The plot traces the struggles of the main character, Winston Smith, as he attempts to rebel against the tyrannically insatiable Party, rulers of the superstate Oceania. ... The concept of language as a confining tool is an exceptionally important message of the book, and this is used to its full potential in the official language of Oceania, Newspeak. ... In 1984, Ingsoc has mastered the theory behind communication with Newspeak, "the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year." ... The themes of the novel 1984 are many, as the satirical parable serves a moralistic rol...

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1984 Reflection 3: Pages 200-298 In 1984, Orwell begins with three paradoxes: war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength. Throughout the novel, he clarifies and alters the meanings of these paradoxes as the plot advances. While these paradoxes are used to introduce the concept of doublethink in the beginning, they finish with many meanings which make sense in context to the dystopian society of 1984. ... In Goldstein's (or rather the Party members') book, he states that proletarians "can be granted intellectual liberty because they have no intellect" (210...

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