Winston commits a thought crime by writing what statement in his diary?

In the
opening chapter of the novel,returns home from work at the Ministry of Truth for a lunch break.
As he sits down in the corner of his apartment, where the telescreen mounted on his wall cannot
see him, he drinks some Victory Gin and begins to reflect on the events that transpired earlier
that day during the Two Minutes Hate ritual at the Records Department. As Winston thinks about
being followed by an attractive dark-haired woman, he feels a kindred spirit with , who he
believes is a fellow political dissident. As Winston thinks about the look in O'Brien's eye, he
unconsciously commits thoughtcrime by writing "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER..." (, 23). In the
dystopian nation of Oceania, citizens can be arrested for thoughtcrime, which is essentially
when a person thinks of anything that the government deems dangerous, independent, harmful, or
threatening. Winston loathes Big Brother and is completely opposed to the Party, which prompts
him to commit thoughtcrime by writing the anti-government statement in his secret
diary.