"Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull"(Orwell 27).
This line in the book contains a mix of both truth and falseness. It begs the question do the people in the book actually control their minds. Although technically Big Brother and the Party cannot be inside the minds of the people, they control every aspect of their lives with such completeness, not even their minds belong to themselves anymore. The Party is trying desperately by using the Thought Police and rewriting history to control the memories and conscious thoughts of the people. Their minds are trained to follow the rules so well that everything they think and do are controlled. No rebellion, nothing unplanned, no memories. All this considered, is your brain really yours? If you cannot choose what to think or say, you do not know which of your memories have truly occurred, you live in fear that others know what you are thinking, is your mind truly yours? Yes, no one can take it away from you, but if you are told how to use it, then it might as well not belong to you.
No comments:
Post a Comment