These are just some examples of Totalitarianism: where the government controls all aspects of public and private life. In this book, we clearly see that the authorities (Big Brother and the Thought Police) are constantly spying on the citizens, ready to arrests anybody who commits the slightest abnormal act. This leaves the population in fear, where everyone has to make sure he/she follows the rules (though everyone seem to be breaking them so they are NO rules). In other words, they have to appear as "normal" to the Thought Police. One false step or word could get them arrested. By watching the citizens 24/7, the government controls the public and private lives of the people. They control them with fear. Fear of what would happen to them if they disobey.
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