We all know that 2+2=4 but what if you were told otherwise, and you had no choice but to beileve that 2+2 actually equals 5? This qoute explains just how much the party is in control of everything. It also makes Winston start to think if 2 and 2 do actually make 4 or if he is just being told that to. He also questions gravity and the fact that the past is unchangable. The party tells you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears, so according to the party just because you can see and feel that water is wet and stones are hard doesnt mean they arent unless the party tells you they are. "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. I if that is granted, all else follows." Saying that what freedom means to them is being able to say things that ,factually, actually are.
You could say this shows how much control big brother has.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said here, but you need to go back and look at your spelling and put in quotations. Other than that, I feel ya
ReplyDeleteHow much control do we really think that Insoc has over everyone? Is it so much that if they said to jump off a bridge the person would ?
ReplyDeleteI think that it's kind of scary to think that people can so easily persuaded by other people and how big brother has so much control of the people of Oceania.
ReplyDelete1,2,3,5. I think what the party is doing here is very interesting. Imagine if our society instead of saying the symbol 4 is what we think 4 is, they made it 5. so it went 1,2,3,5,4 not saying that the number of objects is different, but the symbol and meaning has just reversed. I think this is what the party is doing. Not saying that 2+2=5 actually means that if you took two sticks (II and added another II is IIIII) they just are reversing the meanings to give them more power.
ReplyDeleteGood thinking here guys. In the quote Alex is exploring - what do you think Winston's attitude seems to be? Does he feel strong and determined or helpless in the face of the Party's power?
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