Thursday, May 6, 2010
Feelings... nothing more than feelings.... (113- 185)
Winston thinks, "They [the Party] could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to". Can you alter your own feelings by force of will? Can some else alter another person's innermost feelings?
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Winston thinks, “They could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to.” I disagree with Winston for agreeing with the Party because I do think that we ourselves can alter our own feelings. I think we can alter our feelings by will because it’s what we feel and how we feel at the moment. I don’t think we can change or feel anything by the power of force because forcing one to do something will not help anything or anyone. What we want to think and feel at any given time is upon us, only we can determine our own feelings. If you are willing to force someone what to do or feel they will never stumble upon what to feel or how you may want them to feel, they will only be faking it. I believe that no one can alter another person’s innermost feelings, because it’s up to the person to feel on their behalf. No one can make anyone feel anything especially their innermost feelings. Someone may think they can change you or your feelings but than yourself would not feel normal or it wouldn’t be yourself. One person has the key to their feelings and being able to change it, which is you. What Winston thinks, that we cannot alter our feelings ourselves is false because we are the only one who can. No one can make us think what we don’t want to think or change or feelings themselves. How we feel or want to feel is upon us.
ReplyDeleteI think if you have the ability to think free then you have the ability to alter your own feelings. Only you can alter your feelings nobody can never put that pressure on you unless they are holding a gun to your head. But still sometimes being alter by somebody can some what happen if you are in love with that person or if you care for that person in any kind of way. But i believe if you give your feelings to someone then they would use it against you. That's why sometimes you need to be careful what you say to people becuase you might need them in the long run. But someone else can alter another person intermost feelings by just getting to know how they act towards them and at them and this can be someone done fall in any momentof life.
ReplyDelete"Winston thinks that they the party could not alter your feelings; for the matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to". But the question is can you alteryour own feelings by force of will. Also can someone else alter another person innermost feelings. I do not believe that one can alter ther feelings by sure will power but by years of training they can forget everything that makes them sad or heart broken. It takes a while to compel your self to forget about all the people you loved, you been best friends with for years, your family or even your pets. But thing is if you compel or push your feelings out of your mind body and your soul you will be as dead as a zombie.
ReplyDeleteI dont think that anyone can alter their feelings by being forced to. I also dont think someone can just change their beliefs because they want to. I think that the only way someone can change their intermost feelings is if they gain some type of knowledge that can make them feel diffrently towards something. If you hate to do something your going to always hate something unless you try to make the situation better so that you wont hate it anymore. Like in the book winstin dosent like the fact that he cant be with his wife unless they make children but he can look at it like the Big Brother is trying to keep him pure but deepdown inside he will always dislike the fact that he is in that situation, but he will try to make the problem seem positive for his own good. So noone can really change how they feel about certain things but they can try to make the situation better.
ReplyDeleteAny one can alter their own feelings by force of will. Whenever you believe in something, it is your will to believe in it. But when someone is forcing you to believe in something else, you must battle force with force. The only way a person can alter someone elses feelings is to reveal all weaknesses and attack them. For example, if there is something wrong with the government, but the people dont realize it, then you would have to make those issues public. Showing the people the flaws will change their feelings and lead them in a different way. You just have to find the weakness.
ReplyDelete“They could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to.” I totally agree with Winston and his statement. As much as you want to alter your feelings you can never tell yourself to do so and your feelings do as you say. Love for instance, is something you can’t really control. You can fall in love with a young man that you’ve known for a while and then he does something that really pushes you off the edge. You tell yourself not to love him anymore, to forget all about him, erase every memory of him, the good and the bad. All the long walks in the park , the arguments, the time when you were out and he surprised you with your birthday present in front of your family, the make-ups and the break-ups. But no matter how much you want to distance yourself from the feelings you feel for him, you can never do so. Especially if that person has been there for you through almost everything. In the same sense I don’t think someone else can alter your feelings either. You may put on a front for everyone else around you but the truth is deep down inside you really still have feelings for that person or that situation. Feelings are hard to change I can say one thing and really mean something else in my heart. Some people like to hurt other people because they don’t know how to express their inner feelings. Nothing can alter anything that your heart feels.
