1984

"'Top 'ats!' he said. 'Funny you should mention' em. The same thing come into my 'ead only yesterday. I dunno why. I was jest think. I ain't seen a top 'at in years Gorn right out, they'ave. The last time I wore one was at my sister-in-law's funeral. And that was-well, I couldn't give you the day, but it must'a been fifty years ago. Of course it was only 'ired for the occasion, your understand" (76) Winston took a stroll out one night and visited the proles. After a brief encounter with a bomb, Winston brushed off the explosion and the deadly consequences and continued his walk. He eventually found himself at a bar. There, Winston met a deranged-old man. He thought that this older gentleman could help him unlock the past. After offering the old man beer, Winston conjured up these questions to explore the past, however, the old man was far to strange with his answers. Winston did not receive his desired answer and left the...

"Even from the coin the eyes pursued you. On coins, on stamps, on the covers of books, on banners, on posters, and on the wrapping of cigarette packet- everywhere. Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, working or eating, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or in bed- no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your brain." (pg. 26)           This passage was a description of the surrounding protagonist Winston Smith was consistently in. He was surrounded by watchful eyes that where everywhere. Furniture to small pocket items, there were images of eyes stitched into items creating a sense that there was always something watching where ever he would go. There was no privacy, except for the confines of your mind, and even that had its limits. The thought police was created to prevent people from having their own ideas. Another way to interpret this (excluding that last sentence) is that the...