1984 analysis
In order to be able to comprehend the world of 1984, one has to use the concept of doublethink, since the process of assimilating a truly fictional world involves believing in something that is at the same time nonexistent but possible and imminent. Many of the things that we find in Orwell's novel, in the plot, characters, and atmosphere, seem very improbable and a result of the author's imagination, but nevertheless, the world that he creates seems plausible. There are two reasons for this statement: first, every contradiction can be explained using the ideology of the Party and the principle of doublethink, and second, the actual ideas and messages of the book have their parallels in the history of the world, as we know it. That is exactly what makes the coherent social structure of 1984 so intimidating and convincing: events very similar to the ones described had actually taken place, people with such horrifying ideas have really existed and still exist, totalitarian regimes had taken over all parts of the world at one point in time or another. Therefore, a world like the one in 1984 is a serious treat for humanity; it is "a possible future for you and for me." A large part of what we see in the book is hardly believable.
In 1984 there is a special institutions designed to adjust all inconsistencies that occur by altering the past not only physically, by erasing and substituting the wrong facts from all records, papers, periodicals, and books, but also metaphysically, by changing people's memories about events that have occurred. Thus, the Ministry of Truth acts to make people believe that everything the Party does is right and absolute and has always been this way. Oceania, for instance, has always been at war with Eastasia, because admitting this to be false would mean that the Party is not infallible and not everything in it coheres. Most people have no trouble believing the propaganda of the Mintrue, spread by news reports and supported by destroying all evidence to the contrary vie the memory whole. Even intellectual minds such as Winston's are eventually forced to conform and made believe in the Party's manipulations by crushing his spirit to such an extent that he is ready to believe anything they tell him: "'Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia. Since the beginning of your life, since the beginning of the Party, since the beginning of history, the war has continued without a break, always the same war. Do you remember that?' 'Yes.'" Even Winston, who have always realized that the Party manipulated people's memories of the past, thus altering the course of history, after all resigns to the trickery and starts to believe in it himself. At moments when his consciousness wavers and he spots the inconsistencies in the Party's logic, still O'Brien promptly stops him by employing the method of doublethink. After destroying the only piece of evidence showing that the three men Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford were innocent, the picture of the three of them, then O'Brien can easily say that he has forgotten about it, and there is no way
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Approximate Word count = 1238
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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