1984+Essay

Dear Boethius, In your time you might of thought your mind could be free and couldn’t be controlled, but your wrong. In my year, 1984 EVERYTHING can be controlled.

My name is Aimee Martin. I live in a gray world where our “leader” Big Brother can capture you and take you, as if nobody ever loved you or cared about you. There is an evil thing called the Thought Police. The Thought Police is the government that attempts to control not only the speech and actions, but the thoughts with the labeling unapproved thoughts with the name thought crime. The thought police also move among the prowls, Spreading false rumors and marking down and eliminating any invisdual rebellion against the party, everybody lives under a constant surveillance. You could be taken away in the middle of the night and never seen again. “War is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength.” (pg.19)

There is an awful man named O’Brien. O’Brien pretends to oppose the party and tricks people into joining “the brother hood” He is actually very loyal to the party and is in charge of the party. “Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past” (pg. 271)