" The mutability of the past is the central tenet of Ingsoc. Past events, it is argued, have no objective existence, but survive only in written records and in human memories" (Orwell, 213).
Orwell is once again showing the reader that although the new government can take away physical evidence of past cultures and societies, they can not strip away peoples memories and feelings. It takes time for people to evolve (or devolve, as the case may be), and the government changed to quickly and drastically, making it imposable for them to completely change they way people live. Orwell has used other examples, such as the use of the words "London" and "pubs", in order to push the reader to believe that there is hope for Winston and the human race.
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