Thursday, February 14, 2008
Daylee Baker
The definition of peace according to the Encarta Dictionary is Freedom from war; a calm and quiet state, free from disturbance or noise; freedom from conflict or disagreement among people or groups of people. The definition of war according to the Encarta Dictionary is a period of hostile relations between countries, states, or fractions that leads to fighting between armed forces; a serious struggle, argument, or conflict between people. Just in the definition, peace is a result of war. In a giving situation where there is more than one person involved there is bound to be a disagreement. It seems the only way to get rid of the issue is to come to an agreement. Typically someone contradicts with the proposition created and the only way to get your way is to defeat the enemy. Thus war breaks out, and one person is either defeated or surrenders. The statement “ the only way to prepare for peace is to be prepared for war” is true because if you want peace you should be prepared for the ones who will be against your ideas, thoughts and beliefs so that if war breaks out you can be victorious.
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I agree, Daylee. Although it would be ideal if there was never any war, it is unrealistic. History shows us that it is human nature to disagree with one another and fight, and if a country was unprepared for that, it would be violating the social contract to protect its citizens.
-Carly Haeck
8. For an idea to exist, we must have words to express it.
I disagree with this statement. An idea can exist without words needing to be there to express it. After reading the book, I was questioning if I still believed this. In the book the Party had several ideas and all of which had names, or words to express them. For an example, there was the idea of believing in two contradiction ideas at the same time. This idea was called doublethink. There was a place where people are taken and tortured, called the Ministry of Love. The place that’s concerned with war is called the Ministry of Peace. The place that deals with starvation is called the Ministry of Plenty. I believe that to express an idea you don’t have to have a word to express, however it may be necessary for some ideas. In the book there is a scene where a prole woman passes by Winston singing. Her song touches Winston and gets him thinking about change. I think that an idea can exist without and with words to be expressed.
Daylee baker
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