1984 teaches that people will choose to believe whatever they are taught, however, it puts the people at risk of putting themselves in a false reality. Big Brother Party uses this slogan to further their manipulation of their people, “ Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past” (pg. 44). The Party uses multiple manipulative techniques, however, one of the most prominent one is how they rewrite history to break down the psychological independence that people have. The Party wants to break down psychological independence because they want the people to rely on them, and only on them for the truth. The past controls the future because the past can be used as justification or encouragement for whatever