In 1984 the language that is used is called Newspeak. According to Syme, who works to “create” newspeak, it consists of the deletion of words not the creation of them. This is the exact opposite of what occurs in modern day society. We create new words in order to expand the range of thought. Newspeak is the exact opposite. The goal is to delete words in order to simplify the language. This changes the effect of words on the population. Newspeak has a large effect on the populous. This is because it is the main language of Oceania. If words from the old language, called Oldspeak, are deleted then the populous is restricted from saying certain words, and in time forget those words existed at all. In the book, Syme says that “If you have a
