In George Orwell's novel, 1984, the theory of doublethink, or the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them, is significant in the structure of society in both Oceania and our own. Without Doublethink, society as Winston Smith knows it can not exist as profoundly as it does. The idea of two contradictory ideas equaling one another and inevitably canceling each other out is a necessity in 1984. Doublethink allows the Party to have control over the citizens of Oceania thus making society a controlled factor. The Party uses three slogans that act as the premise of the doublethink theory and the Party's overall beliefs, to guide the people.
             As the doublethink theory and the three slogans hold 1984's society together the same holds true for us. Society is held together by the people in it and governing laws implicated within that society. War and freedom are the factors that hold our country together and ignorance both ironically holds our society together and tears it apart. It is ignorant in itself to think that the government only has partial control over us and that we are free to do what we want because of our free will and it is also that same ignorance that causes a person to claw his way to the bottom of the government, because of his basic instinct of wanting to know and understand the truth, as Winston Smith tries to do.
             War truly is peace for any society. In 1984, war is peace, means that the government's military industrial complex maintains order by creating a continuous environment of war, theater of war, and war expenses. In Winston's society war is peace, because having a common enemy keeps the people of Oceania united. "Oceania was at war with Eurasia: therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia." The party uses a common enemy to keep the members of the society dumb and stupid, by making them believe that there...