They're encouraged to hate their designated enemies, with each generation growing more desensitized to suffering and more thoroughly indoctrinated by the Party. They've also developed mindsets bordering on BizarreAlienPsychology, capable of actions like {{Doublethink}} nearly without question. They go beyond HumansAreBastards and closer to humanity if we were AlwaysChaoticEvil. And the worse part? This is the ''exact'' behavior displayed by the people of North Korea and, after Xi Jingping became pro-active in his rulership, China.
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* The Oceanians, thanks to all the years of indoctrination, starvation and overworking, coupled with the removal of any conflicting or disloyal elements, border on OurHumansAreDifferent. They're almost completely devoid of empathy for others, totally numb to violence or absolutely reveling in it. They're encouraged to hate their designated enemies, with each generation growing more desensitized to suffering and more thoroughly indoctrinated by the Party. They've also developed mindsets bordering on BizarreAlienPsychology, capable of actions like {{Doublethink}} nearly without question. They go beyond HumansAreBastards and closer to humanity if we were AlwaysChaoticEvil. And the worse part? This is the ''exact'' behavior displayed by the people AlwaysChaoticEvil.
** There are, unfortunately, plenty ofNorth Korea and, after Xi Jingping became pro-active in his rulership, China.historical examples of this being TruthInTelevision - take UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany for instance.
** There are, unfortunately, plenty of
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* The Oceanians, thanks to all the years of indoctrination, starvation and overworking, coupled with the removal of any conflicting or disloyal elements, border on OurHumansAreDifferent. They're almost completely devoid of empathy for others, totally numb to violence or absolutely reveling in it. They're encouraged to hate their designated enemies, with each generation growing more desensitized to suffering and more thoroughly indoctrinated by the Party. They've also developed mindsets bordering on BizarreAlienPsychology, capable of actions like {{Doublethink}} nearly without question. They go beyond HumansAreBastards and closer to humanity if we were AlwaysChaoticEvil.
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* The Oceanians, thanks to all the years of indoctrination, starvation and overworking, coupled with the removal of any conflicting or disloyal elements, border on OurHumansAreDifferent. They're almost completely devoid of empathy for others, totally numb to violence or absolutely reveling in it. They're encouraged to hate their designated enemies, with each generation growing more desensitized to suffering and more thoroughly indoctrinated by the Party. They've also developed mindsets bordering on BizarreAlienPsychology, capable of actions like {{Doublethink}} nearly without question. They go beyond HumansAreBastards and closer to humanity if we were AlwaysChaoticEvil. And the worse part? This is the ''exact'' behavior displayed by the people of North Korea and, after Xi Jingping became pro-active in his rulership, China.
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** Even if Oceania was really just a rump state that only governed over Airstrip One, how would you know? The Party does, after all, control the spread of information to an extraordinary level. And even if you did know, actually getting out would be a challenge in itself; the coastline will be heavily fortified with things including the Floating Fortresses, and of course, there'll be the Thought Police ready to make a beeline for you if you even showed the slightest implication that you were plotting an escape...
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** Even if Oceania was really just a rump state that only governed over Airstrip One, how would you know? The Party does, after all, control the spread of information good luck trying to an extraordinary level. And even if you did know, actually getting out would be a challenge in itself; escape. At best the coastline will is going to be heavily fortified to hell with things including the Floating Fortresses, Fortresses - and of course, there'll be that's if you even manage to make it that far, given that there's surveillance all over the place with the Thought Police ready waiting to make a beeline for you if you even showed the slightest implication that you were plotting an escape...pounce...
