David Ozog
6/1/18
9-4
1984 Essay - Final Draft
Truth in 1984 Truth is one of if not the most important aspect of a society and if a society is without truth, it will not function properly. Truth is a major part of keeping a society operating in a way that is beneficial to everyone and furthers discovery and general advancement however, when it is destroyed, advancement comes to a stop or even deteriorates. George Orwell shows ways that truth can be destroyed and how truth in a society is extremely important. In 1984, the Party destroys truth through immense control and shear force and George Orwell thinks truth is necessary for a functioning society because without truth …show more content…
In 1984 the Party has the power to destroy truth by controlling the past through records by changing what the records said about the Party or the state of Oceania. The Party made people in the ministry of truth correct records by always making what the Party has said true and eliminating anything saying that they were not. While in the ministry of love, Winston recalls a slogan of the Party that deals with the past that states, “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.”(Orwell 248) The Party controlled the present because they are currently governing the society and control the past by changing the records from the past and they also control the future because they change records to the point where they can write their own history, future, and present. The members of the Party have completely conformed to the way that the Party rewrites everything by being able to accept anything that the Party says or changes and many Party members are able to rewrite records themselves and are involved in this process. Through this control of the past, the Party, as it shows in the quote, “...controls the future.” and is able to change the truth in any way they want in order to control the
6/1/18
9-4
1984 Essay - Final Draft
Truth in 1984 Truth is one of if not the most important aspect of a society and if a society is without truth, it will not function properly. Truth is a major part of keeping a society operating in a way that is beneficial to everyone and furthers discovery and general advancement however, when it is destroyed, advancement comes to a stop or even deteriorates. George Orwell shows ways that truth can be destroyed and how truth in a society is extremely important. In 1984, the Party destroys truth through immense control and shear force and George Orwell thinks truth is necessary for a functioning society because without truth …show more content…
In 1984 the Party has the power to destroy truth by controlling the past through records by changing what the records said about the Party or the state of Oceania. The Party made people in the ministry of truth correct records by always making what the Party has said true and eliminating anything saying that they were not. While in the ministry of love, Winston recalls a slogan of the Party that deals with the past that states, “Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.”(Orwell 248) The Party controlled the present because they are currently governing the society and control the past by changing the records from the past and they also control the future because they change records to the point where they can write their own history, future, and present. The members of the Party have completely conformed to the way that the Party rewrites everything by being able to accept anything that the Party says or changes and many Party members are able to rewrite records themselves and are involved in this process. Through this control of the past, the Party, as it shows in the quote, “...controls the future.” and is able to change the truth in any way they want in order to control the