Monday, April 11, 2016

Find an argument made by The Party to the party members or proles that contains one or more logical fallacies. Quote it, and explain the fallacy or fallacies as well as what you believe the agenda of The Party is for making this argument.

The Party makes the party members believe that if they are thinking or rebelling against the Party, then they are committing a crime. If they are committing a crime, then the entire nation will be filled with chaos, traitors and terrorism. On page 23, the children mention the Party's argument briefly as they say, "You're a traitor... shouting 'Traitor!' and "Thought-criminal!'" They use the logical fallacy slippery slope and aim towards scaring the people into order. I think the Party uses this argument to convince people that the ones who might question their power are highly dangerous. This is obviously false. However, since they use the slippery slope it seems highly realistic to those in that type of society. It is very easy for the Party to use this kind of fallacy since they have higher authority.  They also use appeal to authority because most people believe it since the authority said it.

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