George Orwell 1984 Slogan Analysis

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In pages 166-167 in part 2, chapter 7 of George Orwell’s 1984, he uses diction and imagery in order to create an earnest tone to vividly illustrate Winston’s love for Julia. In this passage, Orwell creates an earnest tone by using diction in order to show Winston’s affection for Julia. In this section of the book, Winston and Julia are discussing what they would do if they were caught by the Thought Police. Winston says that they will try to break them and force a confession out of them, however, he says that the only thing that really matters is that they should not “betray one another” (Orwell 166).

Throughout the twentieth century, many authors wrote their perspectives on the world’s future. Novels such as Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley told of realities in which governments took extreme approaches to take control of its citizens’ lives, but a particularly alarming publication was George Orwell’s 1984. Written near the start of the Cold War in 1949, which saw the massive proliferation of nuclear arms and expansion of governments that polarized the globe into an East and a West, Orwell depicts what could happen if citizens allowed their governments to continue this power grab unchecked (Bossche). He uses rhetoric to recreate abstract concepts in the world’s dysfunctional political system as tangible entities in the plot.

In 1984, the party’s slogan “War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength” is used throughout the book each has a double meaning-one for the Party and one for the people. The first of the three is “War is Peace.” In the society of 1984, the Party has the masses believe that there is a constant war being waged in order to maintain peace. When there is war, there is patriotism and devotion to whatever country someone is a part of. It causes people to contribute to their country by thinking of the community first and sacrifice one’s self to the war effort.

Winston and Julia sticking together is the most important thing because it shows who they are. They are in love with each other and they are the only thing either of them has going for them because of the life they live. If they did betray each other then they both would go down for the crimes they committed and so does anyone else they know that knows about there crimes. Not confessing is also important because it shows that they are human and care for each other. "If you feel that staying human is worth while, even when it can't have any results whatever, you've beaten them" (Orwell 166).

During the 1984 Super Bowl, Apple Computer Inc. presented an intriguing television commercial 1984 to introduce the Macintosh computer to the world. Since the commercial was launched during a major American sports event, it predominantly targets young adults to middle-aged Americans with mid to high income. Through the use of allusion, symbolism, contrast, and appeal to pathos in this commercial, Apple Computer effectively advertises its products while establishing brand credibility. The scenes of the commercial primarily alludes to George Orwell’s renowned dystopian novel 1984, a story that takes place in a totalitarian state where people are under constant control by the powerful dictator named “Big Brother”.

This unfortunate fact of never ending war is presented in the novel 1984 by George Orwell through Big Brother’s use of propaganda and Doublethink. In the book, there’s a global war that seemingly on going though there is no true enemy; in fact there is no war at all. Big Brother uses this fictitious endless war to keep control over the citizens of Oceania. Today we have the War on Terror, an undeclared war “declared” by President George Bush, continued by President Obama, and now Donald

One of the key principles of Ingsoc, or English Socialism, in 1984 is the idea that “War is Peace” (Orwell). The three societies in the world, Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, are constantly at war in order to consume surplus resources so that each society only ever has the exact amount of goods that it needs to get by. “The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact” (Orwell). Because of this, life for citizens of Oceania would not be any different if there was never any war at all, and so in this sense, war is, in fact equal to peace.

War is Peace may seem inaccurate, but in the novel 1984, this was a slogan that was well-adapted to the lives of citizens living in Oceania. The party had created this slogan to show that war is something that is well-needed in a society. Many posters would be hung up stating that War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength, but the government had done this purposely to change the mindset of the citizens. War is Peace is an ironic slogan to the terrible society in Oceania. Oceania had been in war with Eurasia for a very long time now, and many kids grew up with the commotion of war.

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Posters and Subconscious In George Orwell’s 1984, Orwell uses personification to emphasize the subconscious control the government possesses over the citizens’ vicious actions against the party’s enemy through the Eurasian soldier poster. A new Eurasian picture, which Orwell portrays as monstrous, expressionless, and enormous Mongolian faces, emerges all over London and the image outnumbers the posters of Big Brother. Strangely enough, the proles, normally apathetic about the war, elicit a powerful, aggressive, and patriotic response towards the new poster. Orwell utilizes negative descriptive word choices, such as monstrous, to illustrate how negatively people of Oceania view Eurasians.

“WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.” “War is peace” means that having war in your country against another keeps your country together in peace, trying to make their country stronger. The party interprets this to say that Even though Oceania is at war the people are kept calming knowing things were getting better, and the people of Oceania gives back in return.

Fahad Alrebdi Mr. John Smallwood ENG4U September 6, 2014 Julia and Winston In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell presents the protagonist, Winston Smith and his lover Julia in Oceania, under the rule of Big Brother. Under this totalitarian regime, both characters are Party members. Winston works in the Records department of the Ministry of Truth while Julia works in the Fiction department of the Ministry of Truth.

"War is peace, Freedom is slavery, and Ignorance is strength." (Orwell, #4) These are the Party's slogans in the book 1984. 1984 is a cautionary tale about the dangers of strong government. It is considered to be the first dystopian novel.

In George Orwell’s 1984, the three slogans of the Party—”War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength” (page 4)—are significant paradoxes that are used to reveal the theme of the novel that fear and ignorance allow one to be easily controlled. The three slogans are introduced early in the novel when Winston Smith thinks about his job at the Ministry of Truth. The building is described as “an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, three hundred meters into the air... it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength” (4). The three slogans present