ReplyDelete"Listen to your heart because it holds truth"
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Winston thinks “they could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to.”I disagree with what Winston thinks, but at the same time I agree. I think you can alter your own feelings by force of will. You can change how you feel if you don’t like somebody, if they betray you, or disrespect you. For example if two people are friends, which means that like each other as a person, and one of them do something that betrayed the other and hurt their feelings, that person would change their feelings about that person and not like them anymore. Someone else can alter another person’s innermost feelings because how the person acts towards you, gives you the reason for feeling how you feel about them, and they’re responsible for making you feel the way you do. I agree with Winston about not being able to alter your feelings because your feelings about things are like instant. For instance when a person like someone the way they feel is their initial reaction to that person before they actually get to know that person. If you can alter your feelings and the way you feel about people it can come off as fake. This can be artificial because you’re hiding your true feelings and covering about how you feel about things. Hiding your feelings is allowing you not to be real with yourself and others.
ReplyDeleteI feel that you can’t alter your own feelings by force or will. People cannot change the way they feel about a person. I experienced this kind of situation couple of year s ago. For example, when I was in the 8th grade my friends tried to make me change the way I felt about another person. The other student name was Joey. He would always get on my nerves. The things he did to people and said about people were obnoxious and hateful. People use to cry their eyes out form the things he said. Joey only did it to certain people. There was a time he tried to be my friend but I couldn’t because of the way I felt about him. My friends were trying to get me to like him as a person and be his friend but I couldn’t do. I tried to force myself to like him and be his friend but it was no use. Someone can not alter another person’s innermost feelings. Well actually it depends on the situation. Someone you love could make you feel mad or sick to your stomach if the person cheated on you. Even though you might be mad, your love for them is still there. That love you have for person will never change. No matter what they do or if some else tried to change it. The point I’m trying to make is you cannot change your feelings no matter how hard you try.
ReplyDeleteWinston thinks that you cannot alter your feeling; for that matter, you cannot alter them yourself, even if you wanted to. I total agree with Winston’s statement you cannot alter you feeling and neither can anyone else. I have a life experience of this. I like someone and my close friend told me not to get close to him because of the reputation that he had. I took it has she just was interested in him and did not want me to peruse him. She told me the entire thing that he was in to. I did not want to listen to her I wanted to experience for myself. We went on a date with him and I enjoyed myself. Throughout our relationship I noticed what my friend was talking about he was a complete jerk and he was so selfish. My feeling was not changing for him though I could not just let him go although he had many traits about him that I just could not stand nor except. He was just a selfish person. I tried my hardest to not like him and not talk to him but it was not going to happen I was stuck because I had deep feelings for him. When your heart has a place for someone you cannot help but follow you heart. This is why I believe that you cannot alter your feelings about someone and neither can anyone else.
ReplyDelete“They could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself even if you wanted to” I disagree with this statement because there are many ways that you and others can alter your feelings. It can even be done without you knowing that your feelings are being changed. In the book Winston probably believes that because they are not allowed to think otherwise about their government. If they did the thought police would get them or big brother. Once big brother got a hold of them they would be vaporized because they would be seen as a threat to the society and big brother would no longer have control over his people. Big brother has actually altered their feelings because everybody as he say and think what he wants them to think. Winston on the other head has altered his own feelings because he do not think like the rest of them. Everyday he writes down his own thoughts about the world and what he thinks will become of it. Knowing that he is taking a risk of being caught he still does it but knows that eventually he is going to be vaporized. If big brother had not altered the feelings of the others they would not just be one government that exist in the book. You would have a lot of religions and governments and other groups doing their own thing. That’s why I strongly disagree with that statement of not being able to alter someone’s feeling as well as yourself .
ReplyDeleteWinston thinks, "They [the Party] could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to". In my opinion, I don’t think that you can alter your feelings by a force of will. I think this because if you try to change the way that you feel about something by force, then that kind of makes you a fake person. For example, if you have a group of friends and all of them like this one person but you don’t, you can’t help or change the way that you feel about that one person. If you did decide to change the way you felt just because you’re friends liked them, then that would make you a fake person. You’re not being real or truthful with yourself by changing the way you feel about certain things. Altering your feelings can also make you a confused person because you wouldn’t really know what to do about a certain situation. I believe that one of your innermost feelings could be love. If someone altered another person’s innermost feelings, then I think that that someone would have some kind of control over the other person. If someone fell in love with their spouse and that someone’s friend told them that they shouldn’t fall in love, then that gives them the power to try and control that person if they actually listened to them. You can’t alter a person’s feelings at all because you’re messing with their mind and sooner or later they’ll get confused about things in life.
