Parson Getting Caught by a Junior Spy

“’Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day… I don’t bear her any grudge for it. In fact I’m proud of her.’” –Parson (p.193)

Even Parson’s own daughter, who is a member of the Junior Spies, betrayed him for the Party. This is another example of Totalitarianism in 1984. The way the Party requires the children to join into an organization, called the Junior Spies, can be compared to how our own government created public schools for us in some ways. There are many obvious differences between how the Party and our government acts of course, such as giving us freedom to go to whatever school we want to go to which is something the members of the Party does not get. The Junior Spies are taught (more like brainwashed) to be loyal to the Party/Big Brother. What if our government is doing the same thing? What if we have been brainwashed all along about how trustworthy our government is through the free public schooling? All of the history classes we have taken during our elementary, middle school, and high school years have taught us about the development of our government. They teach us about how equal it is now for us compared to years ago. I personally believe most of it because of the evidences and witnesses, but there is always a possibility that all of the information the government have given us is a big giant lie. However, our government is obviously not perfect and they don’t try to make themselves seem perfect. I’m sure there are at least a little bit of corruption that takes place within any government around the world. These corruption should not be held against the whole government, but there is always a chance that a small problem may eventually turn into a bigger, more serious problem.