George Orwell’s classic novel 1984 centers around the dystopian society based upon the 1918-1941 Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany totalitarian regimes. In 1984, The Party is contingent on mind control methods with the objective of obtaining absolute possession of their population’s minds. In fact, the society was surmised on fraudulences as stated by Orwell: “The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation.” (Orwell 111) Furthermore, Orwell created 1984 in reply to his hypothesis of improbable advancement of society within a near-future. What methods exploited by our authorities are utilized to control our thoughts, actions, and emotions …show more content…
Newspeak is the official language of Oceania. It is the sole adoptable language authorized by the authorities. Newspeak’s intention is to remove all possibilities of rebellious thoughts by eliminating all terms capable of expressing rebellious considerations towards the Party. Hence, the language contains minimal or no negative vocabulary. Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten. (Orwell …show more content…
The practice of Doublethink allows the government to continuously manipulate its population into believing all that they desire. Moreover, whilst depending on citizens outright cluelessness, the government eradicates the course of history simultaneously remaining in complete control of the past, the present and the future. The concept of Doublethink vaporizes individual thought and opinion along with moral sense and basic human instincts. The concept interferes with reality by erasing