Space is fake
Cybersecurity
Climate change
The earth is flat with many others…
Genetic modification
Nuclear energy
Vaccines
Homework
The problem with religion
Evolution
We are in a simulation
Why science is wrong
The Government
Author / Oliver
Propaganda
Familiarity: Helps persuade people to your point
Alienation: Help drive people away from a point
Fallacy: Help mislead peoples logic
Ethos: Makes you as a character more or less believable
Logos: Persuades by the logical side of the argument
Pathos: Taps into peoples emotions and persuades peoples heats
Satire: Brings humour and undermines a point
Rhyme: Subtle rhyme can reinforce a point
Ethos
The characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations.
A: Facial hair is an important factor in secondary education.
It is inappropriate to base importance someone’s crucial education based on the way they look. We should not base that the way our students what to look like makes a significant difference in their education since the students have the freedom to shave or not.
If facial hair
NCEA 3.4 – Writing Portfolio – Feature Article
Introduction
Many argue that history is in the past and is of no importance of how we live our lives now. However, Goerge Orwell has a perspective on the manner which is seen throughout his novel Nineteen eighty-four. Orwell reveals the importance of history and warns us of the power a state can possess by simply altering it. The novel is shown to be more than a warning when we take a look at the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was the first state to adopt the Marxist-Leninist views where everyone in the state had an equal economic and social position, which is the founding idealogy of communism. In saying this, looking back on the Soviet Union, it is seemingly clear that due to the desire of the people in power, it can be argued that these ideologies were never truly established. Instead, it seems they were abused for a means of control. To navigate through this complex idea, we will start with how history is manipulated in Nineteen eighty-four. We will then go back and see the similarities this has with the Soviet Union and the effect this had on their citizens. Following this, we will then take a look at the importance of comparing the past to the present in our daily lives through Nineteeneighty four.
The alteration of history is evident as we see its effect on a population, while we follow in the footsteps of the antihero, Winston. While we are following Winston’s day to day life, we are exposed to how a state can lie to its people as a way of controlling the standards the masses have. “Winston’s job is to rectify the original figures by making them agree with the later ones“. Now it is important to note that Winston’s job to “rectify the original figures” is an imperative control mechanism the Party uses over the people of Oceania. One such example is by making it look like “The centuries of capitalism[…] produced nothing of value“. This is all achieved by people like Winston whose occupation is to rewrite the history books. Much like a child tearing apart a lego church and putting it back together in the form of a concrete dome. Orwell hints how a state executes this with the following: “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past“. This is saying that whoever controls the present can manipulate the past to seem like any paradise or dystopia no matter how far from reality. We understand this to be one of the many factors that lead the people of Oceania to accept the life they lived as the very nature of altering the past makes it almost impossible to prove or disprove anything. For instance, if you control all the written records, nothing other than living memories can enlighten you. It would be foolish to tell ourselves that this hasn’t, or couldn’t, have occurred in our society, because where do we turn when we don’t know or are unsure of something? We always turn to Google. This is not suggesting that the Roman empire never existed or that the pyramids were built by a different civilization, but merely suggesting that we should take this information with a grain of salt. Orwell goes to quite the effort by warning us of the power a governing body can have over the masses by the altering the vents of the past. This warning comes to life as we turn our heads to the Soviet Union.
We can see Orwell’s theories of what the effect altering the past will have on the masses when we take a look into the Soviet Union after WWII. In fact
there may be no stronger real-world example of a governing body tearing the history books apart and putting them back together to their choosing than the Soviet Union. In fact, the parallels that the Soviet Union and Orwell’s Oceania have is so disturbing that it reads as if Joesph Starlin and his successors used Nineteen eighty-four like as an instruction manual on how to control a nation. Similarly, in Oceania, the Soviet Union changed many of their facts and statistics which seems to be a tool to deceive the people of their productions. Many of the historians that have looked into this have come to the foggy conclusion that the “Soviet authorities may have completely “invented” statistical data potentially useful in historical research (such as economic data invented to prove the successes of the Soviet industrialization)” . This is one of the disturbing similarities we see after reading the novel that the Soviet Union, like Oceania, “invented” their statistics on state production. This was to “prove the successes of the” governing body. This, therefore, makes the state look as if they have kept their promise. This like before leads the masses to believe the people should keep “their” promise and keep working hard for the state as “everyone will become better off” leading people to accept the life they are living and the jobs they are doing. This may have been what Orwell worried what could happen if a state hows the power to control the history books.
