Who Controls the Past?

5/9/2022

Daily Literary Quote
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
- George Orwell

Journal Prompt
What do you think the above quote means? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

24 Comments

Trishelle Sygit

5/9/2022 12:14:00 pm

I don’t agree. We control what is going to happen to us whether we succeed or not and whether we die is god choosing our life’s path.

Mason Lamont

5/9/2022 12:16:49 pm

If god controlled the past and your present then he is most likely controlling the future so you have contradicted yourself.

Ryan Morgan

5/9/2022 12:18:36 pm

Nice!

5/9/2022 12:19:33 pm

I agree with your comment and pov.

William Rackham

5/9/2022 12:14:52 pm

I agree that who controls past controls the present. If you can rewrite history you can be in the right no matter what happens

Michael Petroni

5/9/2022 12:17:34 pm

This is very true.

wyatt

5/9/2022 12:18:30 pm

interesting insight!!

Ryan Morgan

5/9/2022 12:19:15 pm

Very factual

5/9/2022 12:20:06 pm

I like your wording for this comment such as no matter what happens

Mason LaMont

5/9/2022 12:15:36 pm

I believe the quote means that the people with and in control will change what happens and controls how things will happen. Yes I agree bc the government has controlled the past the present and the future.

Trishelle

5/9/2022 12:16:43 pm

Yeah!

William Rackham

5/9/2022 12:18:06 pm

They have many times.

Eliza Fisher

5/9/2022 12:18:54 pm

Good insight.

Raven

5/9/2022 12:26:20 pm

Agreed.

wyatt

5/9/2022 12:16:15 pm

I don’t not agree i think if you control the present you control the future somewhat.

Trishelle

5/9/2022 12:17:14 pm

I agree with you!

Mason Lamont

5/9/2022 12:18:01 pm

I like your reason.

Michael Petroni

5/9/2022 12:17:17 pm

I agree, by controlling the past and present, you can control everything that once happened and will happen. I agree because if people don't know what is correct, then they will never know what is wrong.

Eliza Fisher

5/9/2022 12:18:38 pm

I agree with you.

Eliza Fisher

5/9/2022 12:17:51 pm

I think that the quote means that if you don't care to learn the past people will take advantage of that. I agree with this quote. If you change the past so that it is better it will have worse effects on the future. If you don't care about history or know history it will repeat itself. And if you don't know history people can change it to what they want.

Raven

5/9/2022 12:25:47 pm

I agree.

Ryan Morgan

5/9/2022 12:18:16 pm

I agree, the decision we make may affect our future.

AJ Anderson

5/9/2022 12:19:13 pm

I agree with this quote this is a strong definition to common history. All these things revolve around history and how it happens with recurring events. Whoever controls the present make their own past by their decisions and a lot of the time they aren't thought through.

Raven

5/9/2022 12:25:25 pm

I don't think that people can control the past or future, but I do agree that if people don't know the true past that it can affect the future. However I do think people can change how the past is perceived they leave out information as well as make things up to make the past look better in our eyes which will change the way the future would have turned out because it will just cause history to repeat itself because we didn't learn from our mistakes.

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