ReplyDeleteI fully agree with Winston about the fact they cannot alter your feelings. And you yourself could not alter them if u wanted. From my religious perspective GOD giving humans the free will to feel and act as they please. Mankind never truly can respect GOD if he control use like Big Brother. The fact we are able to think freely separate us from animals that are consumed by instinct. Angels were created to simply to carry out the orders GOD demand. In the story of Mozies, man who was sent by GOD to free the hebruse from Egypt. Part of the plan to free the hebruse was sending an angel to kill the first born of Egyptians. That angel killed dozens of innocent’s children. It was more than his job it was his purpose to be the angel of death. That’s enough preaching…. From a logical perspective if people deepest most inner feeling could be altered raising a child is easy because they would understand instantly what’s best for them. Buts that is not the case, people make mistake, people don’t realize’ and etc. My parents want me to feel that now in my life school is most important. I do it because its expected of me and I don’t think my parents would not have my best interest in heart. However now in my life I feel girls and my job are important. You may be thinking that’s silly Matt. Think to yourself which can you easily stray away from homework or flirting. U may not realize it because flirting is a habit for teenagers. If you think you can stay away from whatever sex u into then cognates’!
ReplyDeleteWinston thinks, “They could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to.” I do not necessarily believe in this. We can, and do have the freedom to change how we feel about places and things. I believe that is the strongest show of human will, to force you to believe in anything no matter how wrong it can be. In relationship we might force ourselves to like someone that isn’t nessarllly right for use. We might like someone for what they can give us, martially. We might like someone who makes us feel good, or we can have fun with even though they might not be the safest. This is more so apparent when relationships end, we force ourselves to hate the things we used to love with them. Music, places, and smells suddenly lose their magic not that they ever had magic it’s just that we force them to have meaning. So when it comes to us having the ability to alter and change how we feel about a certain situation we have that in our control. The government can do this as well by subliminal messages prime case 9/11. From the point of the terroist attacks we have (meaning the people) started assuming that everything middle eastern is a threat to the USA. Its like stereotyping and that is the biggest of us as a people making ourselves believe (or assume) about things we don’t know anything about.
ReplyDeleteWinston thinks, "They could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to". He thinks this either because of the consequences with the thought police, or he can’t help the way he feels. I believe that you can alter your own feelings by will because if not then there would be no bipolar people in the world. The only thing that you wouldn’t be able to control is your feelings with someone you really love and care about. Sometimes you are forced to change your feelings. For example, within the army you are not allowed to show any types of emotions. By holding back your emotions you are giving the impression of being “brave” when in reality you may feel upset. Another example is if someone threatens another individual they may hide their feelings by “hibernating.” Besides the military and being threatened, I believe that individuals can express their feelings more freely.
ReplyDeleteWinston thinks, "They could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to". Can you alter your own feelings by force of will? Can some else alter another person's innermost feelings? Yes I believe you can alter your feelings. I believe this because sometimes people can feel a small tad bit of maybe hatred to someone and think that they hate their guts when they could hate something that, that person does. But there are some people who can manipulate your thoughts, like psychiatrists. You tell that what’s wrong and they try to help you understand it yet they also try to help you get through it. And sometimes they change the way you feel about things that happened in the past or some months ago or a few days ago. Yes you can alter your own feelings by force of will. I say this because if you’re a negative person and you go to bed saying one nice thing about your day. Then you will start to look on the positive side of things and you will be able to live your life happier then before. Also you can change the way you feel about people too. Like before, you can hate someone for just a little tiny thing but then if you think of their positive attributes you can look past that tiny bit of hate and actually enjoy their company. Yes another person can alter your feelings, and example is your best friend. You can go to them in times of need and in time of just pure fun. And sometimes things happen that make you thinks of things in a different prospective.
ReplyDeleteWinston thinks that the Party cannot alter someone feelings and neither can a human itself. I kind of disagree with Winston, I think that we can alter our feelings but in a way we really can’t. I think that the perfect example for this would be love. Some people fall in love, they break up and most of the time the female still feels some type of connection with the guy. She might not want to feel any type of way towards that guy but there are probably still some feelings. She might act like she doesn’t care but deep inside there’s still some feelings she doesn’t want to show. By pretending she doesn’t care, she’s “forcing” herself to act like she doesn’t care. However, I do think that someone can alter another person’s innermost feelings. Some people can persuade somebody to feel a different way. It can happen, but only you as a person can decide whether you want to make the changes or not. Nobody else can change your feelings unless you really want to. Believe it or not we do have the power to manage how we feel.
