The statement "2 + 2 = 5", used to torment Winston Smith during his interrogation, was a communist party slogan from the second five-year plan, which encouraged fulfillment of the five-year plan in four years.
Izjava "2 + 2 = 5", koja se upotrebljava za mučenje Winstona Smitha tijekom ispitivanja, bio je slogan boljševičke partije za drugi petogodišnji plan, koji je ohrabrivao ispunjavanje petogodišnjeg plana za samo četiri godine.