Orwell's "1984"

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This paper explains that in George Orwell "1984", the government controls every aspect of human behavior by controlling both internal and external memories and by erasing truth. The author points out that most societies have built-in mechanisms to protect themselves; but in the world of "1984", this self-protection was carried to the extreme. The paper concludes that as modern technology gets more sophisticated, it may become harder to determine what actually happened at a given event, or what were the real details of a controversial incident --- thus erasing memory and truth.

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" '"Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past'". The Party has complete control over the population in the present. They use this control to influence people's memories, editing the ones that are no longer expedient. Because they have no point of comparison, there can be no rebellion, no lack of trust in the Party's motivation. This then gives them control of the future."

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