Wednesday, January 25, 2012

What are some examples of paradox in 1984?

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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