There are three slogans that stand out in the story, 1984 which are: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength. Something I’ve notice of the writing styles of George Owell is that he includes a lot of irony like he did with the Ministry of Truth and with these slogans. The goal of the Party is to achieve total control not only of the people, but their minds as well. So they enforce these slogans and plaster them through the whole area of London so people won’t forget them and so they are fried in their brains. As always nobody in the city seems to question the slogans, except for Winston. He starts to think about the meaning behind the phrases. For instance, War is Peace is one of the main ones that are constantly plastered since there is a lot of war occurring in the Oceania area and if the Party says that its normal and peaceful they will believe it. The people are like robots if the Party tells them to feel a certain emotion they will within seconds. The other phrase Ignorance is Strength is enforced so that people can just accept how things are. It’s used so nobody has any ideas to question or change how the society is. That they should have total faith in the Party and continue to follow their rules. The last phrase Freedom is Slavery were words that hurt me the most. So many people had to fight to get their freedom and the Party just choses to take it away again. The Party has got the whole city walking blind, because everybody follows these laws so willingly. Freedom is Slavery is express to discourage anyone who might be considering leaving London and living a more free life.
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