- "Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer; though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing." (p. 3)
Citizens of Oceania are not only mentally controlled, but physically controlled as well. Winston realizes that the monitoring process is so tedious, that he needs to train assumed 'safe' features such as his back. Orwell introduces this concept in the beginning to demonstrate how it works against Winston in the end of the novel. Even though Winston believed the Party would never corrupt his mind, physical pain was the most powerful device used against him. Once Winston experiences the torture in the Ministry of Love, the Party has fully conditioned his mind to obey their purposes.
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