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* The mere idea that there is no escape from this hellish dystopia. We see Oceania in all its hellishly oppressive detail, but living in Eurasia or Eastasia is pretty much exactly the same. The only place left is the Equatorial Front, which is nothing more than a giant fighting arena where you'll either be gunned down by supersoldiers or taken as a slave by whatever nation grabbed you. And if Julia's theory that Oceania is a OneWorldOrder is true, then there's ''nowhere to run.''[[note]]Then again, it's entirely possible that Oceania is as dishonest about the world ''outside'' Oceania as it is about the world inside Oceania. It's plausible that Oceania is, in fact, limited to Airstrip One - not that that would do the poor buggers much good.[[/note]]
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* The mere idea that there is no escape from this hellish dystopia. We see Oceania in all its hellishly dystopia, irrespective of whether the theories of the outside world are true or not. Eurasia and Eastasia are both said to be exactly as oppressive detail, but living in Eurasia or Eastasia is pretty much exactly as Oceania, and the same. details of that are already well established. The only place left in the world that is said to not be ruled by any of the three is the Equatorial Front, which is nothing more than a giant fighting arena where you'll either be gunned down by supersoldiers or taken as a slave by whatever nation grabbed you. And if Julia's theory that Oceania is a OneWorldOrder is true, then there's ''nowhere to run.''[[note]]Then again, it's entirely possible that ''
** Even if Oceaniais as dishonest about the world ''outside'' Oceania as it is about the world inside Oceania. It's plausible was really just a rump state that Oceania is, in fact, limited to only governed over Airstrip One - not that that One, how would do you know? The Party does, after all, control the poor buggers much good.[[/note]]spread of information to an extraordinary level. And even if you did know, actually getting out would be a challenge in itself; the coastline will be heavily fortified with things including the Floating Fortresses, and of course, there'll be the Thought Police ready to make a beeline for you if you even showed the slightest implication that you were plotting an escape...
** Even if Oceania
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*** This is also TruthInTelevision, with one of the most notorious examples being UsefulNotes/EastGermany; not only did they have an impressively large and sophisticated [[UsefulNotes/TheStasi secret police force]], but an even larger number of informants ready to turn in at a moment's notice anyone whom they perceived as suspicious as well. Such was the number of people involved with its undercover operation that it was a virtual safe bet to assume that literally any person you set eyes upon in that time would secretly be part of it.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. Youth organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League exist to indoctrinate them early and teach them to hate all enemies of Big Brother (the minimum age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and joining one is as normal to a child of Oceania as joining the Boy Scouts or a kids' baseball team. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. Youth organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League exist to indoctrinate them early and teach them to hate all enemies of Big Brother (the minimum age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and joining one is as normal to a child of Oceania as joining the Boy Scouts or a kids' baseball team.Little League. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* The sheer state of poverty in the world is nightmarish on it's own with the Proles in houses in constant disrepair and in filth so bad they have to deal with constant attacks from rats, so much so that even leaving your baby alone for five minutes runs a serious risk of them being attacked and devoured by rats and it's even worse for the sick and the elderly who are basically left to die. Even O'Brien, a devout and high ranking Inner Party member, lives a very modest lifestyle with only minor luxuries like wine. Big Brother and it's servants are so devoted to absolute control and misery that they are perfectly willing to leave it's citizens in this state, even it's loyal servants.
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* The sheer state of poverty in the world is nightmarish on it's own with the Proles in houses in constant disrepair and in filth so bad they have to deal with constant attacks from rats, so much so that even leaving your baby alone for five minutes runs a serious risk of them being attacked and devoured by rats and it's even worse for the sick and the elderly who are basically left to die. Even O'Brien, a devout and high ranking Inner Party member, lives a very modest lifestyle with only minor luxuries like wine. Big Brother and it's its servants are so devoted to absolute control and misery that they are perfectly willing to leave it's its citizens in this state, even it's its loyal servants.
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* The sheer state of poverty in the world is nightmarish on it's own with the Proles in houses in constant disrepair and in filth so bad they have to deal with constant attacks from rats, so much so that even leaving your baby alone for five minutes runs a serious risk of them being attacked and devoured by rats and it's even worse for the sick and the elderly who are basically left to die. Even O'Brien, a devout and high ranking Inner Party member, lives a very modest lifestyle with only minor luxuries like wine. Big Brother and it's servants are so devoted to absolute control and misery that they are perfectly willing to leave it's citizens, even it's true believers, in this state.
