Newspeak

The methods they use are Newspeak and the Thought Police. These methods consist of making sure no one can have a creative mind, destroying the words that create thought, and making sure there is no writing that help make the mind think. The Thought Police is a group of party members…

series of victories over your own memory. "Reality control," they called it: in Newspeak, "doublethink."” he introduces one of Big Brothers many laws, doublethink (source A). A reality control created b to diminish thoughts of rebellion from society. He also mentions another law called facecrime, “In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime, it was called.” (source A). Having the wrong facial…

In the classic novel 1984, author George Orwell portrays a world in which a totalitarian government has overseen the nation of Oceania. The ruling Party uses many manipulation methods as mechanisms to control its citizens, making them blindly follow the Party without hesitation. Technological advances, such as the telescreens located in every single home, gives the government access to see and hear what all citizens do day in and day out, making no room for any privacy. Along with mandatory…

Ronald Reagan once said the government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. In 1949 George Orwell was extremely disturbed by the potential state of the world with intense government involvement, and expressed his emotional disquiet through writing. In the novel 1984, Orwell portrays an all ruling totalitarian government to indicate that a modern day government similar to the communist and fascist regimes of his time with absolute power is a dismal possibility for the…

overwhelmingly controlled by the government. Newspeak was designed to get rid of unnecessary words and shrink the potential for people in this novel to think freely. As a result, this language was meant to restrict thought, instead of broadening ideas, feelings, interests, and opinions. Filtering algorithms play a similar role by preventing content overload. The algorithms are like the government, deciding what people get to know. The filtered and edited Newspeak language represents the bubble.…

from the telescreen so he won’t get caught when he wants to write in it. If he does, the thought police would come and he would be abolished; like he never existed in the first place. Winston also lives in a world with Newspeak, which is the official language of Oceania. Newspeak cuts down language, so it limits what people are able to think and say. Equality is a quick learner and likes to learn, which is frowned upon in their society. He even builds a box to hold electricity, which isn’t…

In both Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell, as well as The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, the authors employ similar methods for leadership to keep their respective fictional societies, in check. Orwell creates the socialist society of Oceania and the main character and protagonist, Winston Smith, to highlight authoritarian injustices perpetrated by the leadership of his tyrannical government. Similarly, Atwood creates a society named the Republic of Gilead, and the main character and…

How can one express a desire for freedom when the very word has never entered his vernacular? As stated in the novel’s appendix, “The Principles of Newspeak,” the purpose of Newspeak is “not only to provide a medium of expression for the world view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible.” By revising and shrinking the human lexicon, the government can…

Today, in the 21st century, countries such as North Korea and Cuba still operate under a totalitarian government, a single-party dictatorship that controls all aspects of public and private life. It manages the political, social, cultural, and economic aspects of life, along with any media and technology. George Orwell’s 1984 is a dystopian novel set in Oceania about how the protagonist, Winston Smith, loses his identity under the oppressive totalitarian regime of “Big Brother”. As a government…

Who Governs Your Life? Had we lived in a police state, this essay probably would not exist. Although many may have begun to think otherwise especially after recent events with regards to one 's privacy or the sudden need for censorship, I assure you, we do not live in a police state. In the contemporary world, the only parallel to the dystopian world George Orwell depicts in his book would be North Korea. Fortunately, the majority of the world have progressed past this form of government to a…