I learned this was I was in kindergarten. At the time I didn't really understand why, but I knew that was a fact. My teacher during math class would write it in big numbers on the board.
2 + 2 = 4
But what if it didn't? In George Orwell's 1984, 2 +2 = 5. This, like many other things, was changed my Big Brother. Playing around with history and making it more in favor of Big Brother is rational, but changing something as simple as the addition of two numbers, to me, is confusing. Winston, and others at the Ministry of Truth, changed information to make the rising of Big Brother seem like one that was important and that all their future ideals the right ones. By saying that this and that are the way things have always been instills trust in a society. When you know something has been happening for a long time and everything is doing well now you tend to not question it. But what they don't see is that it wasn't always like this. All they know is what the government tells them.
2 + 2 = 5
They don't see how that can be wrong. They now learn and read that when you add two and two together you get five. There is no reason to think that is false. Why would it be? The government says it's true then it must me. They listen and trust the government because they think Big Brother does only what's best for them.
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ReplyDeleteI like how you say there is no reason for them to think it's wrong as they have their full trust in the government and don't tend to question anything.
ReplyDeleteThe way you switched characters after the "2+2=4" analogy to the "2+2=5" reference was really cool because that's what the book is trying to highlight.
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