When George Orwell's “1984” first came out it was intended to be a fiction novel. But today, 67 years later, aspects from the futuristic story have eerily come true. The novel tells the story of a socially stratified post-nuclear war world ruled by 3 superstates: Eastasia, Eurasia and Oceania and a mayor political party: “The Big Brother”. The “BB” is the boss, the holy guardian of society and even, sometimes, considered as a God. "Big Brother" changed almost everything in the 1984’s society; from the language to even how people dressed themselves. Maybe, today’s society is not exactly as Orwell’s, but there are some similarities that are HUGE, that is almost impossible not to notice them.
First, let's focus on language and Newspeak, The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines it as: “controlled and propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary …show more content…
According to the novel, doublethink is, "To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it."(Chapter 6/p. ). Doublethink enables party members and every other citizen that decided to study it, to constantly trick, manipulate and lie to themselves and others, while remaining completely convinced about everything they say at the same time. The “Big Brother” Slogan and propaganda are a perfect example of this event: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength. This exactly happens at every political campaign nowadays, leaders try to implement “doublethink” in every voter, to enter inside their minds and destroy any negative idea they have about them even though all the participants know very deep inside them that everything is a complete
First, let's focus on language and Newspeak, The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines it as: “controlled and propagandistic language marked by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary …show more content…
According to the novel, doublethink is, "To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions which cancelled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying claim to it."(Chapter 6/p. ). Doublethink enables party members and every other citizen that decided to study it, to constantly trick, manipulate and lie to themselves and others, while remaining completely convinced about everything they say at the same time. The “Big Brother” Slogan and propaganda are a perfect example of this event: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength. This exactly happens at every political campaign nowadays, leaders try to implement “doublethink” in every voter, to enter inside their minds and destroy any negative idea they have about them even though all the participants know very deep inside them that everything is a complete