"In fact I'm proud of her. It shows I brought her up in the right spirit, anyway" (page 233). This is a quote when Parsons is explaining how he got arrested. His daughter heard him saying in his sleep that he did not like Big Brother. She reported him and he will be killed. Despite that, he was proud of her. This is an irony that shows the lack of family ties, and how that destroys people. It is ironic that the father is proud that his daughter has caused his death. This shows that the society does not promote family ties. The author is trying to show that the family unit is very important to the success of a society. It is the breakdown of the family, as seen here, that can cause people to have nothing to live for. Parsons really has no family that he cares about, so he has no reason to keep on living. He does not mind that his daughter reported him. He is just glad that she did as the Party asks.
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