In the country of Oceania in the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the Party is in control of almost everyone and everything. The Party maintains total control of Oceania in many ways including spying, inducing fear, torture, changing the past and most importantly, controlling language. The control of language results in the control of thought which is the ultimate form of power.
Newspeak is the official language of Oceania in which all the citizens spoke as well as wrote in. If you were to speak outside of this language you would be reported to the thought police for thoughtcrime. Anyone who said anything to contradict the Party or even looked like they had thoughts that did not match those of the Party’s, they would be reported to the thought …show more content…
Syme works with Winston at the Ministry of Truth and he specializes specifically in language. He is in charge of writing the tenth edition of the Newspeak Dictionary. Winston knows that Syme is in danger because of how smart he is and the way he speaks and expresses his opinions. Syme sees what Newspeak and language in Oceania are coming to and the dangers of it. “Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end, we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten" (Orwell 67). Syme recognizes the danger of Newspeak and what is going to happen if it continues to decrease and decrease to a point where there are only a certain small amount of words everyone knows and uses to speak and think. Therefore, there will be no such thing as Thoughtcrime because there would be no words to form anything against the Party and every citizen would not be able to think radical thoughts because there would be no words anyone knew to form them. This is a very dangerous thing to say because the Party is trying to do this in a way where no one notices including, Syme, the person editing the Newspeak
Newspeak is the official language of Oceania in which all the citizens spoke as well as wrote in. If you were to speak outside of this language you would be reported to the thought police for thoughtcrime. Anyone who said anything to contradict the Party or even looked like they had thoughts that did not match those of the Party’s, they would be reported to the thought …show more content…
Syme works with Winston at the Ministry of Truth and he specializes specifically in language. He is in charge of writing the tenth edition of the Newspeak Dictionary. Winston knows that Syme is in danger because of how smart he is and the way he speaks and expresses his opinions. Syme sees what Newspeak and language in Oceania are coming to and the dangers of it. “Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end, we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten" (Orwell 67). Syme recognizes the danger of Newspeak and what is going to happen if it continues to decrease and decrease to a point where there are only a certain small amount of words everyone knows and uses to speak and think. Therefore, there will be no such thing as Thoughtcrime because there would be no words to form anything against the Party and every citizen would not be able to think radical thoughts because there would be no words anyone knew to form them. This is a very dangerous thing to say because the Party is trying to do this in a way where no one notices including, Syme, the person editing the Newspeak