We can see the means of control the Soviet Union had of their citizen’s when we take a look at some of their minor modifications that they carried out in their, history books, and how this has the potential to change the outlook the on the present. One case is the photographs. We see how this was used to control the opinions of masses because the Soviet Union had total control over its people. Stalin fell out with many of his fellow party members that held different ideas of the ideal Communist picture, and who wanted to change the way they divided resources. To deal with this Joseph Stalin used many photo retouches to cut his ‘traitors’ of past photos. We know this to be true because the very word “photo retouchers” came about during the great purges in the country. Stalin demoted them of all their powers. But Stalin didn’t stop there as he was still paranoid. Stalin cut out secret police officer, Yezhov, out of all past photos and took him out of the written records. As the site History states “Stalin’s censors then removed Yezhov from the photographic record, including cutting him from a photograph in which he smiled next to his former boss“. Starlin had also changed many other photos such as protest signs. By changing the words on the signs to make it look like people were protesting about something completely different. This was a powerful tool to kill revolutions. As we can see this shows how simply changing a photo or changing the words in one can completely alter the picture you have in your mind about what’s really going on in the present. This can lead to a state like the Soviet Union or Oceania staying in power for many years by keeping the population unaware of what’s really going on behind the lens.
One of the most powerful aspects of having history in our lives, as Orwell expresses in his novel nineteen eighty-four, is that we humans use our knowledge of history to compare the present to the past. These comparisons we make are important because it makes sure the governing body can’t deceive or exploit us. We see a clear example of this in Goldstein’s book that “the alteration of the past is necessary for two reasons[…], he tolerates the present-day conditions because he has no standards [for] comparison“. The people in Oceania are told that they live a much more comfortable life than their predecessors. But when reading the novel we can see that this is not true as they work for longer hours and live a life where no one truly cares for them. If the citizens of Oceana found out what life was like 40 years ago then they might revolt. This is why “He must be cut off from the past[…] because it is necessary for him to believe he’s better off than his ancestors“. This is done by the Party altering the events that have happened in the history books. The people of Oceania are not aware or conscious of the events that really happen. This creates a vicious cycle where “Until they have become conscious they will never rebel, and until they rebel they cannot become conscious”. This is why our knowledge of the past is so important for how we perceive our present-day life. As in Nineteen eighty-four, if a governing body can alter the past, they can use it as a useful tool to control the thoughts of the masses.
As we have explored, history is a lot more than solely past events. We have seen that if the control of the past comes into the wrong hands they can skew it to make it look like anything they want. They can use it as a means of control over our very thoughts. Orwell’s Nineteen eighty-four is the perfect instruction manual to execute this. We know its more than just a novel as we have seen this happen in our own world. We have seen the oppression that comes with this. But this is not to say that history only has a dark side, because it most definitely has a light one; even if it hasn’t happened yet.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography_in_the_Soviet_Union
https://www.history.com/news/josef-stalin-great-purge-photo-retouchin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Soviet_Unio
Tidier plan
Introduction to the Article:
History is written by victors
We humans very rarely question the validity of most historical facts and assume we are being told the truth.
Orwell’s in his novel warns is if a state can control the history books they can skew the past to make it out however they want it
We will see Orwell’s novel is more than a warning by comparing aspects of it to the USSR.
Brief about the USSR
State the structure and maybe its disturbing similarity to 1984
we may see the dangers the winners may have by writing the books
Conclusion
Orwell
Block about alterations of History and the USSR: A piece explaining the nature of history explaining the history using.
Eg how history is made History is written by the victors -Winston Churchill
Talk about that Orwell’s strong stance on the influence of History and how this has lead to features that we see in his novel Nineteen eighty-four
Talk about the structure of what we are going to about
Overall Idea
Orwell Warns us the effect of altering the past can have on the masses and how this relates to the USSR.
1)How a state such as Oceania can alter their History.
2)Orwell’s warning is a reality in the USSR and how this parallels to the USSR
3)How the USSR shows the power changing small things such as photos or words can have on a population.
4)
Paragraph 1: The way the alteration of History is seen in nineteen eighty-four by Wistons edits.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. Talk about that this means Which also reinforces the fact Churchill statement.
This controls what the population knows about the outside world leading them to think they are better off (which will be talked more about later)
This is a contour mechanism
Then go into good detail about it means the state can lie with no proof to prove them wrong.
This is why we can’t believe everything
Today we do have the Internet, with lots of people giving lots of different opinions, but we still need to ask questions of anything we read: who is behind the information? Who is it that wishes us to be manipulated?
