The document discusses how totalitarian governments use propaganda and surveillance to control citizens and restrict independent thought. It provides quotes from 1984 to illustrate how the Party in Oceania constantly broadcasts propaganda to make citizens believe that Big Brother and the Party are responsible for their survival and success. Citizens live in a state of constant fear that their thoughts are being monitored and will be considered thoughtcrimes against the Party. By the end, physical and psychological torture is used to break Winston and eliminate his independent thoughts and identity.