In a chaotic world where the concept of freedom is non existent, people strive to find hope in the most rudimentary concepts; these concepts for some can be a guiding light to their demise or to their perseverance .Winston is writing in his diary contemplating the power and concepts the communist and totalitarian government he lives in. Whilst Winston is writing he finds deep down that he knows more than ever that O'Brien is on his side, that O'Brien is for the revolution. Winston knows and is scared by the fact that "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears" this concept where the government holds up most power scares Winston. While Winston is panicking he realizes that while he is writing he is writing to O'Brien. Winston writes "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else will follow". Winston is trying to say that as soon as the party stops controlling what we hear and see, and once we begin to contemplate facts, such as "two plus two make four" all other ideas of freedom and liberty will be born. Winston is writing in a quick fierce manner, Using strong fiery diction, to still his words from his mind unto the page. For arguments against the party Winston uses futile diction such as "overthrow" and "subtle", these words are used to show the strength of the party because they would overthrow a debate between Winston, and use simple arguments that are too subtle for Winston to counter. Winston finds that when he writes the mesage "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else will follow" that how controlling the party truly is. When any one person or group of individuals can control your ideas and what you believe, the power that they gold is far to great. Winston who is trying to secretly and unknowingly provoke a revolution finds that as soon as people can find a concept or idea that the party has "banned" from thought, and as soon as they understand that concept, their other ideas of questioning the government will follow. Other ideas such as, why do we live in this manner? and why do we have no freedom? will eventually, or hopefully for Winston provoke a revolution.
I believe to the utmost that the concept of making scene of logical concepts, and the understanding of the finds from the concept can and will eventually lead to new ideas. Such as when a student sits in math class and finds that two and two make four, that he or she will eventually want to learn what five and five makes, or what seven and seven makes.
the problem with the analogy, that i see, in the book is that math is irrefutable no matter what 2 plus 2 will always equal four unless you rearrange the numerical sequence, but the power of the government and the thought of the human mind is completely different from simple math in ways to complex for anyone to understand.
ReplyDeletei think that this is wrong. mrs holliday mrs quinn is only making us have 20 minutses
ReplyDeleteIsn't the problem, for the people who are trying to rebel, that the thought police can stop a rebellion before it happens?
ReplyDeleteyeah, but its the concepts that the human mind generates are all working in the same areas, thus if one can contemplate the concept that two and two makes four, who is to stop them from thinking that the government is wrong or they are deceiving one another?
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