You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not...

"The groveling on the floor and screaming for mercy, the crack of broken bones,the smashed teeth and bloody clots of hair" (103). This is some intense imagery that is used when describing the torture that a thought criminal must endure in order to confess. Though this is clearly horrid treatment, it is only described as routine. This lack of reaction horrible treatment shows this society has become immune to the violence that is around it. There are people dying left and right, and Winston only kicks a severed hand when he sees it later on in the book. The scary part is that Winston does not conform. he is not the typical Party member. He is not nearly as immune to the violence as others are. The society trains people from a young age to enjoy hurting others. The Parson children throw a fit when they cannot see another man be hanged. This imagery shows the control that the Party has over its members. It has created people that have lost all empathy and concern for human beings. This allows the Party to use people as their soldiers and eliminate all in their way. Sound like Hitler?