p. 233 "It was my little daughter," said Parsons with a sort of doleful pride. "She listened at the keyhole. Heard what I was saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven, eh? I don't bear her any grudge for it. In fact I'm proud of her. It shows I brought her up in the right spirit, anyway."
This is Parsons speaking of being turned in to the Thought Police while he and Winston are together in one of the white rooms. Throughout the novel, there are descriptions of Parsons and his pride in the Party. He never wavers from this belief. In fact, it is shown that he does all that he can to work for the Party, including volunteer work. Parsons speaks often of the pride he has in his children, even when they are turning in people who may be innocent. At this point, having been turned in to the Though Police, he doesn't even doubt that he has committed a crime, he just excepts is because he feels they can never be wrong. He is clearly a static character because of his lack of change, even as he faces the threat of vaporization. Despite this fact, he holds true to his devotion to the Party and would not speak against them for the world. Doubtlessly, as he speaks of thanking the Thought Police for catching him before he had 'gotten worse' Parsons is an example of the most devoted of citizens. This shows that even those might be vaporized for nothing, if only to instill terror.
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