Theme Of Power In George Orwell's '1984'

The party is the ultimate power. Can that fact be any more established in 1984? There are several instances in the book that convey this, with a paragraph from page 104 being the most convincing. Winston had just arrived home, evading the “thought police agent” that was following home. Mulling over his options, he decided that it was too late to kill her, and that his best bet was to record his thoughts in his journal. In this excerpt, Winston weighs the pros and cons of writing. As the passage progresses, one can see that there is one “con” that is inevitable, which is torture and eventual death by the party. This undeniable result raises several questions to Winston, such as “Why did you have to endure it, since the end was always the same?”
The party’s control of every aspect of life drives the citizens to live in constant fear, even if they have committed no wrongdoings. Innocent actions are often believed to have malicious intent, such as Julia attempting to talk to Winston. The nature of Oceanic society is so regimented that even love and attraction has been extirpated, and replaced with mistrust and suspicion. Once arriving home, Winston’s paranoia is obvious, with him thinking “of the thing that would happen to him after the Thought Police took him away.” This regimental society that brands love as a form of rebellion impels Winston to believe that Julia is a member of the thought police. His paranoia is rightfully so, because the party is so nonchalant about vaporizing “traitors”. They lead citizens to believe that death by torture is predestined, no matter how good of a life one lives. One peculiar event in a day automatically suggests that Winston is being followed not by a lover, but the dreaded thought police. The expectations set forth by the party eradicated any fluctuation of life, and forced adherence to such rigid “regulations” that one could never be sure if they would live another