They caught Parsons as well! The dialogue between them was pretty interesting. Parsons believes 100% in the system, concluding that he must be guilty because the party wouldn't lock up an innocent man. His own children had reported him, no less, which I really think shows the reach of the party's control on households. Parsons is even somewhat proud of his daughter for it!
In the next scenes there's this trip of extreme policing and fearfulness of room 101. They're constantly surveilled and we see kind of this "underground" of the party's police force. People who disappeared were sent here. I'm interested to hear about what's inside.
I thought it was crazy how his daughter reported him and he was like yay that's an example of my good parenting skills! I mean he knows how much physical and mental main he was going to encounter...
ReplyDeleteI think Parsons shows just how indoctrinated everyone is. The idea that he must be guilty because the party said so, just because of his sleep. He even wants to thank them for taking him in for fear he'd change into a "bad guy." Not to mention how he graciously accepts his likely forced labor sentence.
ReplyDeleteParsons is the worst. He's the ultimate fulfillment of the Party, in some ways. He likely didn't do anything, not even what his daughter said he did -- he's merely an exercise in power over the people.
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