War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
If you didn't notice all three slogan's contradict
themselves. War means to fight but peace means to have no harm. It makes the
mind believe that these things are true. Winston can see how controlling the
government or "Big Brother" is. They try to confused people in to
believing these slogans. Sadly, it is working for many. Unlike Winston who
writes repeatedly, "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER"
does not want to be watched all the time. Big Brother as their major
propaganda, and makes them think twisted information. The party has the slogan's to make
everyone believe in them. They repeat it over and over to tattoo the slogan's
in their minds. Why do you think that is? Also why do you think the story has a
lot of propaganda? Propaganda can easily persuade people with your emotions and
is used as a brainwash. The people are persuaded to think that the party is
actually there to help them. Like on page .., after people riot, Big Brother
comes on the screen and a lady is filled with joy to see Big Brother. All Big Brothers,
the party and Goldstein do is manipulate them.
In the novel, propaganda is used to keep the people under controlled,
to think and act any way they want them to. Characters in the book and even in
our society today are influenced with the double speak and propaganda. Even today no one knows
the real truth. The Three Slogan’s “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery.
Ignorance is Strength.” and Big Poster boards with “Big Brother is Watching
You” are used as Propaganda as a way for the Party’s way to have control.
In the picture below, you can read the Three Slogan's. You
can also see the three picture that go next to it. What do these picture mean
to you and what do they show? Also how do you think in the book they represent
the people in that society? In
today’s society do we still have propaganda? If so, What are some ways we are
persuaded?
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ReplyDeleteHey, I accidently deleted my first comment so here we go again. I agree that the slogans do contradict themselves. I think the reason that 1984 has so much propaganda is because the Party doesn't want it's people to forget that they are being watched at every moment. They also want the people to know that without the party they would be nothing which goes along with the slogan "freedom is slavery". We still do have propaganda today. The most common propaganda that I see are the commercials about how we should join the military, telling me that if I want to be strong I need to join the army.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you. I also think we have very common propaganda that we may not even notice. Any kind of food, clothing or toy commercials all persuade us to buy the object.
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