Control the past, 1984 Third Post

Controlling the past is a huge part of what the party’s final goal entails. The way in which the party changes the past, or in real terms re-writing the past, is by using the Ministry of Truth they can change whatever they want about the past. Along with the belief that written documents are treacherous to the survival of the party, no books are left in existence, so no one can accurately tell what really happened in the past, since no history books are around anymore. So the Ministry of Truth can be free to say whatever they want about the past, and the people the live under the parties rule just have to accept the fact that what they say happened, really did happen. This method really is effective because with no books to tell them other wise, the party is free to say that they created the airplane, or that they have always been at war with Eastasia or vice versa. This leaves them with absolute control of what people believe actually happened, and what the party wants them to believe happened. That is exactly how the party has chosen to use its vast resources to lead their masses.

1984, Second Post!!

The reason why Winston is writing in his diary is that he knows that the party has not always been around, and that times before the party were better. So he writes in his dairy, even though he knows he is going to be arrested by the Thought Police, because he feels like that is the only way he can feel like he has left at least something that can not be changed by the Ministry of Truth. The Thought Police are going to arrest him for writing in his diary because any form of free thought or individuality is a thought crime, and also writing “Down with big brother” over and over again doesn’t help either. But when looking at the bigger picture in 1984, newspeak is destroying language piece by piece, and the Ministry of Truth is re-writing history, so anything that isn’t considered ok by the party is destroyed, and re-written to their liking. That is exactly why Winston is writing in his diary, because he wants the English language, and people to understand that what they know of the past, is all wrong.

1984, The First of many to come

The world of 1984 is a strange and dark place. The focus is in the city of London, Airstrip 1, formerly England. The first major thing to note is that the world has now been separated into three superstates, Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia. Oceania is pretty much all of the Western Hemisphere and a few countries in Europe, Airstrip 1 included, Eurasia is the rest of Europe, some of the middle east, and I believe Africa, (It is not very well described), and Eastasia is Asia, (or so we know). The government of Oceania revolves around the party, which includes the inner party, outer party, and everyone else. The party is separated into four main ministries, the Ministry of Love, Plenty, Truth, and Peace. The Ministry of Love is basically the police force that keeps any person in check, because in this world, everyone thinks the same, and any form of individuality or free thought is considered a thought crime, so the Thought Police arrest you. The Ministry of Plenty pretty much handles all the rations, the Ministry of Truth handles all the news, but really they are rewriting history, and the Ministry of Peace handles all war-related issues. Peoples lives in 1984 are crap, because all party members have things in every room in their house called a telescreen which watches you all the time, making sure you aren’t committing thought crime. Now imagine an iMac, you know those apple desktop computers with the iSight cameras and built-in microphones, well that is pretty much what a telescreen is, except you can’t turn a telescreen off. This is what the world of 1984 is really like.