1984
Chapter 9
Thesecontradictionsarenotaccidental,nordotheyresultfromordinaryhypocrisy; theyaredeliberateexercisesinDOUBLETHINK. Foritisonlybyreconcilingcontradictionsthatpowercanberetainedindefinitely. Innootherwaycouldtheancientcyclebebroken. Ifhumanequalityistobeforeveraverted—iftheHigh,aswehavecalledthem,aretokeeptheirplacespermanently—thentheprevailingmentalconditionmustbecontrolledinsanity.
Butthereisonequestionwhichuntilthismomentwehavealmostignored. Itis;WHYshouldhumanequalitybeaverted? Supposingthatthemechanicsoftheprocesshavebeenrightlydescribed,whatisthemotiveforthishuge,accuratelyplannedefforttofreezehistoryataparticularmomentoftime?
Herewereachthecentralsecret. AswehaveseenthemystiqueoftheParty,andabovealloftheInnerParty,dependsuponDOUBLETHINK. Butdeeperthanthisliestheoriginalmotive,thenever-questionedinstinctthatfirstledtotheseizureofpowerandbroughtDOUBLETHINK,theThoughtPolice,continuouswarfare,andalltheothernecessaryparaphernaliaintoexistenceafterwards. Thismotivereallyconsists...
Winstonbecameawareofsilence,asonebecomesawareofanewsound. ItseemedtohimthatJuliahadbeenverystillforsometimepast. Shewaslyingonherside,nakedfromthewaistupwards,withhercheekpillowedonherhandandonedarklocktumblingacrosshereyes. Herbreastroseandfellslowlyandregularly.
‘Julia.’
Noanswer.
