Thoughtcrime In 1984

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” That quote by George Santayana has a lot of meaning to us today and in the book 1984 by George Orwell. In the book the government works hard to make people forget the past. If they have no past then they can shape their minds to anything feel like. Then they can also make or repeat history as they wish. They accomplish this by changing the past by using people to rewrite or distort history. The main protagonist is named Winston and he one of many who work in the records department in the Ministry of Truth to rewriting history. Orwell wanted to spread his message which is whoever controls the past controls the future. In the book the government has complete control of the past

In 1984 that is taken away by Newspeak. This creates a country with lack of languages. In Oceania there is no negative phrases. As Syme said to Winston ‘“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. (pg52, P 2)”’ The government tries limit their language, so no one can express their hatred towards the government. In Newspeak If you want to say somthing is bad you would say ungood. Of if one wants to say great they would have to say doubleplusgood. With most of their language gone their history was also erased. Words like protest, family, president, and fight are words that who against their government. I history one would needs these words and more to tell history of the world. Without words no can remember history and horrible things of the past we'll be repeated. As Syme was telling ‘“Of course we use those forms already, but in the final version of Newspeak there'll be nothing else. In the end the whole notion of goodness and badness will be covered by only six words – in reality, only one word. Don't you see the beauty of that, Winston?(pg 51, P 2)”’ The government wants their whole language to be erased from history. In today's society the one thing that gives us