War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery Ignorance Is Strength Analysis
“ War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength ” - 1984 George Orwell.
The most symbolic and persuasive quote written in the “1984” novel, What does it really mean? Why does Orwell use this kind of repetition all over his novel? The slogan is divided in three parts, therefore when reading at first sight students would probably say they all contradict each other, After critical thinking and reading the novel in my opinion there is certainly truth behind them. Such action is called a paradox which means “ statement or situation that may be true but seems impossible or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics ” ( Cambridge.org) in addition it can also be use as a manipulation technique where people are not aware of the truth, or …show more content…
There is a difference between double thinking and not nothing. That is how the proles were not a threat, they were so ignorant they lost their strength.Only together and with an education they would have been a threat.The proles had the power to bring down the party and only them. When talking about ignorance is strength, sometimes it is better to be ignorant. If it was the end of the world would you really want to know? I know i would not. People have been left in ignorance for a long time, The government does not tell us everything they do and know, Most of the times is for the better of the people. ( Nearly all of the thousands of decisions of the FISA court are themselves classified as top secret.) - alternet.org To make my point clearer and for my audience of high school students easier to understand, If you were told there is an 100% chance you are not going to graduate a year before graduation, would you even try? Probably you would not, and for that sometimes it is better not to
The most symbolic and persuasive quote written in the “1984” novel, What does it really mean? Why does Orwell use this kind of repetition all over his novel? The slogan is divided in three parts, therefore when reading at first sight students would probably say they all contradict each other, After critical thinking and reading the novel in my opinion there is certainly truth behind them. Such action is called a paradox which means “ statement or situation that may be true but seems impossible or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics ” ( Cambridge.org) in addition it can also be use as a manipulation technique where people are not aware of the truth, or …show more content…
There is a difference between double thinking and not nothing. That is how the proles were not a threat, they were so ignorant they lost their strength.Only together and with an education they would have been a threat.The proles had the power to bring down the party and only them. When talking about ignorance is strength, sometimes it is better to be ignorant. If it was the end of the world would you really want to know? I know i would not. People have been left in ignorance for a long time, The government does not tell us everything they do and know, Most of the times is for the better of the people. ( Nearly all of the thousands of decisions of the FISA court are themselves classified as top secret.) - alternet.org To make my point clearer and for my audience of high school students easier to understand, If you were told there is an 100% chance you are not going to graduate a year before graduation, would you even try? Probably you would not, and for that sometimes it is better not to