1984: The Party's Methods Of Controlling People

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plays the role of keeping the citizens
fearful that they might do or say, or even think, something harmful to the
State and the Party. The telescreens attempt to control the intellect and
emotions of its citizens. The telescreens prove the emotional loyalty to
Big Brother, who alone has the power to create and to destroy anyone he
wants. The people know that every move they make is being constantly
watched by the telesceens and if committing a thoughtcrime they will be
punished immediately.

"A new poster had suddenly appeared all over London. It had no caption, and
represented simply the monstrous figure of a Eurasian soldier, three of
four meters high striding forward with expressionless Mongolian face and
enormous boots, a submachine gun pointed from his hip. From whatever angle
you looked at the poster, the muzzle of the gun, magnified by the
foreshortening seemed to be pointed straight at you. The thing had been
plastered on every blank space on every wall, even ...

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