Thought & Facecrime
The term for having "illegal" thoughts in Oceania.
What is Thoughtcrime?
The five-word slogan found on posters throughout Oceania.
Big Brother is watching you
When a person is vaporized and every record of their existence is wiped out, they are officially referred to by this term.
What is Unperson
An involuntary nervous tic or look of anxiety that betrays you.
What is Facecrime?
The device in every home that both broadcasts and listens.
What is Telescreen?
When do most vaporizations occur?
During the night
The only "cubic centimetres" Winston says are your own.
This group is trained to spy on and report on people.
The children
Why does the Party erase a person's history?
To rewrite the past/control the truth
Why is the party's ability to punish "Thoughtcrime" is more frightening than ordinary laws?
Because it reaches into a person's "inner life," turning their mind into a crime scene where even unspoken ideas are punishable
Why does the Party encourage children to spy on their own parents?
To turn the children into an extension of the Thought Police and destroy private trust
In a lawful society, an arrest leaves records and witnesses. Why does Winston describe vaporization as 'potentially unrecoverable' for the victim?
Because the Party removes them from society, records, and memory—making it as if they 'had never existed.