EN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 55: Nineteen Eighty-Four, Leon Trotsky, Totalitarianism
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Week, oceania has switched enemies and allies in the ongoing war, heaping upon winston a tremendous amount of work to compensate for the change. At one rally, the speaker is forced to change his speech halfway through to point out that oceania is not, and has never been, at war with eurasia. Rather, the speaker says, oceania is, and always has been, at war with eastasia. The people become embarrassed about carrying the anti-eurasia signs and blame. In the room at mr. charrington"s, winston reads through goldstein"s the. Theory and practice of oligarchical collectivism,given to him by o"brien. This lengthy book, with chapter titles taken from party slogans such as war is. Peace and ignorance is strength, traces a theory of social classes throughout recent history: high class, middle class, and low class the. Inner party, the outer party, and the proles.
