Power of language (mind control)

Question 1

Power of language (1984) quotes

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Answer 1

• “He was already dead. It seemed to him that it was only now, when he had begun to formulate his thoughts” - Winston
• “Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth”
• “Controls the future: who controls the present controls the past”, “all that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory”

Question 2

Power of language (handmaids) quotes

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Answer 2

• The use of “Of (commander name) form of self fulfilling prophecy they begin to lose themselves and lose touch with former lives
• “The counters are like candies, made of peppermint. I would like to put them in my mouth, the letter C crisp, slightly acid on tongue, delicious”
• Manipulation of Offred through reading materials yet another way in which government controls woman’s thoughts and actions through lang