Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Newspeak
It seems to me that newspeak is less a form of actual language, and more a form or control over the minds of people. It is even said that it will make thought crime impossible. This I feel is simply another way the "Big Brother" is keeping people from revolting. He is pretty smart, because if you take away words which require creativity and thinking, and replace them with simple ones, you can eliminate thought all together. However this is not a good thing for the people, because as humans one of our most special talents is our ability to be creative and express things we want to say with words which reflect how we are feeling. Big Brother wants to turn his people in to mindless machines programed to follow him blindly, and newspeak is just one of many ways he is doing so.
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That's a really good point Jake.
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