"He who controls the past, controls the future". This quote illustrates the true nature of Big Brother in the novel 1984. Winston Smith is just a tiny spec in a totalitarian run country. In this publication, he came to many realizations about the government. One of them is that if a person does not have any knowledge of their history, then it may be contorted in order to control the present and future.
Winston holds a position in the Ministry of Truth; his job consists of eradicating the past. …