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George Orwell - 1984

Manipulating language: 
One way in which the 
government maintains and strengthens their power is 
manipulating language. Just as clever advertising slogans 
and political messages might persuade us today, Big 
Brother uses language to plant new ideas in peoples’ minds 
and erase old ones. As Syme explains in Chapter 3, if a 
word like ‘freedom’ does not exist, then the whole idea of 
freedom also ceases to exist. Orwell stresses this point by 
inventing a whole new language, ‘Newspeak’, for 
1984
.
Re-writing history: 
Similarly, Orwell exemplifies the 
importance of historical documentation. If an event is not 
documented it ceases to exist in the present. But it is only 
by understanding the past that we can judge and make 
informed decisions about our future. At the ironically 
named Ministry of Truth, Winston and his colleagues 
work on re-writing and erasing history so that citizens 
remain ignorant and the Party is always in the right. 
Winston records history by writing in his diary – itself
an act of rebellion.
Repression: 
When all else fails, the Party maintains power 
by using brute force. Those who do not conform are killed 
(‘vaporized’) or tortured until fear prevents them from 
opposing the government in any way. Orwell’s experiences 
in Spain exposed him to human brutality of the worst 
kind. 
1984 
warns us that ignoring the violent side of 
human nature can cost us our individual freedom. In 
1984
, difficult political ideas are expressed in a very simple 
and elegant style. Almost all the language associated with 
the Party is extremely ironic (Big Brother is a cruel tyrant, 
not a loving, protecting friend; the Ministry of Truth 
manufactures lies; and the Ministry of Love tortures, kills 
and destroys). Similarly, the contradictory Party slogans 
(War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength) 
reflect the inherent absurdity of the Party policy itself.
Liberty: 
Essentially, 
1984 
is about the balance between 
personal liberty and social order. It is a warning of what 
could 
happen under a government that takes more and 
more responsibility for social order upon itself.

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