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* The sheer state of poverty in the world is nightmarish on it's own with the Proles in houses in constant disrepair and in filth so bad they have to deal with constant attacks from rats, so much so that even leaving your baby alone for five minutes runs a serious risk of them being attacked and devoured by rats and it's even worse for the sick and the elderly who are basically left to die. Even O'Brien, a devout and high ranking Inner Party member, lives a very modest lifestyle with only minor luxuries like wine. Big Brother and it's servants are so devoted to absolute control and misery that they are perfectly willing to leave it's citizens, citizens in this state, even it's true believers, in this state.loyal servants.
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* The sheer state of poverty in the world is nightmarish on it's own with the Proles in houses in constant disrepair and in filth so bad they have to deal with constant attacks from rats, so much so that even leaving your baby alone for five minutes runs a serious risk of them being attacked and devoured by rats and it's even worse for the sick and the elderly who are basically left to die. Even O'Brien, a devout and high ranking Inner Party member, lives a very modest lifestyle with only minor luxuries like wine. Big Brother and it's servants are so devoted to absolute control and misery that they are perfectly willing to leave it's citizens, even it's true believers, in this state.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. Youth organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League exist to indoctrinate them early (the minimum age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and joining one is as normal to a child of Oceania as joining the Boy Scouts or a kids' baseball team. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. Youth organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League exist to indoctrinate them early and teach them to hate all enemies of Big Brother (the minimum age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and joining one is as normal to a child of Oceania as joining the Boy Scouts or a kids' baseball team. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. When young, they join organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League which indoctrinate them early (the minimum age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and it's as normal to them as joining the Boy Scouts or a kids' baseball team. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. When young, they join Youth organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League which exist to indoctrinate them early (the minimum age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and it's joining one is as normal to them a child of Oceania as joining the Boy Scouts or a kids' baseball team. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. When young, they join organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League which indoctrinate them early (the cutoff age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and it's as normal to them as joining the Boy Scouts or a kids' baseball team. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. When young, they join organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League which indoctrinate them early (the cutoff minimum age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and it's as normal to them as joining the Boy Scouts or a kids' baseball team. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. When young, they join organizations like the Spies and the Junior Anti-Sex League which indoctrinate them early (the cutoff age to join the Spies is ''seven''), and it's as normal to them as joining the Boy Scouts or a kids' baseball team. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* As part of his job, Winston invents a story of the life of a war hero named Comrade Ogilvy, whose entire short life from birth to death revolved around serving and worshipping Big Brother. At 3 years old, the only toys he would play with were a drum, toy gun and helicopter. At 6, he joined the Spies a year early, becoming a troop leader at 9. At 11, he turned his uncle in to the Thought Police. For the rest of his life he was a soldier until he died in action at 23. He had no hobbies, no recreations, no friends or family to speak of, no desire or purpose except to serve Big Brother. This is considered ideal and even enviable. Imagine this being your life...
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* As part of his job, Winston invents a story of the life of a war hero named Comrade Ogilvy, whose entire short life from birth to death revolved around serving and worshipping Big Brother. At 3 years old, the only toys he would play with were a drum, toy gun and helicopter. At 6, he joined the Spies a year early, becoming a troop leader at 9. At 11, he turned his uncle in to the Thought Police. At 17, he was a district organizer of the Junior Anti-Sex League. For the rest of his life he was a soldier until he died in action at 23. He had no hobbies, no recreations, no friends or family to speak of, no desire or purpose except to serve Big Brother. This is considered ideal and even enviable. Imagine this being your life...
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* The most scary thing about the setting of this book? Not only does it remain one of the most nightmarish dystopias ever devised, but [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters there is no supernatural element at all]] and it is all ''entirely plausible''. [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Want proof?]]
