plaints can be filed. So, when people ignore the forms and do things in spite of them, the government gets upset. For example, when Sam needed his heating ducts fixed, Harry Tuttle, a non-licensed heating duct repairman came to his aid. The official repairmen that were originally supposed to fix his ducts showed up shortly after. Sam, knowing that he and Tuttle would get in trouble, demanded from the repair men to present a form allowing them to work on his ducts. This was enough to hold them off for a little while, but they eventually returned with the proper forms and found that Sam's heating ducts had been fixed by someone else. Another method that the government maintained control was by causing fear among the people. Among the messages that were scattered in the background of the movie were: "Be Safe: Be Suspicious", "Suspicion Breeds Confidence", and "Don't suspect a friend, report him". This fear is based on the terrorism that plagues Brazil's society. It is questionable whether this terrorism is caused by outside people or whether the government is causing the terrorism to keep people supporting of the absolute power that the government maintains. In any case, the people who are punished and suffer from the reaction to the terrorism by the government are not those who cause the commotion.Sam Lowry lives in constant fear of the government even though he works for them. At one point, he had made the mistake of not having his identification card on him while in the ministry of information. In a panic and in a hurry to catch up with Jill Layton, literally the woman of his dreams, he runs from the officer that stopped him. Upon reaching Jill, he finds that the guards have surrounded her instead of him. Finding his badge, he uses it to get himself and Jill out of the building where he frantically forces Jill into running from the ministry. Still determined that Jill and he are in trouble, he drives Jill's truck through a b...
