Ignorance Is Strength Analysis
“WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” pg. 6
Those three lines are part of the Party’s slogan and they are repeated various times throughout the story. At first glance they are hard to understand as each word seems to be the opposite of the other. If you look into it more they seem very alike. For war is peace, think why we fight wars, for peace. And for freedom is slavery, in my mind I related it to the words yes and no. Yes entitles you to opportunities it gives you freedom. When no is preventing you from that freedom like a slave. I live in a free country but yes isn’t always the answer I or others get. In order to be free you have to have known slavery, and there can’t be an answer as yes if no didn’t exist. Lastly for ignorance is strength I thought of what we ignore, when there are people in a fight we sometimes ignore the fact that is happening. I wouldn’t help because I wouldn’t want to get hurt, I’d want to keep my strength. Therefore me ignoring lets me keep my strength.
“… you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred…” pg.163
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1984 has a community based on fake facts that are created to benefit the government. This quote explains the book, it’s complicated and it makes you question yourself and others just as Winston did. It really makes you wonder what your leaders are doing with their power. The crazy thing is is that we don't know. We don't know if we really lived the past or if we are being controlled or what the government is keeping from us. Why do our god or gods exist? They have to, there is no other explanation for certain things. In 1984 Big Brother exists because he has to. All the comrades and proles believe that the revolution was on behalf of big brother. There are actions suggesting that Big Brother did create the revolution but no trace of his physical
Those three lines are part of the Party’s slogan and they are repeated various times throughout the story. At first glance they are hard to understand as each word seems to be the opposite of the other. If you look into it more they seem very alike. For war is peace, think why we fight wars, for peace. And for freedom is slavery, in my mind I related it to the words yes and no. Yes entitles you to opportunities it gives you freedom. When no is preventing you from that freedom like a slave. I live in a free country but yes isn’t always the answer I or others get. In order to be free you have to have known slavery, and there can’t be an answer as yes if no didn’t exist. Lastly for ignorance is strength I thought of what we ignore, when there are people in a fight we sometimes ignore the fact that is happening. I wouldn’t help because I wouldn’t want to get hurt, I’d want to keep my strength. Therefore me ignoring lets me keep my strength.
“… you could not have pure love or pure lust nowadays. No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred…” pg.163
Before this …show more content…
1984 has a community based on fake facts that are created to benefit the government. This quote explains the book, it’s complicated and it makes you question yourself and others just as Winston did. It really makes you wonder what your leaders are doing with their power. The crazy thing is is that we don't know. We don't know if we really lived the past or if we are being controlled or what the government is keeping from us. Why do our god or gods exist? They have to, there is no other explanation for certain things. In 1984 Big Brother exists because he has to. All the comrades and proles believe that the revolution was on behalf of big brother. There are actions suggesting that Big Brother did create the revolution but no trace of his physical