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* The most scary thing about the setting of this book? Not only does it remain one of the most nightmarish dystopias ever devised, but [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters [[RealismInducedHorror there is no supernatural element at all]] all and it is all ''entirely plausible''.all]] ''[[RealismInducedHorror entirely plausible]]''. [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Want proof?]]
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* Arguably the Oceanians, thanks to all the years of indoctrination, starvation and overworking, coupled with the removal of any conflicting or disloyal elements, border on OurHumansAreDifferent. They're almost completely devoid of empathy for others, totally numb to violence or absolutely reveling in it. They're encouraged to hate their designated enemies, with each generation growing more desensitized to suffering and more thoroughly indoctrinated by the Party. They've also developed mindsets bordering on BizarreAlienPsychology, capable of actions like {{Doublethink}} nearly without question. They go beyond HumansAreBastards and closer to humanity if we were AlwaysChaoticEvil.
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* Arguably the The Oceanians, thanks to all the years of indoctrination, starvation and overworking, coupled with the removal of any conflicting or disloyal elements, border on OurHumansAreDifferent. They're almost completely devoid of empathy for others, totally numb to violence or absolutely reveling in it. They're encouraged to hate their designated enemies, with each generation growing more desensitized to suffering and more thoroughly indoctrinated by the Party. They've also developed mindsets bordering on BizarreAlienPsychology, capable of actions like {{Doublethink}} nearly without question. They go beyond HumansAreBastards and closer to humanity if we were AlwaysChaoticEvil.
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** The scene where the Thought Police capture Winston and Julia. It starts with them in their room (as shown on the projector) saying the ArcWords "we are the dead". [[OhCrap Cue a robotic voice confirming "you are the dead".]] Then, the entire set begins to [[BreakingTheFourthWall begins to change and shift to the Ministry of Love set]], all set to the lovely blaring white noise accompanying scenes of importance.
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** The scene where the Thought Police capture Winston and Julia. It starts with them in their room (as shown on the projector) saying the ArcWords "we are the dead". [[OhCrap Cue a robotic voice confirming "you are the dead".]] Then, the entire set begins to [[BreakingTheFourthWall begins to change and shift to the Ministry of Love set]], all set to the lovely blaring white noise accompanying scenes of importance.
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* Something as simple as talking in your sleep can earn you a visit from the Thought Police. [[ParanoiaFuel Your life will end over something you had as much control over as a breath or a heartbeat.]] They don't even need proof to drag you away to Room 101.Parsons gets arrested because his children (falsely?) report that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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* Something as simple as talking in your sleep can earn you a visit from the Thought Police. [[ParanoiaFuel Your life will end over something you had as much control over as a breath or a heartbeat.]] They don't even need proof to drag you away to Room 101. Parsons gets arrested because his children (falsely?) report that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
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** Also nasty is that ''1984'''s setting is enforcing their surveillance without the help of computers, or at least not computers as we know them[[note]]The book mentions how entertainment for the proles is mass-produced by a sort of mechanical kaleidoscopes known as "versificators"[[/note]]. When you think on real-world programs as China's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Credit_System Social Credit System]] you can see Orwell got short of what could happen in RealLife.
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** Also nasty is that ''1984'''s setting is enforcing their surveillance without the help of computers, or at least not computers as we know them[[note]]The book mentions how entertainment for the proles is mass-produced by a sort of mechanical kaleidoscopes known as "versificators"[[/note]]. When you think on real-world programs as China's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Credit_System Social Credit System]] System]], not to mention the potential capabilities of ArtificialIntelligence, you can see Orwell got short of what could happen in RealLife.
