1984 Ch. 4

"And so it was with every class of recorded fact, great or small. Everything faded away into a shadow-world in which, finally, even the date of the year had become uncertain" (41).

"It struck him as curious that you could create dead men but not living" (47).

In Oceania, the people do not seem to matter to the Parties, Ministries, or Big Brother. It is completely fine for children to show their loyalty to the Thought Police by helping them turn in their own parents and adults to be scared to express their feelings. Once Big Brother and his system wipe out people like Winston, what will happen? There will not be anything left, except to kill more people in war. Big Brother and his government have no idea what this issue could lead to. They can not be killing people off and changing history just because an outcome does not happen the way Big Brother said it would occur. He has made so many mistakes already. Oceania and its people need to accept defeat and stop this war. The entire government is a fraud. There is no point in even keeping Oceania. What is Big Brother going to gain by teaching the citizens and children ignorance, war, and slavery are all good things? The government needs to get there heads straightened out because if they don't, people in Parties and Ministries will slowly begin to realize the deeds of Big Brother are very wrong!

Labyrinth (39)- n. an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.

Abject (44)- adj. utterly hopeless, miserable.