Briefly make a statement linking to the next paragraph
Paragraph 2: Briefly spend the first bit of the paragraph restating what the political ideology of the USSR was.
USSR like Oceania altered there statistics and events in History as a way to control there people.
If we take a look at the USSR we can see the disturbing similarities between it and OceaniaSoviet authorities may have completely “invented” statistical data potentially useful in historical research (such as economic data invented to prove the successes of the Soviet industrialization)
A famous example is Stalin used a large group of photo retouchers to cut his enemies out of supposedly documentary photographs[…]Yezhov fell from Stalin’s favour after being usurped by one of his own deputies.
The party needed to remove the people who could see through there lies in order to maintain there control. Starlin did this by removing all photos and articles about former “traitors”. This is a demonstration of them using there power over history so no one could speak out and question the party, therefore, raising awareness to the unaware. Used like nineteen eighty-four for Control
Real-world proof that Orwell’s warning in Nineteen eighty-four is more than fiction.
——————Add one of these—————–
The endless purges arrests tortures and vapourisations are not inflated for the crime but merely the wiping out of persons who might commit a crime sometime in the future
Whatever happened you vanished and neither you nor your actions were ever heard of again. You were lifted clean out of the stream of history.
Paragraph 3:
Idea: History is a reference point to thought and morals as it allows people to compare and contrast. Without it we only see what we are shown. Show what the lack of this looks like
the alteration of the past is necessary for two reasons[…] tolerates the present-day conditions because he has no standards of comparison
Why the banned things like Relioous acts as it showed the people believed in something greater than the party
The Purpose of newspeak
if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty would become literate and would learn to think for themselves; and when once they had done this, they would sooner or later realize that the privileged minority had no function, and they would sweep it away.
“History is important. If you don’t know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it“.- Howard Zinn
For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable – what then
Orthodoxy means not thinking–not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness
There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad
Indeed, so long as they are not permitted to have standards of comparison, they never even become aware that they are oppressed
Nineteen Eighty-Four essay planning
- Hold a stance of uncertainty in your writing!!!
- Aspects of Nineteen Eighty Four and how this has Parallels with today/fears of the time/
- Totalitarian control of Oceania. Why its important not to give a governing body much control. Could then use how this is still a fear of present-day culture as other dystopias still have these features. How the late Soviet Union turned out. Is this to many ideas??? Maybe Thought control? How thoughtcrime keeps the government in check if allowed.
- Checklist
Give a clear statement to the start of each paragraph
Make all the quotes make sense in each sentece
Find some numbers for the photoediting
- The Importance/power of History(real or fake) has on the population. How Nineteen Eighty-four shows the power of misleading people with history. How altering the records give them so much power. History is a reference point to thought and morals as it allows people to compare and contrast. The warning is what happens if its removed. Could also say how History was pressed in USSR. Or the cultural effect in other Dystopias as their governments use similar tactics forbid the population of the knowledge of history
1984 is not just a piece of fiction but an instruction manual. See howthis book written in 1948 predicted the fait of History
Is this happening now such as fake news
They say that History repeats or is remembered but I think its fair to say that we are more likely to paint over it for our own comfort
The overall answer to the question: Gorge Orwell shows that his novel Nineteen eighty-four is more than a work of fiction and gives us a warning. This warning is the power a state can have over its people if it can control what is written in the History books history. We can also see this in parallels of nineteen eighty-four and the totalitarian state of the USSR
What I’m explaining to the reader:
1)What happened in history is what we are told. Therefore whatever controls history controls what we know about the past. This is important because it means the state can lie with no proof to prove them wrong. This can make you decided into thinking you’re better off.
2) We see the historical context of this in the USSR as they also altered stats and how Starlin used them as control. Real-world proof that Orwell’s warning in Nineteen eighty-four is more than fiction.
3)The party needed to remove the people who could see through there lies in order to maintain there control. Starlin did this by removing all photos and articles about former “traitors”. This is a demonstration of them using there power over history so no one could speak out and question the party, therefore, raising awareness to the unaware. (this links to the next paragraph)
4)History is a reference point to thought and morals as it allows people to compare and contrast. Without it we only see what we are shown. Show what the lack of this looks like
5) Could then show what the lack of a reference point with the USSR this also shows that nineteen eighty-four is more than just a piece of fiction and how real it became. Could also then go hint at that even us in our society has posted some of these as well. Could then go back to the lack of organization over statistics USSR was less vigorous than nineteen eighty-four eighty-four and suggest why this was one of the reasons the USSR fell from power.Could talk about how the USSR had big gaps in its history because I did find some info how they did distort there statics in a somewhat similar fashion but the way they did it was not as advanced or efficient as nineteen eighty-four as when historian look back there are significant gaps where they were deleted at a later date without being replaced etc.
