- “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” – Nineteen eighty-four, page 37
To me this quotation that George Orwell is representing in Nineteen eighty four shows an expansion on the negative effects of corrupted power as like for example the first part of this quote where George Orwell says “who controls the past controls the future” Adolf Hitler in World War 2 I believe is a good example of this as it shows anyone with a large level of power can have such a large impact on society’s future therefore in a way controlling the future with the new generation. Winston references “Who controls the present controls the past” I take this quote and it makes believe that anyone in a current position could in a way control the past by saying something about the past and exaggerate it and create a rumour and slowly change peoples thoughts of history.