Causes Of Crime In The Novel 1984
Americans express commitment to valued causes through rebellious acts and being against the rules. In the novel 1984 Winston Smith, the main character, goes against the rules and is rebellious. All the rules that Winston goes against leads to committing crimes and puts him at risk of being arrested or being killed by the people in the Party. Winston is not the only one who commits crimes in Airstrip One, the entire society commits crimes. This impacts societal change physically and mentally because citizens are being tortured and manipulated as a punishment.
Thought Crime is a type of crime in which the offender's thoughts conflict with or defy the laws or beliefs of the society. Thought police identify this crime through the actions
of the offender either through surveillance of the society or through another individual turning that person in.
Winston also commits the crime of writing in a diary. He kept and wrote in an alcove where the telescreen wasn't able to see what he was doing. In his diary the wrote “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” and he knew that rather he wrote it or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference. He knew that thought police would get him sooner or later. “ Thought police would get him just the same” (Orwell 19).
Citizens in Airstrip one are manipulated in many ways. The Party is filled with psychological stimuli designed to overwhelm the mind’s capacity for independent thought. The giant telescreens that are in every citizen’s room blasts a constant stream of propaganda designed to make the failures of the Party appear to be triumphant successes. The telescreens also monitor their behavior.
Thought Crime is a type of crime in which the offender's thoughts conflict with or defy the laws or beliefs of the society. Thought police identify this crime through the actions
of the offender either through surveillance of the society or through another individual turning that person in.
Winston also commits the crime of writing in a diary. He kept and wrote in an alcove where the telescreen wasn't able to see what he was doing. In his diary the wrote “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” and he knew that rather he wrote it or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference. He knew that thought police would get him sooner or later. “ Thought police would get him just the same” (Orwell 19).
Citizens in Airstrip one are manipulated in many ways. The Party is filled with psychological stimuli designed to overwhelm the mind’s capacity for independent thought. The giant telescreens that are in every citizen’s room blasts a constant stream of propaganda designed to make the failures of the Party appear to be triumphant successes. The telescreens also monitor their behavior.