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Examples Of Double Think In 1984

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Within the world of Oceana The Party controls everything, every thought, every action, every piece of clothing purchased. One of the mind programs that was enforced by the Party was something called “double think – which means that one simultaneously accepts two things that contradict each other and see them to be true.” This concept known as Double Think gives the government complete control. Winston’s version of freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four, if that is true then all else follows. Winston believes that individuality in the book can be kept by personal memories because he believes that, “they can’t get inside you.” They being Big Brother. Winston believes that the past has a true and real existence. A popular

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