Examples Of Truth In 1984 By George Orwell

Simple yet one of the most powerful words is truth, with seemingly one meaning: that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality, well in fact it has, another often-forgotten meaning – which is no meaning at all. Truth in Orwell’s 1984 is a continuously changing phenomenon where one day what is true can turn lie the next. While truth can’t change, lies are specifically made shapeless. If one wishes to form a lie it gains shape, changing until satisfied. And thus, this is where truth loses the first meaning and gains the second one. In Oceania's borders, there are but a few patches of land where your limbs aren’t being controlled by strings, birds sing for the mere action of singing itself, and you aren’t scrutinized for the act of your

While walking, microphones are picking up his whispers and propaganda circles him like he’s the main attraction in a play. He has come home with a diary, a small lineless book, in an attempt to write what he cannot think. This is where we begin to understand the world Smith lives in. Anxiety that accompanies him while trying to stay out of sight of the telescreen isn’t just an illusion. Hiding from the metal box, he tries to play with reality and make this object only perceivable to himself. It wasn't illegal to own one, in fact: ‘’Nothing was illegal, since there were no longer any laws, but if detected it would be punishable by death.’’ Although fear keeps nagging at him to stop and think about it, to doublethink about it, Winston has thought about it for weeks on end, deciding he was doing this for the ''To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free.'' This small diary of unrestricted thoughts was a bold act of rebellion, writing but one word in it Winston knew he committed suicide, yet he didn't stop. Using language as a tool for expression Winston let himself be created in a new light, and thus the beginning of the end of "the last man"

The Party tries to convert language into a mental barrier, you could feel the indifference happening, something out of the ordinary but the words which would’ve given you the power to call it out have been vaporized. Inside the Newspeak dictionary, comes a new word -thoughtcrime. Where one commits a crime by thinking something contradictory to the objective reality of Big Brother's idealist world. Winston performs thoughtcrime daily, masking his expression to hide his true feeling about The Party. Thinking he was successful in his acting, he hadn't expected a letter confessing love from a person seeming so outwardly brainwashed by totalistic ideals. Before receiving this letter, he hated her for being so perfect however upon finding she was actually one of the only people to preserve her self-hood, he felt all his hatred turn to exhilaration. Julia wasn't as passionate over political ideas which didn't influence her directly, she felt comfortable expressing herself where telescreens were turned backward and microphones far from reach. Having more experience in sneaking out and hiding from the watchful eye, she leads the way, slowly making Winston accept the reality he denied all these