Nineteen Eighty-Four Airstrip One, Oceania's four government ministries are in pyramids (300 m high), the façades of which display the Party's three slogans. The ministries' names are the opposite (doublethink) of their true functions: "The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation." (Part II, Chapter IX – "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism") The Ministry of Peace supports Oceania's perpetual war against either of the two other superstates: The primary aim of modern warfare (in accordance with the principles of doublethink, this
The Betrothed (Manzoni novel) a priest's house worker) or "Questo matrimonio non s'ha da fare" ("This marriage is not to be performed", used ironically). The novel is not only about love and power: the great questions about evil, about innocents suffering, are the underlying theme of the book. The chapters 31-34, about the famine and the plague, are a powerful picture of material and moral devastation. Manzoni does not offer simple answers but leaves those questions open for the reader to meditate on. The novel has been adapted into films on several occasions including: The Betrothed (Manzoni novel) The Betrothed ( ) is an