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    World‚ the reader can see that both of the corrupt governments use language as a technique to enforce their ways upon the people. In 1984 language has been manipulated to remove the possibility of rebellious thoughts. The corrupt government creates Newspeak and makes it the official language of Oceania. It is designed to make the ideological premise of Ingsoc the only expressible doctrine. Although it is very similar to English‚ the the vocabulary and grammar have been greatly reduced and simplified

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    Oceana’s success and greatness‚ but can never be turned off. Through censorship and propaganda‚ the Party keeps the people in the dark‚ while also teaching them to love Big Brother. Newspeak is the official language of Oceania. It is described as “the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year”. Newspeak is always “politically correct” in the sense that all words that disagree

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    Anyone who looks suspicious of looking to overthrow the government they get the leisure of going to prison for years. Its looked at as murdering someone in today’s society. The so called Party is even trying to force a language upon the people called Newspeak. This tries to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. In the book Winston lost the girl he loved‚ Julia. He tried to fight the government and make a change in the society but in the end he was brain-washed. He was turned

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    992542 P.5 Finesse of Emotions What makes us human? What makes us human is our curiosity and constant evolution. What makes us human is the ability to create social categories and to form opinions. Abstract emotions including love‚ thought and creativity are what make us human. In 1984‚ George Orwell uses his dystopia to show that if we were to abolish these abstract emotions we would cease to be human and become the simple primates we once were; surviving for the sake of survival.

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    follow the rules‚ otherwise they will be punished. In addition to using electronic surveillance‚ language control is also used. Another method Big Brother uses to keep constant rule is language control. Throughout the book the idea of “newspeak” is expressed. Newspeak ultimately would

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    nation. In his novel1984‚ George Orwell imagined a future world where speech was greatly restricted. He called that the language that the totalitarian state in his novel created “Newspeak”‚ and it bears a striking resemblance to the political correctness that we see in America right now. According to Wikipedia‚ Newspeak is “a reduced language created by the totalitarian state as a tool to limit free thought‚ and concepts that pose a threat to the regime such as freedom‚ self-expression‚ individuality

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    Nicholas II ’s attempt to maintain law and order in Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution‚ as the rabbits of the farm represent the lower social classes of Russia‚ who begin to start waves of violence throughout the cities before the revolution (Newspeak). The animal ’s revolt against Mr. Jones parallels the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917‚ in which the people of Russia ousted Czar Nicholas II after years of oppression and poverty‚ paralleling the lack of food and harsh punishments for the animals.

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    Sahil Aggarwal Williams IB English SL The Veracity of Paradoxical Slogans in 1984 The definition of a paradox is‚ “A statement that on the surface seems a contradiction‚ but that actually contains some truth.” In George Orwell’s‚ 1984‚ the use of paradoxes is exemplified in an attempt to allow the reader to understand the true intentions of a totalitarian government. By using war as a method of keeping peace in the society or even going so far as to further the degree of ignorance to greaten the

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    1984 Truth In George Orwell’s "1984" society is manipulated and guided by an organization called the Party and an anonymous figure named Big Brother‚ who is used as God. One of the main aspects the Party controls is truth or tries to control is truths in the society and the truth in the minds of the individual themselves. The Party creates what they want to be true to make the individuals ignorant so they can manipulate them easier. This twist of the truth by the Party makes it seem like truth

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    In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ the totalitarian government abuses technology for its own ends instead of exploiting its knowledge to improve civilization. In the story‚ the government created its own contradictory language called ‘Newspeak’ which is used in censoring ideas of freedom or rebellion. Big Brother‚ a character of a fiction‚ was able to oversee everything and virtually

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