ReplyDeleteCan you alter your own feelings by force of will? Can someone else alter another person’s innermost feelings? No, most of the time it’s almost impossible to alter your own feelings by force of will; if you can I need some tips! Usually if you feel a certain way about something or someone you can’t force yourself to feel otherwise. For example if you love someone , as much as that might not be the person you want to be deeply in love with there’s no changing how you feel about that person. You are unable to just force yourself to not love that person as much as you do. But I do believe although you can’t alter your feeling by your own force of will I do believe someone else can alter a person’s innermost feelings. Your feelings are usually triggered by things around you, like things you see, hear, and etc. For example if you feel as though someone is a kind hearted person and you are told by someone else certain things about that person that shows certain qualities that aren’t as kind hearted as they truly seem , your feelings are then altered to feel otherwise. So yes I believe we our own selves are unable to alter our own personal feelings by force of will but yes someone else is able to alter other person’s innermost feelings.
ReplyDeleteIn 1984 Winston thinks, “They could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to.” I’m on the fence with this statement. The reason why I agree with part of this statement is because people more than likely your friends have the power to sway you into thinking something else or feeling certain ways about other people or different situations. If a friend of yours come to you and tells to this story about why “Anna” and it’s about how she doesn’t like her your reaction is going to more than likely be I don’t like her either because she did that to you, “Anna” is a bad person. That is your friend altering your inner most feelings because you and this girl could have been friends before. Your friend could change your feelings so why couldn’t big brother. The other half of me is disagreeing with this statement because if we are changing the way we feel about something that is just being synthetic. We should always stand by what we believe in no matter who likes it or not. Stand by what we believe is the truth. You can alter your feelings by a force of will if you know that something is bad you can change the way you feel. You could be yourself to change your actions towards someone or feelings toward something or that person. But in all Winston is current in some ways.
ReplyDeleteThe Party or the Ocenia government strives to control every aspect of the inner and outer party people’s lives. Feelings that are felt inside can be hidden but not changed by force. To even get to the state of feeling something is not something that you can just decide on your own. For example, Julia loves Winston and she stops for nothing to get his attention because of the way she feels. The party could try to force her to change her feeling for and she could easily say that to get off of the hook but still feel for him. Winston is right when he says that no one can be forced to change how they feel not even if they wanted to. Winston could say to himself that he no longer wants to love and care for Julia but it could be a complete different story. As much as he could tell himself that he did not care about here, he could constantly think about her and just mesmerize about the things they would used to do. I personally think, that the Party think that they have complete control over the feelings of the outer party but in reality they do not.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to alteration of feelings it solemnly depends on the situation. I think depending on the situation I could alter my feelings by will. If It came down to a life and death matter where my choices are to alter my feelings or die, I would have enough mental capability to alter how I felt for the specific cause, but when It came to family matters, or personal issues I think that it would be slightly difficult to control anger, depression, morbidity, and curiosity. I think that I would have enough self control to alter my feelings in certain situations, but that wouldn’t keep me from thinking about it in my own head. I think controlling your feelings is solemnly up to your mental will. If you can’t control yourself then you definitely wouldn’t be able to control your feelings, but in my case I think I would have the mental capabilities to control myself.I've been in certain situation in life were controlling myself was the only option, and I was capable of doing it. On the other hand I have also been in situations where I had the option of ignoring my feelings or reacting, and I have reacted. So like I said before it’s solemnly up to the individual as well as their self control that dictates whether or not that person can control his or her feelings. Also, I think that mental control comes within, it’s not something obtained,but rather something acquired over an amount of time.
ReplyDeleteNow in the bokk of 1984 things are starting to get crazy because winston is startin to join the brotherhood and is acting a lil different. But now even though Winston thinks that “They could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to.” I’m not on the same page as Winston when he said that, because I think as our own selves we can alter our own feelings just because they are our own feelings. Nobody can change the way we feel inside. Just because in the world they live in its so controllable to the fact that they couldn’t think about anything they had like a daily routine in their world but in real reality we can alter our own feelings . We can change how we feel about how someone at that moment. There is no one there to say we can’t feel that way about somebody. We control our feelings but unlike Winston he agreed with the party and said that they should be able to control people’s feelings. That’s wrong to want to control a persons feelings . but other wise than that there is no reason for someone to be able to control your own feelings. Our own feelings are upon our own selves for what we would like to do not for other people to control them for us. It would be dumb for some one to control our feelings instead of us controling them our self
ReplyDeleteFeelings, are the physical or mental sensation that describes perception of an experience. For example, I got mad because my brother took my shirt. I am angry, angry because he did not ask me, he avoided me, and my shirt is still dirty. He totally disrespected me, by basically stealing from me. He made me feel angry. But I realized that being angry doesn’t solve anything. I changed my perception of the situation, by just evaluating the matter. Later he then apologized, while he was very argumentative earlier. He reacted on my reaction, changing his perception because of my actions. This is just me, with knowledge (“Ignorance is Strength”), I put some thought to my decisions, and can change how I feel.
