Post #10

There are two slogans that stand out in the story, 1984  which are: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength. The goal of the Party is to achieve total control not only of the people, but their minds and overall soul as well. So they enforce these slogans by spreading posters all throughout the whole area of London so people won’t forget them. As if they are using subliminal messaging. As always nobody in the city seems to question the slogans, except for Winston. He starts to think about the meaning behind the phrases. For instance, War is Peace is one of the main ones that are constantly plastered since there is a lot of war occurring in the Oceania area and if the Party says that its normal and peaceful they will believe it. The people are like robots if the Party tells them to feel a certain emotion they will within seconds. The other phrase Ignorance is Strength is enforced so that people can just accept how things are. It’s used so nobody has any ideas to question or change how the society is. That they should have total faith in the Party and continue to follow their rules.