3. 1984

"War is Peace

Freedom is Slavery

Ignorance is Strength" (16).

"War is Peace" represents the on going recurrence of wars in the world in 1984, written by George Orwell. There are so many conflicts occurring that eventually they become all that anyone ever knows, therefore they become peaceful. Without them, the world would become more chaotic. Each of the lines in this quote are contradictory but at the same time make perfect sense, much like Orwell's novel. The government within 1984 was in total control and kept everyone isolated from each other. The majority of the population thought that they were living a decent life, but each person could only do certain things even though they believed they had freedom. Freedom is like another law because it is classified as something, therefore it becomes slavery. The last line "ignorance is strength" permeates throughout each page. If people are not aware of what is going on around them, they will not break and become lost in what they should be doing. Winston was not ignorant and it led him to trouble. This was the warning for all the people in the novel. Orwell includes these lines within his novel because they represent the philosophy of communists and the points are true and set the standards for the entire novel.