“…the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.”, 24. That thing, which he began on April 4, 1984, was to begin a diary. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking into the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.”, 21. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.”, “Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”, “Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”, "We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing...The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. History has stopped. Never again will you be capable of love, or friendship, or joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. ‘Who controls the past’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past. “Who controls the past controls the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of bone. “Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? Everything will be dead inside you. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. 1984 tells the story of 39-year-old Winston Smith who decides to do a thing that "if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least by twenty-five years in a forced labor camp." Once he commits this act, there's no turning back. It resembles my own mind except that you happen … All competing pleasures will be destroyed. © 2020 Active Interest Media All Rights Reserved. “How could you make appeal to the future when not a trace of you, not even an anonymous word scribbled on a piece of paper, could physically survive?”, 16. 1984 tells the story of 39-year-old Winston Smith who decides to do a thing that "if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least by twenty-five years in a forced labor camp." 2. “To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone—to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: From the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of Big Brother, from the age of doublethink—greetings!”, 22. He loved Big Brother.”. See the complete 2020 list here. ( From Etsy ) 3. Let’s start with one of the coolest opening lines ever and bear witness to this fictional society that sometimes looks a little too familiar. ", "What can you do, thought Winston, against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself; who gives your arguments a fair hearing and simply persists in his lunacy? We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. '", (Free charts and tips for outlining and plotting a novel. So, are you more of a visual person, or Big Brother just has you too spooked to write anything down? Poetic Form Fridays are made to share various poetic forms. "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. The heresy of heresies was common sense.”, 4. “There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. If that is granted, all else follows.”, 15. YA author Hanna C. Howard shares why she feels fiction is a bit like Brussels sprouts, especially when sautéed with olive oil, salt, and pepper: good for your health and soul. “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. 1984 takes place in Airstrip One (formerly Great Britain), in the superstate of Oceania, a country embroiled in a seemingly never-ending war. Cherish these emotions, honor your anger, and let it propel you forward. “Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”, 13. “Tragedy, he perceived, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason.”, 19. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.