"WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH (7)."
-Each of these phrases are opposite of what they would be in a normal society today. This represents the society that Winston lives in. It is possible that this is how Orwell saw the society he lived in or where it was very soon headed. The novel was written in the 1940's around the time of WWII and also the time when technology began speeding up and commercial television was first developed along with many new warfare technology. These three phrases could be how Orwell was seeing the world at the time and Winston could be a representation of George Orwell himself.
nice .. interesting thinking .. especially for early in the novel
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