Doublethink Language In 1984 George Orwell

1. Most things in the book contradict each other, hence my belief that the irony is a stylistic trait of Orwell’s for this novel of his. The Ministry of Love practices torture on those who offend law and order, the Ministry of Truth censors and edits material to push the government’s political agenda, the Ministry of Peace wages war, and the Ministry of Plenty controls and rations the food supply to keep people near starvation. Smith's perhaps less notable similarity to Churchill is that they are/were both iconoclasts against the common or shared attitude to the state. Thus, their thoughts and ideas can/could come off as impolite or violent, even.

2. What else do you know about Winston concerning his age, abilities, occupation, feelings and
Newspeak is the fictional language that is prevalent in Orwell’s “1984”. It is a controlled language created by Oceania in the purpose of limiting freedom of thought and notions that pose a threat to the totalitarian state’s regime, such as self-expression and individuality. Any form of alternative to this construct is deemed to be a “thoughtcrime”. It is essential for the Party to rid the language of synonyms and antonyms because it prevents people from thinking twice about their usage of words, which ultimately could refrain them from being cunning or to make lies.

4. Doublethink enables complete trust to the Party because the concept of doublethink is that one is able to hold two contradictory opinions simultaneously in regards to the same question, but remaining unfazed by the contradiction and expressing the opinion that the Party requires one to. It is important to Winston’s brainwashing because it causes him to lose trust in himself, which causes a tension between the trust to oneself and to the Party. This lack of trust causes him to wonder if his perception is true or
Goldstein is, according to the Party, a legendary leader of the Brotherhood. The Party prescribes him qualities like treacherousness, and not only that, but the most treacherous person there is. Oceania shares resemblance to both Nazi Germany and U.S.S.R, which were two violently anti-semitic regimes. It is very obvious to me, that Goldstein is portrayed according to the anti-semitic caricature, and that the Party uses anti-semitic conspiracies to brainwash Oceania’s people. The fact that Goldstein morphs into a sheep stems from the saying “wolf in sheep’s clothing”, I believe. The sheep might also resemble God of Christianity, since Jesus could be referred to as “lamb of God”, and Triune God is the father, the son, and the holy spirit. Knowing that Judaism and Christianity are not the same (jews await God’s Messiah while christians claim the Messiah to have been Jesus) but that they are both Abrahamic religions and that Christianity was favoured by Nazi Germany and U.S.S.R while being hostile at Judaism for have “murdered Jesus”, the sheep further enhances my reasoning that it was meant to be perceived in such light, that is that Goldstein is portrayed to not be of “God” or “goodness”.

9. Hope plays a theme in “1984″, as Orwell once wrote “If there is hope, it lies in the poles”. Winston needs hope for fuel to his willpower, and weather Orwell implies that proletariats are truly free or will obtain the necessary means to manifest a revolution against the Party, I cannot