Doublethink

The novels, 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, depict how tight control over a people skews and diminishes their ideas of independence and free thought. To begin, the societies of the two novels are extensively controlled by their governments to the point where the people are forced into orthodoxy or are incapable of being anything but orthodox. In Orwell's 1984, citizens are expected to blindly follow Big Brother and the Party, who are considered the only reliable…

which all the members of society find that they are told what to think as opposed to give the choice see within the ironic contradictory slogan of the party “war is peace, slavery is freedom, ignorance is strength”, this following the notion of “Doublethink” “means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.” The idea found within the text of a totalitarian ideology where the parties need for control goes to a whole new level in which…

the Party rewrite history to ensure that it aligns with the Party’s ideals. One of the necessary skills he must have in order to do his job is the power to doublethink, which is the ability “...to be conscious of complete truthfulness while carefully telling constructed lies” (Orwell Book 1 Chapter 3). However, Winston struggles to doublethink throughout the novel because his morals, which include having liberty, and the Party’s ethics conflict, causing him to dislike their government known as…

mind. Like I said you can control the future if you control what you thought. This novel shows us a perspective that my generation couldn’t live. It also shows us how people didn’t have a choice but to live with fear of making a bad expression or doublethink. It also shows how citizens were manipulated by an evil dictator that only thought of his power and big brother. The government didn’t care what others thought, O’Brien goal what to make everyone love big brother even if you are against the…

tactics of extreme communism and fascism. Big Brother is a dominant figure in this story that controls the people of Oceania in Air Strip One. Techniques used on inner and outer party members and proles by Big Brother are slogans which also show doublethink. He also uses propaganda and mind techniques to persuade people of Oceania to believe that everything Big Brother does is right, making it easier for his government to take control. One main tactic Big Brother uses to control the state of…

meets O’Brien and Julia. Winston falls in love with Julia and finds that O’Brien understands and is on his side. There are no laws, but the Party has control over the people. There is something going on. Newspeak is destroying the human language, doublethink is destroying the human mind, and mutability of the past is destroying human history. Winston and Julia seek true freedom and decide to join the Brotherhood which is a conspiracy group against the party. Their only escape and sanctuary is…

The book 1984 was written by George Orwell in 1948. Winston who was a thirty-nine year old party member in the totalitarian nation of Oceania also known as London, where everything they do is controlled by "Big Brother" a government figure in Oceania. Winston uses his diary to change or think different of the current state Winston is in. Unlike modern day London 1984 depicted it to be a rundown city in which resources were always scarce and the living conditions were less than pleasant.…

beard- a clever face, and yet somehow inherently despicable (Orwell 12)”. Shaping the media to only display what the Party wanted people to believe, the media therefore molded the attitudes the citizens had. The Party used not only Newspeak but also doublethink to mislead the citizens of Oceania. “Newspeak is calculated to get rid of individuality by limiting the range of though through cutting the choice of words to a minimum("1984", 249)”. The Party restricted words used to strictly be only…

aspect of life. In Fahrenheit 451 and 1984, both authors capture life for citizens within the dystopian society. Radbury and Orwell show how a totalitarian government’s use of information and history depict a ruined society and create the idea of “doublethink”. Totalitarianism; a political system in which the state holds complete control and authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life wherever possible. In both 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, a totalitarian…

What is Truth? Have you ever wondered what the definition of truth is? Or how do we know whether something is true or false? These questions and many others related to this topic are frequently asked by philosophers and Scientifics from decades ago and even up to this day. However, one the most accepted theories among philosophers is the Correspondence Theory of Truth. In this paper I am going to analyze the point of view of one of the supporters of that theory, the philosopher Bertrand Russell…