ReplyDeleteWith me, I can change how I feel by will, you can to if you try. I got proof, and I will describe it to you, literally. Now humans, have a natural ability to “be free”, which is what I call sin, even me. But this is basically saying that people have a natural desire to do bad, like steal, lie, cheat etc. For example, lol, at home, have you ever look in the fridge and something that doesn’t belong to you, but you want it. Most likely you will NOT ask that person, especially depending on that particular person, you will not ask for it, and say please. You will taste it, like it, eat it/drink it, and say to yourself “yum yum yum cookiey”- the Cookie Monster.
“They could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to.” I totally agree with Winston and his statement. I feel as though feelings is something that is a natural reaction in your mind and body, which people have no control over. For example, I still have feelings for somebody that I know a lot of people would never guess I still do. I feel as though I cant help it for some strange odd reason and It’s just something that I have no control over, no matter how hard I try to hate that person or force them out of my life. The fact that they were in my life and affected how I live will always be the reason I have feelings for that individual. I do believe feelings can go away for a period of time but as we all have experienced they come right back.
ReplyDeleteThere is no possible way to alter your own feelings, not by force of will. It is wrong to even think that you can try. It is impossible to alter your feelings on your own. However, a stranger can alter the feelings of people with a weak will, and a weak mind. Sometimes, a person will come along who will test every single thing you think that you may know. There will be someone who will come along who will make you question every belief that you hold near and dear to your heart. There will be someone who will walk into your life who will have the ability to alter you’re your innermost feelings. It is sometimes an overwhelming feeling, having the knowledge that there is someone, somewhere in the world, who can shake up your whole belief system. It is probably more difficult for Winston, who lives in a society where if your belief is not what the government wants you to believe, you will die. It is difficult to conceive, yes, but it is an idea that should be embraced, there are people in the world who have nobody to shake things up in their lives, and as we all know, change is what we need to move foreword in society.
ReplyDeleteCan you alter your feelings if you wanted to?Yes I can alter my feelings when I need to but its not exactley altering its more of a illusion so im hiding my emotions. Most of the time I do not do that but sometimes I do when its needed but most of the time I enjoy expressing how I feel. But others seem to hide their feelings when their sad or depressed, but in 1984 it seems that the party wants to change your feelings if your feelings are against their goals. In the end yes I believe you can "hide" your feelings and emotions not change or "alter" them.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that their is a way to alter your feelings. Exspeically by forcing it. Doing it yourself will never happen but if someone else happen to do it then it is possiable. If you get into a relationship that person can alter your feeling about life or your happyness. If you think you can alter your own feelings then you have alot to learn. Because you may try to change your feeling but you will always be thinking bout what you TRIED to change/alter.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to altering feelings depending on force or by will I feel as though that it all depends on you. A lot of people today let people take over their lives to the point they have no say. Others can be strong and confident and their feelings and have no problem telling how they feel. When it comes to me and whether I could change my feelings or alter them by force and by will I believe that it would be by will. The reason why I believe that I cannot alter my feelings by force because in today society our government is no where near Oceania and how big brother is in control of their lives. Our government gives us the freedom to think how we want and say what we want. I also believe that it would be by will and not by force because I am not a pushover. I do not like the fact when I feel as though someone is trying to control me, this plays into the part of me that is independent. I like being independent because I like the feel of me making changes in my life. I feel when you talk about someone altering someone’s innermost feelings can be a different story. For example a psychologist is someone who is paid to look into a certain individual’s life and point of view. They are there to change the person’s feelings for the good because of that certain individual difficulty. So yes I believe you can’t change an individual feeling unless they are insecure in themselves but can change their deep feelings on certain situations that have a affect in their lives.
