This Amendment guarantees the people of the United States the right to express their ideas freely without fear of persecution from the government. By contrast, in 1984 the government prevented the people from expressing their ideas by limiting what they were allowed to think, say, and publish. For example, the government demanded that “the original copy [of all documents be] destroyed, and the corrected copy placed on the files ... This process of continuous alteration was applied … to every kind of literature or documentation which might conceivably hold any political or ideological significance” (Orwell 40). These actions restrain the people’s right of freedom of expression by further strengthening The Party’s political view. This demonstrated that by erasing history, the people of Oceania would not have the ability to compare their former lives to a better past and therefore be kept in inhumane
This Amendment guarantees the people of the United States the right to express their ideas freely without fear of persecution from the government. By contrast, in 1984 the government prevented the people from expressing their ideas by limiting what they were allowed to think, say, and publish. For example, the government demanded that “the original copy [of all documents be] destroyed, and the corrected copy placed on the files ... This process of continuous alteration was applied … to every kind of literature or documentation which might conceivably hold any political or ideological significance” (Orwell 40). These actions restrain the people’s right of freedom of expression by further strengthening The Party’s political view. This demonstrated that by erasing history, the people of Oceania would not have the ability to compare their former lives to a better past and therefore be kept in inhumane