Paragraph ideas How Orwell shows the power of Altering History in nineteen eighty-four.
1)What happened in history is what we are told. Therefore whatever controls history controls what we know about the past. This is important because it means the state can lie with no prof to prove them wrong.
Also, need to explain using Winston’s perspective the reality control
Quotes:
Winstons job was to rectify the original figures by making them agree with the later ones
And only yesterday […] it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours?
Day by Day minute by minute the past was brought up to date
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
History is written by Victors – Winston Churchill
History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present where the party is always right. Maybe put this at the end??
2)Briefly explain the disturbing similarities between nineteen eighty-four and the USSR. USSR like Oceania altered there statistics and events in History as a way to control there people. Then explain some of the parallels that exist between 1984 and the USSR about the alteration of history and it as a power mechanism.
Quotes: Can also insert quotes in P1 that are not used
Soviet authorities may have completely “invented” statistical data potentially useful in historical research (such as economic data invented to prove the successes of the Soviet industrialization)
Data was falsified both during collection
nonetheless, the policy of not publishing—or simply not collecting—data that was deemed unsuitable for various reasons was much more common than simple falsification; hence the many gaps in Soviet statistical data
3)The party needed to remove the people who could see through there lies in order to maintain there control. Starlin did this by removing all photos and articles about former “traitors”. This is a demonstration of them using there power over history so no one could speak out and question the party, therefore, raising awareness to the unaware.
Quotes:The endless purges arrests tortures and vapourisations are not inflated for the crime but merely the wiping out of persons who might commit a crime sometime in the future
Whatever happened you vanished and neither you nor your actions were ever heard of again. You were lifted clean out of the stream of history.
the alteration of the past is necessary for two reasons[…] tolerates the present-day conditions because he has no standards of comparison
Stalin used a large group of photo retouchers to cut his enemies out of supposedly documentary photographs[…]Yezhov fell from Stalin’s favour after being usurped by one of his own deputies.
Stalin’s censors then removed Yezhov from the photographic record, including cutting him from a photograph in which he smiled next to his former boss,
Stalin’s censors then removed Yezhov from the photographic record, including cutting him from a photograph in which he smiled next to his former boss,
4)
Quotes:the alteration of the past is necessary for two reasons[…] tolerates the present-day conditions because he has no standards of comparison
Which is why Until they have become conscious they will never rebel, and until they rebel they cannot become conscious.
But by far the more important reason for the readjustment of the past is the need to safeguard the infallibility of the Party Could then go on to saying that the USSR altering History was less vigorous than nineteen eighty fours
Could talk about how the USSR had big gaps in its history because I did find some info how they did distort there statics in a somewhat similar fashion but the way they did it was not as advanced or efficient as nineteen eighty-four as when historian look back there are significant gaps where they were deleted at a later date without being replaced etc.
photo doctoring meant going back to the past to change the historical record, as when Stalin ordered Leon Trotsky, once a leading figure in the Communist Party, eliminated from all photos.
Sometimes, Stalin inserted himself in photos at key moments in history, or had photo technicians make him look taller or more handsome.
More Detail
Paragraph 1
Relevant Quotes
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Winstons job was to rectify the original figures by making them agree with the later ones
And only yesterday […] it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours?
Day by Day minute by minute the past was brought up to date
History is written by the victors – Winston Churchill
Until they have become conscious they will never rebel, and until they rebel they cannot become conscious.
Not a thought could’ve proved or disproved
History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present where the party is always right.
Whatever happened you vanished and neither you nor your actions were ever heard of again. You were lifted clean out of the stream of history. How this is similar in the USSR
The cynical movement of history was now intelligible or appeared to be so and if it was intelligible then it was alterable.
He had no freedom of choice whatsoever
The endless purges arrests tortures and vapourisations are not inflated for the crime but merely the wiping out of persons who might commit a crime sometime in the future
the alteration of the past is necessary for two reasons[…] tolerates the present-day conditions because he has no standards of comparison
He must be cut off from the past[…] because it is necessary for him to believe he’s better off than his ancestors
important reason for the readjustment of the past is the need to safeguard the infallibility of the party.
The past is whatever the records and the memory agree on
and since the party is in full control of the records and in equally full control of the minds of its members it follows that the past is whatever the party chooses to make it.
