1984 section 1 reflection.

I really enjoyed 1984 so far.  For the first 20 pages or so I was unsure as to weather or not I would like it because it seemed very confusing and dry.  It was not until I realized that Orwell wrote this book 40 years before it took place that it had my attention.  It is crazy to think that this was what Orwell thought the future would be like, and how correct he was about certain things.  One of the things that stood out to me the most was when Winston was at his job.  (pp.39-50)  Winston's job is to rewrite news articles and put them in the archives.  So basically he rewrites the past and makes lies into truth.  I found this most interesting because in my Philosophy 101 class we are studying what is truth?  And this passage made me think about this question because in Winston's world, is there truth if history can be rewritten?