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Uncertainties In George Orwell's '1984'

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The inability to travel into the past to change past decisions forces individuals to attempt to resolve the past decisions or uncertainties by getting involved in current situations. In “1984” a novel by George Orwell the governing body of oceania called “The Party” seeks to resolve the uncertainties of its rise to power and of the past itself by creating a false past and rules and laws that force people to believe in that false past. Winston the main character seeks to resolve the uncertainties of the past in his mind by taking decisions that allow him to learn about the real past and prove that it has been altered. George Orwell suggests that in order to resolve the uncertainties of the past a group or individuals must partake in new situations …show more content…

The Party in “1984” has total control over oceania and its people and uses strict codes to maintain their power and also uses the power to reconcile the past of the party to make them look better. In attempts to reconcile their past and its uncertainties by creating situations for the people of oceania that forces them to forget about the past. These situations including changing the past it self, they change the predictions, assumptions, and speeches of big brother into ones that make the party look better and big brother look like an all knowing deity. The party seeks to keep its power and will lie as much as it wanted in order to maintain that power over the citizens, they will vaporize or torture anyone who seeks to remove that power. The party also invented the idea of thoughtcrime in order to eliminate the people who seek to pry at the uncertainties of the party and attempting to remove the party of power and expose that the foundation of the society’s power is lies. The implementation of memory holes servs to help promote the party’s goal of total control of the past,future, and current times. The destroying of documentation of certain events helps the party manipulate the past as no one can prove the existence of it.The party in order to resolve their worries about their past decisions and assumption decides to create new situations that force people to forget about it and make them believe a false

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