Doublethink

the government in 1984 is called Big Brother. It is created by George Orwell and it is about how Big brother can control the people by using languages. There are four ministry that control different part of the government. There is newspeak and doublethink that Big Brother use to control the people and it would restrict how people would rebel. The ministry of Truth deals with news, the ministry of Peace deals with war and violence, ministry of Love deals with law and order, and Ministry of…

The simplest spark of dusk can be attractive to an artist’s perspective. George Orwell, who wrote the dystopian novel of 1984, asserts the literary device of defamiliarization to embed concrete information in each of his works. Does “creamy paper” (9) mean anything at all? Well, yes because readers often ponder how papers would usually be described as smooth, but ”creamy” is out of the ordinary. As a matter of fact, Orwell started out 1984 with “It was a bright cold day in April…” (5), which…

The Dangers of Totalitarianism Totalitarianism embodies the idea of an all-powerful government, with no limits on its authority. This eradicates an important part of humanity: free will. Without basic freedoms, humanity loses its individuality; an essential part of a successful society. George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 creates a world consumed by a totalitarian regime, which contravenes every aspect of government today. Oceania’s government is known as the Party, led by the mystical,…

Steinhoff compares the protagonist’s thinking to concept of doublethink, introduced in George Orwell’s 1984, describing it as a schizophrenic logic that the Party used to control its members. (38) Orwell writes that “the whole book centers round one question: Why did Rubashov confess?” (n.pag.) While the protagonist…

Timothy Lynch in his article about Orwell’s 1984, entitled Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism, points out that: "One of the central insights in Orwell’s classic novel 1984 concerned the manipulative use of language, which he called ‘Newspeak’ and ‘doublethink’, and which we call ‘doublespeak’ or ‘Orwellian’……… Government agencies such as ministries are given names that are the complete opposite of what they do: the Ministry of Love is in charge of torture, the Ministry of Peace for war…

Totalitarianism is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible. In 1948 , George Orwell presents his vision of dystopia , a world consisting of three total governed controlled states constantly at war with each other . Government constantly uses technological advancements in 1984 such as telescreens to keep party members under observation . When oppressed , one might revolt against…

The party's slogan: “War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength” (Orwell, 4) is inherently ironic. “It’s an example of "doublethink", the act of believing contradicting ideas simultaneously” (1984: Important Quotes). Since war is supposed to be the opposite of peace, you would not expect the two to be grouped together. The same goes for freedom and slavery. Yet this completely…

at least the civilians of oceania. To make big brother easily recognizable is to show clearly how totalitarianism negatively affect the human spirit and how it’s impossible to remain freethinking under such circumstances. The control method is “Doublethink” its the ability to contain two different thoughts in one…

The most compelling character was O’Brien, as he creates a facade to trick Winston into believing he is part of a rebel group known as The Brotherhood. The ominous feeling and intelligence O’Brien portrays allow him to convince Winston and quite easily gain his trust as a member against The Party, the symbol of government. O’Brien, working as an inner member of The Party, acts as a spy. Orwell depicts O’Brien to show that Winston is not alone in his idea of a revolution. When the two characters…

from the chances of viviparous reproduction, are easily brought in and mastered. Sexual and spiritual escapes, obstructions to the logical cause, are synthetically replaced. Everyone is happy. Orwell subscribes likewise to human conditioning. In “Doublethink”, any reasonable Oceanian transacts reality, untruth upon untruth, so that “Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory”…