Saturday, March 28, 2009

Time Crime

“He sat back. A sense of complete helplessness had descended upon him. To begin with, he did not know with any certainty that this was 1984. It must be round about that date, since he was fairly sure that his age was thirty-nine, and he believed that he had been born in 1944 or 1945; but it was never possible nowadays to pin down any date within a year or two.” (7)

Orwell shows the uncertainty that the Party has created for society.  The Party has changed history so many times, that they’ve affected the public’s perception of time.  The days, weeks, months, and years have all blended together, making it nearly impossible to distinguish between each of them. The Party has removed all unnecessary pieces of information from the public’s greater knowledge, including their concept of time, as yet another method for controlling their thought.

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