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    and continued power rely on the inability of the people to have emotions or thoughts‚ as that could lead to rebellion. In order to control the people‚ the Party manipulated the language by using its slogans and a language known as Newspeak. The implementation of Newspeak and other manipulations of language were done with the purpose of limiting and distorting the public’s ability to express their thoughts and feelings by eliminating or mutating the meanings of the words necessary to do so. The

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    The impact that Newspeak had on individuals was examined by Lewis‚ Xhinaku & Pema‚ and Ermida. The scholars contended that Newspeak caused the people of Oceania to be less understanding of others and to be more inhumane. As mentioned previously‚ Lewis believes Newspeak is meant to create a world where drawing logical conclusions is impossible‚ and therefore‚ by individuals not having the ability to fully understand and comprehend the state of the world around them using their reduced language‚ they

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    Newspeak was designed not to extend but to diminish the range of thought. An absolute systematic society is achieved but at the expense of the citizen’s individuality. In Orwell’s ‘1984’‚ the state so regulated language that it became nearly impossible for

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    for government to be able to control one’s thought through systems such as newspeak. For instance‚ the unlikeliness of such system of oppression of functioning is implied in the book many times. Throughout the book the importance and purpose of Newspeak in suppressing thoughts that go against the party is emphasized many times. This concept is vital to the existence of the party as syme puts it‚ “The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought. In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally

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    aspects of this; firstly we studied the language and style that Orwell wrote the book in; secondly at the language and style in which some of the characters at the different parts of society speak in; and to finish the language created for the book: Newspeak. I. George Orwell / Narrator¡¯s Language and Style This novel is written in Orwell’s typical style. That is to say in the 3rd person narrative and in a clear‚ lucid way. None of the words used in the novel are particularly complicated

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    is a form of mind control. Newspeak is also able to reduce Thoughtcrime suggests the government in Nineteen Eighty-Four. “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.” (Orwell‚ Ch.5?) This quote is key in identifying contemporary examples of Newspeak. For example‚ political jargon is a major contemporary form of Newspeak and doublethink. Doublethink

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    First paragraph: The Party’s control over language can be seen through Winstein’s job‚ slogans‚ and Newspeak. In George Orwell’s novel‚ 1984‚ (italicize 1984) the reader is taken to a world controlled fully and solely by the government. The setting takes place in London after a big revolution. The government not only controls every civilian in London‚ Oceania‚ but everything they see‚ eat‚ read‚ and even think. People work in different government buildings to help Big Brother with these controlling

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    vital background information was lost. Therefore‚ it is apparent that the novel is more powerful compared to the film. This is because it provides background detail to vital connotations and concepts compared with the film. The anagogical concepts of Newspeak‚ Double think and Oligarchical collectivism in Emmanuel Goldstein’s book are explored in greater in the novel. Furthermore‚ the scenes are more detailed‚ as evident in chestnut tree café. Because detail is lacked‚ the audience is left questioning

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    uses certain literary devices‚ introduces new linguistic concepts and uses propaganda techniques to suppress freedom‚ controlling the people and forming a totalitarian society. Orwell introduces two new linguistic concepts in 1984; newspeak‚ and doublespeak. Newspeak is used by the Party to reduce and limit thought‚ and simplify the english language to the bare minimum. Doublespeak‚ on the other hand‚ which is commonly used by Party members to distort the actually meaning of words‚ and use the words

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    1. What is Newspeak? • Newspeak was a simplification of language to render thoughtcrime impossible. It eliminates words that symbolized illegal things--god‚ family‚ love. It eliminates shades of meaning--atrocious and awful could be represented by one word‚ doubleunplusgood. It contracted words and combined them--duckspeak‚ speakwrite‚ Minitruth‚ Minilove. 2. What is the purpose of Newspeak? • The purpose of Newspeak is to render thoughtcrime impossible. If the word god does not exist‚ for example

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