Thoughtcrime
is thinking of anything that the Thought Police and the Party deem is illegal. Illegal is
anything that creates individuality--not the best thing for the Party as a whole. They want
Party members to remain isolated so that no one can band together and rebel like the
Proles.
For example,continually looks around during the Two Minute Hate and
peruses the crowd for others who might give away for even the briefest of seconds that he/she
might also be against Big Brother like he is. This is where he thinksis against the whole Party
thing, and also where he repeatedly finds himself staring atbefore they formally meet.
Julia's passing the note to Winston is also thoughtcrime. It proves that she has been
"thinking" for a while about having a relationship outside of the Party which is
forbidden. Therefore, the affair she and Winston have is absolutely
illegal.
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