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War Is Peace Freedom Is Slavery Ignorance Is Strength Analysis

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“War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength”,from the book "1984", has been a standout amongst the most noted quotes, yet what do these expressions really mean and is there any truth to them? We realize that being at war is not an indication of having tranquility, that a slave has no flexibility of their lives, and that ignorance would just continue committing you rehash similar errors. However, in 1984 where the subjects live in a totalitarian nation where the government, the leader of Oceania, controls everything that the residents do and believe is an omnipresent image of faithfulness to the Party. In the book "1984" these quotes are clarified by a book composed by a Party foe, Emmanuel Goldstein. To comprehend the quotes you need to comprehend doublethink, doublethink is a central point in everything the Party says. “Doublethink is the act of holding, simultaneously, two opposite, individually exclusive ideas or opinions and believing in both simultaneously and absolutely. Doublethink requires using logic against logic or suspending disbelief in the contradiction.”(1) ”War is Peace” alludes to the possibility that as long as there is war around them there will be peace. Despite the fact that obviously any country at war is not in peace, but rather this does not trouble anybody even thought once in a …show more content…

Believe and never question! For example, even though there is a constant shortage of everything, and the people make great efforts to get ahold of the most basic things (e.g. shoe laces or shaving razors), they are convinced that there is, in fact, an abundance — only because The Party keeps repeating this everyday. In their highly conditioned minds, it can be both scarcity and abundance, at the same time.”(2)Ignorance it part of what unites the country the citizens dont question and believe everything they are

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