Im referring back to one of the non numbered questions. The question was What do you suppose the three party slogans mean? I think that the first party slogan "War is Peace" means war and fighting keeps the peace and as long as people are afraid of them ,noone will bother them.Also fighting for peace, Oceania could be fighting for peace to keep things in their order. The second party slogan "Freedom is slavery" ,I believe that ,that means inorder to become free you must be a slave and obtain by the rules.Just like in the book I think that the "Thought Police" are some what of a slavery because if you disobey,talk against them, or wish against their wishes you get vaporised and either sent to a work camp or they kill you. The third party slogan "Ignorance is Strength", I feel that , that party slogan explains alot of the book. I think that Ignorance is strength, means if you dont know any better, and you dont wish to seek into other peoples beliefs,to be closed minded and dumb is a good thing. In this book the party wants you to be stupid because if your stupid then you'll let people manipulate you and get you to agree with their ideas but if you're smart then you will see through their lies and beliefs and try to seek the truth in the matters. So when they say Ignorance is Strength , they mean ignorance is the power that helps mantain the party.
-Liz
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I've been thinking about the same topic. What do the 3 party slogans mean? Your post seems to answer the question very well. I couldn't really understand it before...but now I guess with help from your ideas, it's not quite so difficult to understand. Nice analysis.
Liz, I agree with Bekah. Despite some grammatical issues (sorry, but I'm a teacher :) ), you make some good points. Your last sentence hits it right on the head.
Nice job.
ps - proofread and edit and revise!
Ah now i understand it. Even after reading the book i didn't get it at all. :D
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