Question

In the book 1984, find a quotation that explains the callousness with which people are treated and why the Party acts as it does.

Answer 1

iAnswer:

"This last was for the disposal of waste paper. Similar slits existed in thousands or tens of thousands throughout the building, not only in every room but at short intervals in every corridor. For some reason they were nicknamed memory holes. When one knew that any document was due for destruction, or even when one saw a scrap of waste paper lying about, it was an automatic action to lift the flap of the nearest memory hole and drop it in, whereupon it would be whirled away on a current of warm air to the enormous furnaces which were hidden somewhere in the recesses of the building. (1.4.2)"

Explanation:

The reason why the party acts in this way in this quote is that The Party seeks to control the present by mandating the destruction of all records of the past through "memory holes."