Memory Match In Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984

Granted the Party can warp laws and control knowledge, its greatest tool for taking away freedoms and controlling the public is its ability to revise history. This idea is displayed throughout the novel, and is fundamental to our understanding of how perfect the Party is. A prime example occurs when Winston is at his job at the Ministry of Truth, the manipulators of history and truth. He contemplates how he simply substitutes one lie for another in his daily work rewriting history, and explains, “And so it was with every class of recorded fact, great or small. Everything faded away into a shadow-world in which, finally, even the date of the year had become uncertain" (Orwell 36). This highlights the genius of the Party’s control; there is no history. As mentioned earlier, the Party controls all publications, and destroys all facts that are not helpful. Much of it is simply fake information that bolsters the Party. Thus, when Winston changes

If the citizens in the community were to hold their own memories, it would make The Giver and Jonas receive less stress. They would not have to worry about keeping the pain, joy, melancholy, memories that they get to experience each day a secret. The Giver and Jonas would be able to share what they learn and they would be able to teach others as well. “ The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” (p.193). The Giver and Jonas would not be the only ones who get to see color and feel love and emotions. They would be able to talk to people about what they discovered or what had happened in their memories. The Giver and Jonas would not be alone.

Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, ironically where the past is erased. History defines the human race: books, art, and ever-progressing science help the next generation to achieve greater or create new and different works of entertainment and literature.

Winston makes it known that Big Brother is freighting him. He wouldn’t think it’s imaginably possible to brainwash the people of his country and erase what had happened.

Winston’s job within the novel is replacing history of what actually happened with a “revised version”. However, he becomes concern in rewriting the history, even though he enjoys his work, because he want to know what actually did happen to the specific period,

Winston knew, from his own knowledge, that Oceania had once been in a mutual agreement with Eurasia however the Party stated that Oceania was never in good terms with Eurasia. This shows how easily the Party can alter the past and create a false history, yet they are also capable of convincing others that the lie they had imposed is actually the truth. Since then, no one would be able to tell the difference between a true or false history; they would only believe what the Party tells them and the revisions of the past altogether. If they said that Oceania and Eurasia were enemies from the beginning of time, other individuals will immediately believe even if it weren't true. In Winston's case, deep within his consciousness, he knows that the

And those who dissent will be vaporized, not only from living, but from ever existing in the first place. Giving Winston an incentive to have this conformative facade. The motif is the total control of information. Winston works in a department where he literally rewrites history to suit the needs of the party. Thereby, the party controls reality, something Winston abhors.

Winston Smith who is a member of the Outer party lives in Oceania. His job is to help the Party to control the past. In other words, he alters Party' old speeches in order to suit Party's latest speeches. Everyone mindlessly accept these facts except Winston. He recalls true memories which are considered hoax and false.

However, the community in The Giver cannot see much into the past and has only one person keep those memories, moreover, modern society is allowed to spread the memories of the past. In short, quoting The Giver, "... Receiver of Memory... our community has only one Receiver." (60)

For the Party, the past not fixed and permanent; its reality is evident only in records,” (Becnel 11). Throughout the novel, it was often mentioned that the Party hired workers such as the main protagonist, Winston, to alter history the way they wanted it. If the Party has control over what was written down in history, they can easily manipulate their citizens to believe anything that they claim is true. This ability of control over history has also opened up the opportunity to alter the memories of the citizens of Oceania. Being able to control the memories of the people and causing them to believe one thing and another is an example of doublethink. The Party used doublethink in order to increase and strengthen their power over the citizens.

In fact, Winston Smith, who risks believing his memories, even states ...you could prove nothing. There was never any evidence” (46), when he reminisces about the past’s mutability. Winston also expresses that “...his memory was not satisfactorily under control” (34), when referring to his ability to remember history, establishing that the Party has successfully gained control over most people’s

The only evidence is inside my own mind, and I don’t know with any certainty that any other human being shares my memories. Just in that one instance, in my whole life, I did possess actual concrete evidence after the event--years after it’”(Orwell 162). Winston is letting his thoughts and opinions out freely. History is altered almost every second to the party’s desire and if not, then it is altered again. History is being altered tremendously that not even Winston can remember what is false and what is true.

To illustrate, The Giver says, “ If I go with you, and together we take away all their protection from the memories, Jonas, the community will be left with no one to help them. They’ll be thrown into chaos. They’ll destroy themselves” (Lowry 156). This shows that without memories or past experience, the community is forced to be dependent on someone who has wisdom. Overall, with

“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It’s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.” -Lois Lowry. In the novel, The Giver by Lois Lowry, Jonas got the Assignment of the Receiver and went through a lot.

In the novel, The Giver, Lois Lowry shows The Importance of Memories when she talk about if there was no receiver of memory then the elders would have no one to go to for information from the past. According to Lois Lowry, she said that “the last 10 years have been hard due to the last receiver release and there was no receiver of memories”. The author reveals the importance of memories when she explains that “the last ten years have been hard(Lowery )”, this means that the elders had no one to go to for information in the past, for better knowledge of their city. “Jonas, when you and I are finished our time together, you will be the new receiver. You can read the books; and you will have the memories.