The "2+2=5" slogan occurred in George Orwell's book entitled "1984" referring to the control of the human mind by the Party. It symbolizes the psychological manipulation over people in order to create a false reality. The mathematical sentence is a slogan promoted by the Party as part of the dictatorship. In the short video, pupils in the classroom are forced to accept the fact that two plus two equals five according to the teacher's instructions. What's more, the constant repetition of the equation indicates how they are "brainwashed" to accept the deceiving reality. The young boy who resist the dogma is given a chance to reveal the "truth" when being shot by three students holding invisible weapons. The message it conveys is simple: either
