My Thoughts About the Thought Police

In 1984, I don't understand how the government got to be the way it is. Why would all of the people in London, and where ever else in the world this has happened to, allow the government to become so controlling. It amazes me the way people behave in the novel, especially Winston. Winston knows that the government is wrong, but he always knows that he can not do anything about it. The government has scared him into thinking that he can't do anything about it. But I think that if everyone got over their fear, they'd totally be able to change things and take over the government to take it back to the way it was.

The reason why the government still has control over the people is because it has grown them up to be scared. Everyone is scared of what will happen to them if they think bad things about the government, or do something against the government, so they don't do it. They threaten people with examples from the past, and the Thought Police. Personally, I don't think that the Thought Police truly exist. I think that the government says that they are out there to try and scare everyone into behaving and not thinking bad things about the government. Do people honestly believe that there are people out there that can read their thoughts? That is impossible. And besides, if the Thought Police truly were real, wouldn't Winston have been totally caught by now? He thinks bad things about the government all the time. It's practically his second job. There is no way that the Thought Police actually exists, and if the people figured that out, then they might be able to do something about the government.