1984

1984

1. Fear

   • Winston's fear of rats caused him to betray Julia in Room 101
     • Betrayal
       • The torture Julia and Winston endured was another cause of the betrayals against each other
         • Torture
   • The people of Oceania were controlled using fear of being caught by the thought police
     • Control
       • The party's control over its members make them weak-minded
       • Big Brother's goal was to control language and to get rid of words to limit thoughts
         • Language
           • Being able to use language to communicate his thoughts helped Winston figure out he actually hated Big Brother
             • Perception
               • How Winston perceived O'Brian gave him hope
                 • Hope
                   • Winston had hope in the Proles and in humanity because he believed they were the real humans and he and the Party members were not
                     • Humanity
                       • The proles were so comfortably ignorant to the fact that they were humanities' last hope
                         • Ignorance
                           • The proles were so ignorant because they lacked information and the urge to find out any information
                             • Information
                               • In Oceania, all real information was censored and altered
                                 • Censorship
                                   • The censorship of real news allowed for all Party members to be munipulated
                                     • Munipulation
                                       • The Party gained their power through munipulation
                                         • Power
                                           • Winston recognized the power of the Party and that made him want to rebel even more.
                                             • Rebellion
                                               • It was rebellion to have thought crimes
                                                 • Thought
                                                   • Winston didn't try to suppress his thoughts because he knew the thought police was coming either way
                                                     • Suppression
                                                       • 5 minutes hate was to release what they had been suppressing to keep them from going insane
                                                         • Insanity
                                                           • • Society
                                                               • • Hate
                                                                   • • Reality
                                                                       • • Objectivity
                                                   • The Party wanted to take away the most simple act of free will, thought
                                                     • Free Will
                                                       • • Freedom
                                                           • • Truth
                                                               • • Love
                                                                   • Love made Julia and Winston insane because of how risky they decided to be
                                                   • Winston knew his thoughts would lead to his death
                                                     • Death
                                                       • Winston knew Syme would be killed because he had too much knowledge for his own good
                                                         • Knowledge
                                                           • • Facts
                                                               • The Ministry of Truth altered facts
   • Winston's fear in the Ministry of Truth caused him to be both mentally and physically weak
     • Weakness