ReplyDeleteNo you cannot alter your own feelings by force of will if you try. Altering your feelings means changing your feelings and everyone don’t have control over their own feelings. Everyone feelings change every day whether they want it to or not, it’s a natural condition within one self that can’t be controlled. If you want to alter your feeling but you can’t, it is because altering your feelings is not easy to do or sometimes isn’t capable of doing and sometimes you can’t do what you want because your having mixed feelings or feelings don’t you don’t want to have which will most likely lead to depression. Yes someone else can alter another person’s innermost feelings because a lot of things that people say to another person and when they like it, it will cause them to change their mind thoughts and feelings of that person. Also peer pressure may be one of the leading causes of changing another person’s innermost feelings. If you talk a person into doing things that they really don’t want to do but you make it sound very good and you are good at influencing people, you can easily get people to do what they don’t want to jus by how you say it. A lot of people alter other people innermost feelings everyday of our lives whether we know it or not.
ReplyDeleteWinston thinks the Party could not alter your feelings; for that matter, you could not alter them yourself, even if you wanted to. In my opinion I believe you can alter your own feelings by force of will. The reason I say this is because if you’re willing to do something in order to get something, you would alter your feeling real quick. For example, take Winston and Julia’s situation. Now Winston and Julia haven’t seen each other for awhile and if she ran into him on the street somewhere with another room, she would feel some type of way because they are officially still married. In the best of her, she feels that she wants her man back and she will alter her feelings by force of will which might alter Winston’s innermost feelings because he feels that they should have separated in the first place. One person always has the key power to change that other persons feeling. That person just has to put their mind to it and anything is possible when you do that. This is why I believe that you can alter your feelings by force of will.
ReplyDeleteWell, honestly, any relationship between a poor sap of a man and a skank is doomed. Even though Winston said that he loved her more for every guy she did have sex with, which is kind of creepy and completely the opposite of my mentality, but ok guy. But this is all easy for me to say, because I’ve never experienced love . I have no idea what it feels like, so I guess my opinion on the matter would be useless. I’ve only ever felt lust, and in that case then the relationship between Julia and Winston makes sense 100%. She is willing to evade the authorities in order to have sex with Winston, and as a guy, I doubt he will complain. And also, the argument can be made that Winston does not truly “love” Julia, but only loves that fact she is having sex with him. The only reason he left his first wife was because she thought that sex was nasty and grotesque and should only be done for procreation. But again, I’ve never felt love so My opinion on this matter is utterly useless :)
ReplyDeleteAccording to what Winston thinks I disagree with it.”…you could not alter them yourself” (feelings). I t believe that only you really have to power to alter you feeling about anything or anyone. It doesn’t take force or will it’s just a simple switch of thought / change of mind. I do think someone else can alter your feelings because people are easily persuaded and if someone doesn’t like another person they might say things to persuade another group of people not to like them either and if you’re weak minded you might just fall for it. Now if it’s your innermost feelings I don’t know because you don’t have to display you real deepest feelings about this person or thing and make people believe you think one way but really think another. If you feel a certain way about something but your forcing yourself to think another way that’s altering your thoughts by force. According to the party they couldn’t alter your feelings either but they had no need to because they knew everything you were thinking and you only thought what they” told” you to think or else you’d be in trouble. It’s not so much as agreeing or disagreeing with Winston but it’s more of the fact if in his case you want to break the rules and think thoughts you shouldn’t or in our case if your weak minded enough to let someone change your mind. Also people don’t have to be weak minded per say because they can switch their opinion if they see something they didn’t understand in a different light.
ReplyDeleteI dont think that someone can alter their own feelings let alone someone else being able to do it. A feeling/emotion is something that someone naturally feels deep down in their heart. It is the true feeling that they are experiencing and those who wish to alter them may be able to put on some sort of facade for those they are trying to trick, however, the true emotion will lie deep within their guts. Hatred & love are both feelings that people claim to feel for certain people but the listeners may not truely understand why this person is saying what they are saying and, honestly, may not even be sure if this person is telling the truth. To be able to alter your own emotions has to be one of the most difficult tasks one could attempt, you'd have better luck at moving the Earth with broken hands. Another person may be able to alter someone else's feelings only by influence. If I feel that school should be until 3pm and someone says that it should last until 4pm for the sake of the students' education then their point is valid and deserves consideration; thus altering my view and perception of the situation. It is never negative to change your mind especially when what changed your mind was considerable and has a positive impact. I used to think that all people should be successful until I thought to myself "What if Hitler was successful?". These are all things that could convince you to disregard your initial take on a certain topic/subject.
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