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* Near the beginning of the novel, Winston starts his diary with a frantic, semi-coherent paragraph about his experience at the cinema with the audience enjoying a movie about a refugee boat in the Mediterranean being blown up and people trying to escape from it being shot and bombed to death. People [[HumorDissonance guffaw]] at a scene of a fat man trying to swim away in desperation being shot to bloody pieces with [[BloodIsSquickerInWater the water turning pink around him]]. Mass applause is had at a scene of a lifeboat full of mothers trying to comfort their terrified children being [[WouldHurtAChild blown up with a bomb]] sending the children's dismembered limbs flying into the air. The only one who criticizes the film is some prole woman [[HappinessIsMandatory who is promptly arrested]]. What it says about the sheer level of fanatical indoctrination of [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Oceanian citizens]] is truly horrifying.
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* Near the beginning of the novel, Winston starts his diary with a frantic, semi-coherent paragraph about his experience at the cinema with the audience enjoying a movie about a refugee boat in the Mediterranean being blown up and people trying to escape from it being shot and bombed to death. People [[HumorDissonance guffaw]] at a scene of a fat man trying to swim away in desperation being shot to bloody pieces with [[BloodIsSquickerInWater the water turning pink around him]]. Mass They give mass applause is had at to a scene of in which a lifeboat full of mothers trying to comfort their terrified children being gets [[WouldHurtAChild blown up with a bomb]] sending the children's dismembered limbs flying into the air.air (and the camera ''follows'' that, by the way). The only one who criticizes the film is some prole woman [[HappinessIsMandatory who is promptly arrested]]. What it says about the sheer level of fanatical indoctrination of [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Oceanian citizens]] is truly horrifying.
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** The worst part of them is that while they're working all the day and cannot be shut down except for Inner Party members and just for half an hour at best, [[ParanoiaFuel you cannot know if someone is watching/listening at the other side in a given moment]].
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** Likewise, [[ParanoiaFuel you cannot know if a friend or even someone of your family is actually a member of the Thought Police]], who are watching you for unorthodoxy and waiting to act. Or if they'll turn you into it, up to [[ForTheEvulz just because]], as quite likely Parson's children.
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** Likewise, [[ParanoiaFuel you cannot know if a friend or even someone of your family is actually a member of the Thought Police]], who are watching you for unorthodoxy and waiting to act. Or if they'll just turn you into it, up in to [[ForTheEvulz just because]], as quite likely Parson's them anyway out of BlindObedience, like Parsons' children.
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* '''Room 101.''' Imagine a PlaceWorseThanDeath where you are tortured with [[YourWorstNightmare whatever you fear the most]], right up to the point where you will betray literally ''anything'' just to get it away from you, and subsequently go irreversibly past the DespairEventHorizon.
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* '''Room 101.''' Imagine a PlaceWorseThanDeath where you are tortured with [[YourWorstNightmare [[MindRape whatever you fear the most]], right up to the point where you will betray literally ''anything'' just to get it away from you, and subsequently go irreversibly past the DespairEventHorizon.
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** Likewise, you cannot know if a friend or even someone of your family is actually a member of the Thought Police, who are watching you for unorthodoxy. Or if they'll turn you into it, up to [[ForTheEvulz just because]], as quite likely Parson's children.
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** The speech is also horrifying on another level: just ''who are those people'' if they actively want to make life for everyone else [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans as bad as possible]]?
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** It is strongly implied that Parsons said nothing of the sort and they lied about the whole thing ForTheEvulz. Parsons is so indoctrinated into the ideology that he goes along with it even if it means his own death. [[SarcasmMode What a nice world.]]
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** It is strongly implied that Parsons said nothing of the sort and they lied about the whole thing ForTheEvulz. Parsons is so indoctrinated into the ideology that he goes along with it even if it means his own death. [[SarcasmMode What a nice world.]]
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* The indoctrination of Oceania's children from birth creates turns them into little monsters fanatically loyal to Big Brother.Brother, to the point of encouraging them to turn their own parents into the Thought Police and praising them for doing so. Parsons's two children scream about wanting to see a public hanging, set a market woman's skirt on fire because they saw her wrapping up sausages in a poster of Big Brother (something they were taught to do as members of the Spies), and turn their own father into the Party by claiming that he was saying "Down with Big Brother" in his sleep.
