DJ Book 1 Chapter 7-8; Book 2 Chapter 1-2

"Freedom if the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that id granted, all else follows" (69).

I found this to be very strong. This quote comes from what Winston wrote in one of his journal entry. The quote is really strong because the meaning of the word freedom is to be able to express ones thoughts in any way through writing or speech. In the novel the member are not able to exercise that freedom and they are being suppress. Not only they are not able to express their freedom of speech but also the freedom of thoughts. Every single person has the right to give their opinion. The quote is self is also strong due to the fact that the statement is true. Four plus four will always be four not three nor any other number. If what the statement is true, then no one can actually argue it. That statement will always be true. The Party does this a lot, it controls its members into thinking bad thing are good for their own selfish interest.

"WAR IS PEACE

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"(87).

This is the Party's official slogan that is in big letters on the pyramid of the Ministry of Truth. When looking at this quote I see something so twisted and sick. War is not peace, freedom is not slavery, and ignorance is not strength. It's all a twisted game that the party plays on its citizens to weaken their way of thinking and make them always think in a constant state of propaganda and fear. By doing so the Party has power over them and forces them to accept even the most illogical ideas. A great example can be the names of the Ministry. How the ones in charge of waging war have the name of Ministry of Peace, the ones in charge of political torture is called Ministry of Love, and the ones who write or rewrite history so it can be in sync with the Party's ideology have the name of Ministry of Truth.

"I love you"(90).

This was found by Winston written on a scrap of paper on top of a batch of work he was about to work on. When he saw this you could read that he was in shock because thinking and even less feeling love was not acceptable in Oceania. It is a threat to the Party they think that with love they will have some type of freedom and won't be able to control its subject. The Party has changed the meaning of love in marriage by taking away the pleasure of sex and the intimacy that the couples had and turn it into something cold as ice. Which in most cases led to separation which was better for the Party.

DJ Book 1 Chapters 2-6

Winston was writing in his diary:

             It was three years ago. It was on a dark evening, in a narrow side street near one of the big railway stations. She was standing near a doorway in the wall, under a street lamp that hardly gave any light. She had a young face, painted very thick. It was really the paint that appealed to me, the whiteness of it, like a mask, and the bright red lips. Party women never paint their faces. There was nobody else in the street, and no telescreens. She said two dollars. I --(55)



Winston bought a diary to keep track of his thoughts. He obtain the diary from Mr. Charrington's shop. The reason he bought it was mainly because it was old and very beautiful. Even though he knew that such thing could get him in trouble to a point of him being vaporize. Mainly because it was seen as sick to the mind, but he still did it. Winston writes this entry describing someone, more specific a woman. A woman who in the dark looked very beautiful with her makeup. Later on in the chapter we find that that beautiful woman he payed to dollars to be with was an old woman who was about 50 years of age. Reason why he couldn't think about this situation and had to write about it was because as a Party member the thought sexual instinct was prohibited and the Party wanted to kill or at least minimize it. Even though he when through the struggle of writing that horrible experience at the end he felt the same way he started, sick and full of self-loathing.