In the science fiction novel 1984 George Orwell creates the character Winston, who lives in the superstate Oceania and is exposed to the cruel practices of his government. Oceania's ruling government, The Party, is an adherent of a totalitarianism political system. The Party uses various methods to keep their people oppressed in order to stay in power. The unknown government leaders in the novel cling to the utilization of censorship, propaganda, and secret police in order to keep the citizens of Oceania laden with ignorance and little individuality; to withhold their grasp on political power in the superstate. The Party ensures the effectiveness of these three methods by preforming actions such as: censoring people by not allowing the possession of personal journals as well as obliterating all forms of literature, spreading propaganda, such as their slogans and mass exposure to their figure of a political leader Big Brother, and finally application of a constant pressure radiated by a mysterious and unmerciful group of police, the Thought Police. A key practice used by Winston's government to maintain control politically is censorship. For example, Winston secretly purchases a diary to keep record in, though “[it] was not illegal (nothing was illegal, since there [are] no longer any laws), but if detected it [is] reasonably certain that it would be [punishable] by death, or at least by twenty-five years in a forced labor camp” (9). Even though it is not illegal, the small action of purchasing a diary could cause sever consequences for Winston just because his government does not want expression of individual thoughts. This supports the idea that the party abides by a totalitarian system of ruling due to their use of censorship to keep control over Oceania. For another example, in the Ministry of Truth where Winston works “there [are] armies of reference clerks