Friday, March 1, 2013

In chapter 9 of book 2 in 1984, Winston reads the Book of the Brotherhood. What are the last few paragraphs saying about control?1984>Book...

In the end of the Book of the Brotherhood, Chapter 3, War
is Peace, the author points out many concepts of war that Winston already knew to be
true. War itself is of little matter to the majority of the people because all it means
to them is a change in their master. Their living conditions do not change, and they
accept this. For those closer to the leadership (Inner Party and Outer Party Members)
war is a matter of of loyalty even though they understand that world domination is never
possible. But the belief in the impossible keeps these people at work. Even though this
contradiction is hard at work, reconciling contradiction is what
doublethink is all about: making people believe the opposite of
truth even though they know the truth is true. This leads to the concept of controlled
insanity. If a people can be made insane, they can be completely controlled. Winston
understood that he was watching this play out. He recognized that the quest for human
equality was not being pursued, but actually ignored to keep this hierarchy in place.
People who had power would always be in power. Winston never finishes the end of chapter
3, but we understand that he comprehends and has watched all that he is reading and it
is the life he knows to be true.

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