Theme

A theme is an idea woven thoughout a text, allowing the reader to think about the idea from many angles. Themes are typically summarized in one word or a short phase. One of the themes in 1984 is mind-control. The way mind control is presented in 1984 is very strongly. There is a lot of examples of mind-control in this allegory. One example is the thought police because if they believe you are thinking ther is punishment. Another example of mind-control is the telescreen. The reason way the telescreen is a example is becasue why would you want a telescreen in your room that always have to be on and someone is watching every little thing you are doing. Hoestly that would creep me out becasue you do not know when they are watching you or what they are saying about you when they are watching you. Another example is the newspaper because big brother is telling everyone what he wants them to know and not the exact truth he is only telling them half of the truth. Another example is the victory gin and the victory cigarettes. This is an example because they do not win anything at all. They are not victory they are no where near victory. Another example in 1984 is "War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength." This quote is shows reverse psychology so they people in the story think it is right and that is showing mind-control. This is only some of the examples of the theme mind-control there are more.