Ais an
illogical or contradictory statement. Sometimes, in their seeming illogic, paradoxes illuminate
truths.
Party slogans in illustrate paradox. Here are
some examples:
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Obviously, war cannot be peace and neither can
freedom be slavery. Through these self-contradictory, and hence paradoxical, slogans,parodies or
makes fun of similar political slogans from the twentieth-century, especially those produced by
totalitarian governments.
It is also a paradox that the ministry he works for
is called the Ministry of Truth when, in fact, its function is to produce lies.creates lies on a
daily basis as he rewrites history. Likewise, the Ministry of Love is a place of torture and
hate.
's insistence that two plus two equals five if the Party says so is a
paradox as well. Totalitarian governments operate on the premise that they can use their power
to bend truth to their wills,...
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