Wednesday 18 April 2012

Why does Winston think he "killed" his mother in the book 1984?

The key words
are: indoctrination and manipulation. Indoctrination and manipulation, as every reader of
knows, are the key strategies of the Party to maintain control of the
population.

This manipulation is evident in the story of. Main character
Winston has an issue regarding his memory and the possibility that he was responsible for the
death of his mother. This doubt, and its eventual realization, occur in chapter 7, book 2 of the
novel. As readers, we are led to consider that he is more than likely not guilty at all of her
death, but the system needs for him to second guess himself so that...

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