The Brotherhood cannot be wiped out because it is not an organization in an ordinary sense. Nothing holds it together except an idea which is indestructible" (176). The Brotherhood is nothing more than a group of people that hate the party. I think that this shows how as the strength of a government goes up, so does its vulnerability. The Party grows stronger, as does the number of people that want to defeat it. This is one of the themes of the novel. It speaks of the dangers of power. People in power only want more, and as their power grows, the hatred toward them grows more. I feel that as the Party grows even stronger, the number in the Brotherhood will become so great that it will be overtaken.
I would also like to praise the way that the Brotherhood is set up. It is pretty fool proof. They know that humans, if tortured, will spill everything. The Brotherhood protects people from that by not giving them any secrets to spill. Each member, even the high members, only know the identities of a few other members. This ensure that the entire Brotherhood cannot be eliminated in one swoop. Genius.
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