Your one-time existence was denied then forgotten, You were abolished, annihilated: vapourised
Historical facts
Breif explanaition of the USSR
The Soviet Union (also known as the USSR) was the first state to adapted the Marxist views to become a communist political party.
It was originally led by Vladimir Lenin after the Russian Revolution who was a very strong believer in the Marxist ideology.
It was meant to be a classless society where everyone was equal but due to people in power it became a place where power was abused for ones gain “in the name of the state” as a totalitarian state
Stalin used a large group of photo retouchers to cut his enemies out of supposedly documentary photographs[…]Yezhov fell from Stalin’s favour after being usurped by one of his own deputies.
Stalin’s censors then removed Yezhov from the photographic record, including cutting him from a photograph in which he smiled next to his former boss,
Stalin’s censors then removed Yezhov from the photographic record, including cutting him from a photograph in which he smiled next to his former boss,
photo doctoring meant going back to the past to change the historical record, as when Stalin ordered Leon Trotsky, once a leading figure in the Communist Party, eliminated from all photos.
Sometimes, Stalin inserted himself in photos at key moments in history, or had photo technicians make him look taller or more handsome.
Soviet authorities may have completely “invented” statistical data potentially useful in historical research (such as economic data invented to prove the successes of the Soviet industrialization
Data was falsified both during collection
nonetheless, the policy of not publishing—or simply not collecting—data that was deemed unsuitable for various reasons was much more common than simple falsification; hence the many gaps in Soviet statistical data
During 1975–1985, corruption and data fiddling became common practice among bureaucracy to report satisfied targets and quotas thus entrenching the crisis. At the same time, the effects of the central planning were progressively distorted due to the rapid growth of the second economy in the Soviet Union.[25]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography_in_the_Soviet_Union
https://www.history.com/news/josef-stalin-great-purge-photo-retouching
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Soviet_Union
Stalin used a large group of photo retouchers to cut his enemies out of supposedly documentary photographs[…]Yezhov fell from Stalin’s favour after being usurped by one of his own deputies.
Stalin’s censors then removed Yezhov from the photographic record, including cutting him from a photograph in which he smiled next to his former boss,
Stalin’s censors then removed Yezhov from the photographic record, including cutting him from a photograph in which he smiled next to his former boss,
photo doctoring meant going back to the past to change the historical record, as when Stalin ordered Leon Trotsky, once a leading figure in the Communist Party, eliminated from all photos.
Sometimes, Stalin inserted himself in photos at key moments in history, or had photo technicians make him look taller or more handsome.
Soviet authorities may have completely “invented” statistical data potentially useful in historical research (such as economic data invented to prove the successes of the Soviet industrialization
Data was falsified both during collection
nonetheless, the policy of not publishing—or simply not collecting—data that was deemed unsuitable for various reasons was much more common than simple falsification; hence the many gaps in Soviet statistical data
During 1975–1985, corruption and data fiddling became common practice among bureaucracy to report satisfied targets and quotas thus entrenching the crisis. At the same time, the effects of the central planning were progressively distorted due to the rapid growth of the second economy in the Soviet Union.[25]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography_in_the_Soviet_Union
https://www.history.com/news/josef-stalin-great-purge-photo-retouching
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Soviet_Union
https://www.jstor.org/stable/151363?seq=1 Changing the amount of deaths occuring in the soviet union.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZdijf1U7OY
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism
1984 Paragraph
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Winstons job was to rectify the original figures by making them agree with the later ones
And only yesterday […] it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours?
Day by Day minute by minute the past was brought up to date
History is written by the victors – Winston Churchill
In Gorge Orwell’s dystopian novel, nineteen eighty-four, makes us question the reality and authenticity within our society and why a totalitarian government. One of these questions is the control of “rectified” facts can control a society. It shows us the power and the influence the writers have over the minds of the unaware.
