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The outer party citizens were always bein watched. Televisions could
never be turned off. The citizens were watching
war, and party propaganda twenty-four hours a day. The Party was
also watching the citizens back. This paranoia in itself helped maintain
obedience. The idea of Double Think, is illustrated in the novel best
with the character O'Brien. In Double Think, a statement can be both true
and untrue at the same time. During the end of the novel, O'Brien is
literally brainwashing Winston into saying 2+2=5. Winston knows in his
mind that this statement is false, but in 1984, everything is capable
of double meaning. Reality is only what the party says it is to be.
Before Winston can be released he must believe this falsity, and therefore
show his allegiance to the party. There is also Newspeak, the
language
of 1984. In Newspeak it is impossible to say anything against the party.
It is simply not in the vocabulary of the citizens to criticize the
government. If a way is devised, it becomes an error in logic and
therefore a falsity.
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Their are also Party Ministries, where most of the outer party works.
In the Ministry of Truth, the workers continually re-write history to fit
the needs of the Ingsoc. In this way, the party would always
shine, but its people always lived in a false reality. Sex was also
against the law. The Ministry of Love handled these cases. Any
passion or emotion was denied to the citizens.
Passion might lead to rebellion. At lastly the Ministry of War. In 1984
there was always a war going on. There must always be an enemy to
blame. The Ministry of War would make the propaganda films, but no real
war existed. The inner party felt that a continual war would unite the
country in hatred, maintain discipline, and justify shortages. It did not
matter who the current enemy was as long as one existed.
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