“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” (81)

The Party has essentially stripped away all freedoms for its people, including the freedom to think logically. Obviously it is clear that if you have two items and then gain two more, you have four. But yet The Party proclaims that 2 + 2 = 5. With this, it seems to be impossible to differentiate the truth from the lies that the government puts forward. Orwell uses this extreme example to show how little freedom Winston and his comrades have and the threat that The Party believes will come if even the slightest rights and privileges are granted.