Analysis Of George Orwell's Newspeak

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decades, what we call module verbs. These are verbs like can, must, will, shall, etc.…’”’ (Rosen & Arts 1). First, the language used by Orwell’s society recognized as Newspeak, which is just the English language but simpler by cutting out the complicated vocabulary and making up new words that sound childish, is just simply a rubbish or slang version of English. The way they cut out complicated words in English trying to make it simpler resembles how the government’s ruling is not complicated at the least and they try to avoid this factor by being simpler in their ways of carrying out orders or propagandas. By cutting out words from the English language instead of expanding, this resembles an imaginary barrier made of the toughest substances, …show more content…

Explaining why Orwell 's society is very limited in thinking for themselves, they are too busy trapped in a miniature cage blocking out all the truth while keeping their present information; sounds very similar to the motive in creating Newspeak. Winston overcomes this obvious trap laid out throughout the area due to being very rebellious and uncooperative in a "good way", opposing all what Big Brother has to say or already said. Overall, this idea about creating a brighter future for the next generation while the Party is limiting our goals and expectations making it impossible to take a step further beyond, one reason behind it is the creation of a slang and "rewritten" language, …show more content…

. . religious freedom for all.” We posed a straightforward question to the group: “How do you know that 's true?” A pigtailed girl with a gleam in her eye—clearly this quartet 's leader—grabbed her book and thrust it under our noses: “See,” she said, using her finger to locate truth. “Page 242. It says it right here.” We persisted: “How do you know that 's true?” Judging from this student 's quizzical expression, we might as well have phrased our question in Martian. (Wineburg &Martin

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