The
government controls almost every second of an Outer Party member's life. Not only do party
members work for the government, but they also spend their spare waking hours on activities such
as participating in the massive preparations for Hate Week. Beyond that, most people are
terrified of being vaporized, which means suddenly disappearing and wiping away any memory of
one's existence. There are no specific laws forbidding this or that activity, but people
nevertheless know that anything but rigid conformity to the Party carries a great
risk.
andthink they can avoid the control of the state by escaping to the
country or to the room above Mr. Carrington's shop to carry on their illicit affair. They find
out too late that the state's surveillance equipment is everywhere.
Physical
pain is also a means of physical control. The vulnerability of the human body and Winston's pain
is described vividly after he is arrested and brought to Miniluv:
All he had eyes for was the...
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