1984 Book 1 Important Quotes
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- Q1WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTHSlogan of Oceania, introducing 'doublethink'120s
- Q2Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.In Chapter III,..important example of the Party's technique of using false history to break down the psychological independence of its subjects...because the Party's version of the past is what people believe, that past, though it has no basis in real events, has become the truth120s
- Q3In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. ...Winston looks at a children's history book and marvels at the Party's control of the human mind...if the universe exists only in the mind, and the Party controls the mind, then the Party controls the universe...physiological manipulation & independence120s
- Q4And when memory failed and written records were falsified—when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted ......if no one remembers life before the Revolution, then no one can say that the Party has failed mankind by forcing people to live in conditions of poverty, filth, ignorance, and hunger. Rather, the Party uses rewritten history books and falsified records to prove its good deeds.120s
- Q5I understand HOW: I do not understand WHY."Big Brother changes the past in order to keep control over the future and maintain the population. Always showing Big Brother in a positive light. Winston however must understand why things have to be this way120s
- Q6If there is hope - it lies in the prolesFor Winston, the sheer numbers of the Proles enable them to have a shot of overcoming the power of Big Brother and the Party. Winston sees the Proles as containing the physical capacity in terms of numbers and size to overthrow the Party.120s
- Q7Until the proles become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become consciousThey cannot rebel until they are conscious or until they realize that they are being abused by the Party. But, at the same time, they cannot understand they're being abused until they have rebelled.120s
- Q8DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER (x5)Shows the strength of Winston's anti-Party feelings. Winston feels alone in his act of rebellion and his attitude towards the Party, but holds out hope that O'Brien shares his views, showing a theme of Freedom of thought/speech120s
- Q9Thoughtscrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.From the moment Winston wrote down thoughtcrime in his diary he knew he was dead. The Party created a society where people fear their own thoughts which they feel condemn them to punishment.120s
- Q10Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into some visible symptom.The only true way to not show defiance to the Party was to not defy the party. If you hated the party it would show in your body language. Your body is in control, not your mind.120s
- Q11We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.Dreams represent an escape from the constant repressiveness of the society in which Winston Smith lives. Darkness lets a person to sleep, to dream, to escape from reality and speak the truth.120s