George Orwell 1984 Language Analysis

In George Orwell’s novel 1984 and in modern society, language is manipulated to benefit those desiring power. Power seeking individuals understand that language is the ultimate weapon due to its common use to communicate throughout cultures. The power that language holds allows it to be capable of being abused and misused. The Party, in 1984, realizes the potential power of language and uses that as its main tool to corrupt the conscience mind.
The ministries are labeled with pleasant words: love, peace, truth, and plenty. The Party’s four ministries have titles that are the opposite the actions done. The Ministry of Love tortures and punishes people. The Ministry of Peace is involved with the wars between countries. The Ministry of Plenty actually rations the scarce amount of resources. The Ministry of Truth spreads false propaganda and alters history. Big Brother wants its people to believe that they are living in a utopia so Big Brother make horrible things seem nice.
They, with other early civilizations, realized the power of communication was vast. Beings incapable of using words appear incoherent and therefore useless. The Library of Alexandria is a physical example of literacy being destroyed. With the incredible tales told of the library in Egypt, people can only assume that valuable information was lost in the destruction of the Library of Alexandria (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). The lost and valuable information could have helped human kind evolve.
Across time, numerous words have gained and lost meanings, but humans have come to recognize the importance of language. To this day humans longing for power know the significance of language and realize how a subtle change can result in a huge impact. The manipulation of language in 1984 is a prime example of how labels are not an accurate description of the contents. Orwell’s book shows that the change of language can benefit people longing for