Wednesday, August 25, 2010

"In the end, the whole notion of goodness and badness will be covered by only six words- in reality, only one word. Don't you see the beauty of that, Winston? It was B.B's idea originally, of course..." (51)

      Orwell uses this quotation to make a point that language and the growth of language is important to society. If there is only one word for good, and it contains its opposite, then there are no descriptions, no arguments for or against something, and no room for creative thought- or any kind of thought. Without individual thought and self-expression, (which Newspeak eliminates) people are more likely to swallow whatever Big Brother and The Party tell them. It would make sense that Newspeak is Big Brother's idea- it keeps him in power, and limits everyone else's means to rebel against him.

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