Freedom In George Orwell's 1984

“War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength” (Orwell 6) was what gave the characters in 1984 the impression that they had freedom. When you read the quote you realize that everything is the exact opposite of what is said. In Orwell’s story the characters do not seem to actually have freedom which is shown by the characters not being able to have thought control , they get tortured until their thoughts are no longer their intrinsic, and characters are constantly presided to make sure they don’t have any notions of their own. Freedom is “the right to think or speak without restraint” but in Orwell's 1984 this is not the case. Each person tries to express themselves but slowly realize it is not possible. Having your own thoughts is highly frowned upon in this society and is seen as dangerous. When a character starts to have their own thought control they seem to go into a panic state of mind realizing the thought police will surely recognize their unusual behavior. Having a system such as the Thought Police puts a certain fear into people that makes them realize there are
Fear was what kept the prisoners of the Thought Police on their guard in case they were to be caught. The main goal of the Thought Police was to get everyone to believe that The Party was all good and no evil, so to do this they would use people's biggest fears against them. Shocking was also another way that people were indoctrinated to believe in everything that was said about The Party. Most people would give in and say “take them instead please just stop doing this to me” even if that meant the person they loved getting tortured or even killed. Big Brother seemed to be most of the issue and if he was not believed in there was no choice but to torture the people. Everyone had their different ways of being tortured which created a suspense for each character leaving them wondering what happens in Room