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Memory In 1984

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Ones memories are significant parts to being who one is and without them, one would not know the experiences they have felt and how to comprehend them. Memories create links between others and themselves that they could not come to that conclusion if that memory never existed. When an opposing force, however, deliberately weakens what one holds to be true often that truth is questioned and memories are falsified. In George Orwell’s 1984 it follows Winston Smith, a lower level Party member living in a totalitarian society. That is, all public and private life is completely controlled by the government. The party craves to control all aspects of everyone’s life because who controls the past controls the future and vice versa. To ensure this the
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