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. He realises that the previous events and people have brought them to where they are now, but comes to the realisation that the people in control over society in present can make the past look however they want it to. The Party despises the pass does this destroying all books and other literature and rewrite it only containing information they wish the citizens to have. They also abolish anyway of people recording their
The Party rewrites all the books ever made to remove all also constantly deletes their records making sure there is no one can who can disprove them. Historical fact is only a fact if enough people believe it to be so. This novel also reflects the fears they had at the time as…. History is written by the victors – Winston Churchill
RETYPED VERSION:
George Orwell has expanded on the anxieties held post World War Two about the degree to which communist States were seeking to control their citizens. He constructed a fictional future where the very records of history were constantly manipulated by the state. [Insert quote about mutability of the past] Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. Winston Smith works in the Ministry of Truth; the records department of The Party, the totalitarian government in Oceania, the state in which he lives. His job is to “rectify” all documents that have been published in the past so that they reflect the current propaganda of the Party. Through the presentation of the ‘records department’ in the novel, Orwell is able to show how control over the documents of history and recorded fact allow a state to control their population. “Day by Day minute by minute the past was brought up to date“. Winston’s job was often mundane. In relation to reports of state production “Winstons job was to rectify the original figures by making them agree with the later ones” – the ‘later’ figures are in fact fabrications, created by the Party to deceive the population into believing that there was a supply of products that didn’t exist.
Quotes 1984
How often or on what system the Thought police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork Page 5
Even a back can be revealing Page 5
He tried to squeeze out a memory that should tell him whether London was always like this. Page 5
For some reason, the telescreen in the living room was in an unusual position. page 7
Its smooth creamy paper deserved to be written on with a real nib instead of being scratched with an ink pencil page 8
He disliked nearly all women especially young pretty ones 12
Your one-time existence was denied then forgotten, You were abolished, annihilated: vapourised 21
It was Mrs Pasrons, the wife 22
How could you make an appeal to the future when not a trace of you not even an anonymous scribbled word on a piece of paper physically survive 29
41-42-43-44-45 good quotes about editing history and the destruction of “untrue ” events. This shows control.
It was, therefore, necessary to rewrite the paragraph of Big Brother speech in such a way as to make him predict the thing that had actually happened. 41
Winstons job was to rectify the original figures by making them agree with the later ones
Day by Day minute by minute the past was brought up to date 42
You didn’t have friends anymore, you had comrades. 51
I’ve been using the same one for weeks he added untruthfully 52
We’re destroying words scores of them, hundreds of them a day. We’re cutting the language down to the bone. 54
Dont you see the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought. 55
Until they have been conscious they ill never rebel and until they have rebelled they cannot become conscious 74
Not a thought could be proved or disproved 77
And when memory failed and written records were falsified when that happened the claim of the party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted because there did not exist and could never exist any standard against which it could be tested 97
The rocket bombs that fell on London Daily were probably fired from the government of Oceania itself just to keep people frightened. This was an idea that had literary never occurred to him.
Orthodoxy is not thinking Orthodoxy is not needing to think.Orthodoxy is unconscious
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
Satire piece and plan
Head boy/Girl speech
Health report
Newspaper article
Users manual for a product(toaster) computer/i phone yes
Scientist speaking about a concept
President/Prime minister speech
A piece of paper ad
Never runs out of battery
100% natural feel
‘Paper-thin”
light as a feather
Say more why these phones and tablets are not as useful. Not as hard to set up and use. Never again will you have to explain to your grandparents how to use google
Add more how it benefits the user using more Jargon
Explain at the end the percussion the atomic level it took to make it as well as giving more hints to what it is. Have some epic finishing line
Idea 1
A Promotion article on the I Phone 12
Underline message about how addicted we are to our phones by all the “new” implementations on each new phone
Rip out how useful all this connection is
Slave made
Chargers breaking so you can buy more
More glass so you can break it
Frankie Boyle piece Trident suggests that Britan is becoming a place where the government doesn’t care about there citizens, by reducing there budget on Helth care and education, and instead of putting it towards military purposes such as the Trident project.”Perhaps we need to face up that Britain is becoming a sort of redneck country that doesn’t give a shit about education or health but must have the latest weapons.” The calculated GDP for each year is dropping from about 0.1% every 2 years where it started at 9.8% in 2013 and has been reduced to 9.6% in 2017. The GDP for Education has been steadily dropping since 2010 wherein 2013 it was 4.4% and in 2017 it was +-4%. 82 2013- 2016 79billion. However, the total spending on healthcare in the UK has actually gone up quite considerably where it started at 172 billion in 2013 and in 2017 is 197.4 billion. Where in fact Military GDP has reduced from 2.3% in 2013 to 2.1% in 2017. This data shows that Boyles view on the UK’s want for defensive/aggressive purposes is greater than the country’s healthcare and education purposes are not supported.
Building aircraft carriers without aircraft.
Subs as a place for Britains worst Deviants. Not enough space in Britans prisons? Sexual Assault?
UK sexual assaults have significantly increased from 20.7k in 2013 to 41.6k 2016
North Koreas likely attack on the world is low