Arrays seem to be ignored. What’s wrong?

So, I’m trying to customize archive.php but I have some trouble doing this.
It seems like my arrays are being ignored. Can somebody tell me what I’m doing wrong?

<?php 
$the_query = new WP_Query(array(
'posts_per_page' => 4,
'offset' => 1
));
if (have_posts()) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();  
endwhile;endif; wp_reset_postdata();?>

• This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by emildam.
• This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata).
• This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata).

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