How would you feel if your thoughts and feelings were under constant control of the government? What if you were forced to wipe certain memories from your life at any given moment? These are examples of what society within George Orwell’s, 1984, and Yoko Ogawa’s, Memory Police, look like. Each society in 1984 and Memory Police are under strict control by certain authoritarian figures that are considered to be “police.” In the novel 1984, these people are known as the “Thought Police,” and in the novel Memory Police, they are the “Memory Police.” The “Thought Police” control the thoughts of every citizen through manipulation, while the “Memory Police” control the inhibitors of the island by disappearing certain objects and people, forcing the…show more content… ‘I don’t know what will happen to the island if things continue to disappear” (Ogawa 52). The “Memory Police” seem to impact the narrator by causing anxiety in her. Another instance of this “police” impacting the main character’s emotions is in the novel, 1984. The “Thought Police” and their strict laws are a root cause to Winston’s anger and frustration within the story, and one way he expressed his anger was by writing in a diary, which is illegal in this society. For example, “His pen had slid voluptuously over the smooth paper, printing in large neat capitals - DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER.” (Orwell 18). Winston feels trapped in this society because of the “Thought Police,” but by rebelling, he is somewhat able to take out his frustrations. At the end of 1984, however, Winston’s illegal actions catch up to him, and he is captured by the “Thought Police” where they are successfully able to manipulate and completely brainwash him. The text states, “He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother” (Orwell 298). This really shows just how powerful the “Thought Police” are, since they are able to change a man’s entire mindset, and switch it…show more content… Societies that are either controlled by the “Memory Police,” or the “Thought Police,” are so heavily impacted by them in certain ways. An instance of this is in 1984, where the “Thought Police” are able to alter records in history to control what the citizens think. Winston explains how the “Thought Police,” claim the past has never been altered, even though that is proven false. For example, “All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory. ‘Reality control,’ they called it; in Newspeak, ‘doublethink.’” (Orwell 35). The “Thought Police” are able to control the minds of everyone, except for the people like Winston, by altering the past and manipulating the citizens. Another example of these “police’s” affect on society is in Memory Police. Calendars, an important thing to life, had just disappeared, and it left everyone confused as to how the seasons were going to work. The text states, “No matter how long we waited, spring never came, and we lay buried under the snow along with the ashes of calendars” (Ogawa
