In 1984 the thing that really stood out to me was the fact that the people seemed to be brainwashed. This was really strange to me because of the fact that they would second guess the things they were told about everything that they knew. Winston, for example, would think about a different time when people weren't forced to be married to someone that they weren't physically attracted to. He seemed to hate the way that society was controlled but he was scared that he would be erased so he followed everything that he knew was wrong. How does brain washing people help them to live better lives? If they know that some of the things that Big Brother is telling them is false, but are too scared to comment on it, wouldn't that harm them in the end?
Winston was scared to write in his journal, but he decided to write in it as an act of rebellion. It seems as though his journal is his only escape from a day of second guessing himself. All day everyday he would be thinking about people who may or may not be feeling the same way as he was. But there was no way to know unless he asked which he can't do because he is constantly being watched. The fact that these people are being watched 24/7 can be tiring, but Big Brother sees it as a way of protecting the people, when in the long run it is setting the people up for distruction.
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