“Orthodoxy means not In order for one to not get If one is unconscious to their

thinking — not needing to
think. Orthodoxy is
unconsciousness.”
turned in for being a thought surroundings they are easy to
criminal one must learn to control. Being uneducated is
regulate emotions, breathing, a form of unconsciousness.
and even heart rate or risk
being turned in for thought
crime. One must be dormant
to once self and emotions in
order to survive in the world
of Big Brother. Thinking and
showing individuality is
unexceptable and can be
considered a crime if done at
a certain degree. Thus it is
better to not think or ever feel
the need to express once self.
Having no thought but love
for the Party.

“Doublethink means the
power of holding two
contradictory beliefs in one's
mind simultaneously, and
accepting both of them.”
Double Thinking was the
struggle Wientson
experienced when he trusted,
fell in love , and metally
broke.
The way the human mind can
trick one is extremely
powerful. Mind over matter.
The mind can convince one to
feel sick and your body will
react with signs of an illness..

“One does not establish a
dictatorship in order to
safeguard a revolution; one
makes the revolution in order
to establish the dictatorship.”
Revolution is connected to
humanity. Humanily entails
compassion which is the
foundation of unconditional
love. The one love we all
strive for. Winston's love for
Julia was unconditional love.
Winston wanted to express
his love instead of being
under a dictatorship that
safeguard the revolution.
Winston became driven
towards a revolution to
Power over a means to get to
an end is how dictatorship is
ran when it’s established to
safeguard a revolution. This
means power is in a select
few, whereas when a
dictatorship is created by a
revolution the power is
entrusted in the people.

“Sexual intercourse was to
be looked on as a slightly
disgusting minor operation,
like having an enema. This
again was never put into plain
words, but in an indirect way
it was rubbed into every Party
member from childhood
onwards.”
restore humanity.
In Oceania one can never be Pleasure of any type is
completely satisfied or forbidden, hurtful and
fulfilled. One cannot marry degrateing. This is was to
someone they are attracted to, control all and keep control.
there will be no pleasure out
of marriage whatsoever. The
only reason for marriage is
for the greater good of the
government. It is the citizens
of Oceania's responsibility to
produce more offspring to be
used as the next generation of
spies dictated by the
government. This quote goes
to prove the cold detachment
the government has created
among the people. There is no
such thing as a true bonded
family in Oceanead. Children
are merely an asset to Big
Brother the next generation of
members of a brainwashed
society. Children will often
betray their own parents and
turn into the thought police.
All to benefit Big Brother.
The world has become an
extremely cold detached
place with no emotions or
true human connections.
“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
“Never again will you be
capable of love, or friendship,
or joy of living, or laughter,
or curiosity, or courage, or
integrity. You will be hollow.
We shall squeeze you empty,
and then we shall fill you
with ourselves”
“I LOVE YOU”
“Freedom is the freedom to
say that two plus two make
four. If that is granted, all else
follows.”
This quotes is the slogan for
“Big Brother” or the
government in 1984. It is of
great importance to the text
due to the fact that this is the
slogan everyone lives by.
Nobody knows anything
different so the people of
Oceania never question it’s
ironic properties.
O'Brien is telling Wisnton
this is what Big Brother
expects of the citizens of
Oceania. Just a former shell, a
void that once was human.
Juleia, Winstons love interest
writes these words to him on
a tiny piece of paper. This act
is rebellion. Simply by
writing ``I” love you”is
breaking the law and one
could get turned into the
thought criminal. Julia and
Winston's forbidden love is a
symbolic act of defiance of
the ways of Big Brother.
Winston reacts seeing this
quote printed on a flyer
promoting Big Brother. The
posester intataly is saying that
even if situations and
conditions in life do not add
up or make complete sense.
Never question the ways of
This quote is ridden with
opposite statements, it can be
compared to saying left is
right and right is left. It is
interesting to see how the
citizens don’t question these
opposing statements. Perhaps
this is because that thought is
restricted and nobody dare
question for fear of getting
caught by the thought police.
If these statements showed up
in the current government the
people would be extremely
confused.
The dehumanization of
humanity. Here one wants
one to be dead inside and
become a puppet.
The smallest words mean the
most. Those three small
words.
Once on gets the freedom to
choose what they want to
choose or believe what they
want to believe more thoughts
follow and build upon it

“Nothing was your own
except the few cubic
centimetres inside your skull.
” his frustration by stating the
“If you want to keep a secret,
you must also hide it from
yourself.”
“Until they become conscious
they will never rebel, and
until after they have rebelled
they cannot become
conscious.”
Big Brother. Big Brother
knows what's best for
everyone.
In the city of Oceania Big Nobody can take own one’s
Brother owns and oversees mind or thoughts.
everything. Winson expressed
fact that there is no such thing
as privacy in Oceania. Even
in his own home Big Brother
has access to everyone's
personal life through the
invention of the telescreen.
Wimston is stating that the
only thing that was truly
private and not violated by
Big Brother was what was in
one’s own mind. This quote
allows the reader to get a
clearer understanding of how
invasive this governmental
system truly is.
Winston understands that he Lies and truth existing in
must not think of rebelling. one's mind will work on you.
He must keep his feelings and These emotions will loop and
thoughts locked up deep loop. They will become the
inside. So deep that even he straw that broke the camel's
can not detect this deep back.
rooted hate inside of himself.
Winston is having difficulties
showing away his feelings in
order to condone to Big
Brother.
Winston is reporting to his Truth is power. Truth is
forbidden journey. He consciousness that breathes
expressed that he might just life in individuality.
have a chance of starting a
revolution against Big
Brother using the Proles.
Hover this can only be

“‘Don’t you see that the
whole aim of Newspeak is to
narrow the range of thought?
In the end we shall make
thoughtcrime literally
impossible, because there will
be no words in which to
express it.’”
“Stupidity was as necessary
as intelligence, and as
difficult to attain.”
achieved if the Proles
detected the extreme
inadequacy of the govements
treatment. They are blind to
the fact that life under Big
Brother is not truly living.
Until the Proles recognize this
fact there is no hope for
revolution.
Winston is having lunch with Words are a form of power. If
one of his comrades. He you say I think I can, I think i
works in the speech can we become the little
department and is working on engine that could.
creating a dictionary for
future generations. He
specializes in destroying
words. Words can be
perceived as threatening due
to the fact that words plant
ideas. Ideas then have the
potential to spark an uprising.
Limiting one’s vocabulary
will in return limit one’s rage
if thought. Words and
collective ideas are treated to
Big Brother. The less
educated people are, the
easier they are to be lead.
Winston has to appear to be
less intelligent that he is in
order to not be suspected of
thought crime. He must hide
his intelligent and choose his
words carefully. This is
completely true because he
has to safeguard everything
he says, due to the fact that if
something slightly intelligent
or may have even the
slightest unorthodox
undertone to it. This could
endanger himself. He must
put on a fake fisaude of

“If there is hope, it lies in the
proles.”
stuipity which at times is
emenctly difficut to achieve.
Wiston is hungry for Strength comes from those
enlightenment about life least expected of it
before Big Brother took
control. The only people who
are allowed to live somewhat
freely are the proles. The
proles are not under strict lew
of Big Brother. The are not
considered such a large threat
due to the fact that they are
the poor working class
citizens. Due to their small
taste of freedom Winston
believes that they have the
most information about life
before the revolution of Big
Brother.