How does society change in 1984?

To understand how
society has changed in , it is useful to look at life in Oceania before the
Party came to power. We see this through 's memories which come back to him as his sense of
rebellion increases. 

The memory of Winston's mother, for example,
demonstrates how the Party's control has altered the general feelings of the population. In Part
One, Chapter Three, for example, Winston acknowledges the pain of his mother's death thirty
years earlier while recognising that such private loyalties have been eroded by the Party and
replaced with...