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IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. These words comprise one of the statements observed by Winston on the pyramid of the Ministry of Truth and are the national slogan of Oceania in George Orwell’s “1984”. They are what writers call a paradox. From a utilitarian purview, a paradox is a vehicle by which a writer can communicate self-contradictory truisms that on the surface appear absurd yet effectively demonstrate combinatorial disjunction. In other words, like math, a paradox explains a least common denominator albeit at times contradictory, deduced from apparently acceptable and valid thesis.

Not everyone marries the right person. Two glass fish symbolize the dreams of romance of those in a tragic triangle, a forbidden relationship, or loveless marriage.

With advanced college degrees and wide educational and career experience including thirty-five years of professional experience during which he developed, directed, and taught in the first college level telecommunications program of its type in Illinois and one of the first in the nation, Terry Foreman builds upon his journal article published early in his career to create a new educational guide.