Below are the 4 most recent journal entries recorded in rohani's LiveJournal:

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004
7:11 pm	"Oranges and lemons," say the bells of St. Clement's, "You owe me three farthings," say the bells of St. Martin's, "When will you pay me?" say the bells of Old Bailey, "When I grow rich," say the bells of Shoreditch. "Here comes a candle to light you to bed, Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!" Just wondering abt its significance. Its interesting how only O'Brien and maybe, Mr Charrington, remembers it all. Suggests to me that only O'Brien knows the truth and yet, it is O'Brien who denies the truth. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 8th, 2004
2:04 pm	"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows." In Winston's world, where people are hired to distort history to cover up the weaknesses of the Party, to tell the truth, to say that two plus two makes four, would be ultimate freedom. A person who can say the truth as to exactly how he feels and what he thinks, without condemnation from anyone, is free. Freedom begins with a person's freedom of speech. If the truth is allowed to be spoken, the Party would fall instantly. Btw, its ironic how that Winston's workplace is called the Ministry of Truth when it is the place where truth is destroyed. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 30th, 2004
8:38 pm	Language Newspeak has got to be the ugliest language ever. There isn't any beauty in the word "doubleplusgood". Not to me, at least. The language is too mechanical and limited. Syme says that the newspeak word "ungood" is a better substitute for "bad" as "it's an exact opposite". Newspeak does not allow for subtleties or for nuances. This is why I, unlike Syme, dont find that the destruction of words is "a beautiful thing". Sometimes our emotions are subtle and a word like "ungood" does not express our feelings or thoughts accurately. Words may be limited but they cannnot limit thoughts, no matter what Syme says. They can only limit communication. A person does not need words to think. You simply think. So if someone wants to commit thoughtcrime, Newspeak cannot prevent it, it can only prevent you from elucidating what you think and prevent your true meaning from being expressed. So it defeats the whole purpose of creating Newspeak. Whatever they do, eventually Big Brother and the Party will have to fall. Every imperfect society will have to fall, sooner or later, because it is inherently flawed. Their world is flawed because while they can prevent everyone from consciously thinking that Big Brother is wrong, they cannot make everyone believe that it is perfect. (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 21st, 2004
8:26 pm	Julia and Winston It just struck me how different Julia and Winston are. Similar in only one aspect, that is they both resent the party. Winston is against the ideals of the party. He is against the fact tt the Party limits individual freedom to such an extreme. He does not agree that the distortion of history should be carried out to maintain the Party’s flawless image. He is an idealist; he doesn’t like the ideals of the Party. Julia can understand Winston’s thoughts on the Party only on an intellectual basis. She sees Winston’s arguments. But she doesn’t care about the policies of the Party, not in the way Winston does. Julia only sees how the Party interferes with her desires and her wants and she only ‘rebels’ against the Party to attain what she wants. She surreptitiously slips notes and plans secret meetings in isolated areas because she wants Winston. She would not feel the anxiety and excitement that Winston does if she were the one holding the slip of paper of Jones, Aaronson and Rutherford. “It did not make much impression on her.” Julia, therefore, only joins the Brotherhood for Winston. She would not have joined if it weren’t for him; she had no wish to do so before she met Winston. We know that she was hardly interested in what “The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism” had to say because she promptly fell asleep when Winston read it out. Still she remains in the Brotherhood. Is this out of love for Winston? Or is she merely going along with Winston’s wishes because she feels obligated to do so? Perhaps, deep down inside, she does not feel that there is any danger in being part of the Brotherhood as she doesn’t know what she will be made to do. This may lead her to view the situation much more lightly than Winston does. This shows that she may not really love Winston, that she is merely going along with Winston’s idea and that it is her headstrong character that makes her stay in the Brotherhood. (Comment on this)