1984

             1984
             In the book 1984 there was three major slogans from the book and from Big Brother: war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. The firs slogan war is peace is created by the government in Ingsoc (English socialism) which means that in a way they were living in a time of peace and unfortunately without war peace cannot be secured for any length of time and also another meaning that could be said is that a state of constant war can be viewed from the perspective of the Government as a kind of peace this is an example I got from the book which stated exactly what I just said. From the knowledge that I have of the novel I think that this slogan is the belief that when two countries are perpetually at war they are perpetually at peace. Both countries are gaining a few cities at a time, and then losing them. The war never endangers any of The Party's inhabited land. When this happens both sides citizens are at peace, not threatened by war which is also what I believe. I also think that there is another reason, for war is to be used as a destruction of produce, if you demand to much power or overprotection of goods it can cause equal distribution of them which is bad because with equal distribution of goods comes true socialism. That is what war is peace means and signifies in the book and to my knowledge of it.
             The next slogan freedom is slavery, is a slogan that makes you think because you say or think how can freedom be slavery? Freedom is a powerful word which means that no one can order you around or control your life, beliefs, habits or what you eat, it is something that each person owns that no one can take away never its yours and yours only it is one of the many things in this world that no person no government can take away from you. It also means as a I read in the book that as an individual you will die off, as a group you are immortal, and that you are part of a coll...

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