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The Ministry of Truth was where the main character, Winston Smith, works. It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete- 300m into the air, contains over 3000 rooms above ground. On the outside wall were the three slogans of the Party: "War is Peace", "Freedom is Slavery", "Ignorance is Strength". The Ministry of Truth was involved with news, entertainment and the fine arts (see p. 45-46 of the novel). It's purpose was to rewrite history and change the facts to fit party doctrine. For example, if Big Brother (BB) made a prediction that turned out to be wrong, the employees of the Ministry of Truth would go back and rewrite history so that any prediction BB made would be accurate. In other words, the Ministry of Truth was responsible for Lie s. |
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