'84

        The first half of 1984 is about as one might expect: characters are introduced, like the main character, Winston, the dark-haired girl named Julia, and of course, Big Brother (if he counts as a character) along with his thought police.  I'm going to save the summary for now, and rather consider how my big question pertains to 1984.  I see the main source of intelligence in 1984 to be the inner Party and the thought police - for obvious reasons, really.  The inner party decides what goes in the history books (how to change history to best suit the Party's interests) and controls what the people know and have access to, and the thought police keeps an ever-vigilant eye on the people to insure that Big Brother's (essentially, the inner party's) will is obeyed.  Basically, together the inner party and the thought police control every aspect of the common people's lives, keeping them as obedient and ignorant as possible.