"And again, perhaps it was not even unorthodoxy that was written in his face, but simply intelligence. But at any rate he had the appearance of being a person that you could talk to, if somehow you could cheat the telescreen and get him alone." (Orwell 11).
Winston is drawn to O'Brien the first time he sees him. Here he explains why: he looks like he may be, like Winston, secretly against Big Brother, or he may be just intelligent. Winston believes that the only thing that the people of Oceania lack to get them out of their current position is intelligence. If only they, especially the proles, knew how much they were being oppressed, they too would turn against Big Brother and rebel. The Party keeps information and knowledge, and therefore intelligence, away from the people to keep them ignorant of the fact that they are not as good as they seem--"Ignorance is Strength."
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