How Does George Orwell Present Language In 1984

In 1984, George Orwell portrays language as the essential means of power. Language allows for the Party to maintain absolute power over its citizens; however, in order to establish such dominance, the regime must remove any if not all, written records. Newspeaks effort to remove words, seeks the purpose of depriving words so it will be impossible to formulate ideas other than those proposed by Party. Like many other civilians, Winston's job is to rewrite the past, which serves as a means of the Party to condition their citizens to believe what they say true and simply facts. Such efforts to alter the past will eventually control thoughts. Nonetheless, records have an essential role in 1984 by allowing the Party to create a new language; Newspeak,

for the sole purpose of maintaining absolute power. Thus, those who are unable to think because they do not have proof of words to express thoughts or emotions, will not rebel as they have nothing to rebel against. George Orwell’s novel, 1984, depicts Newspeak as a form of power through the alteration of history and removable of words which will ultimately control thoughts and curb rebellion; language is power.
The existence of documents that contain history are continuously altered by the Party in order to establish their dominance. The power of written language has a clear relevance in 1984 as it allows for the party to rewrite history for the purpose of ripping reality from it’s citizens. Winston experiences the power of the regime as he vaguely recalls the date when writing in his diary( And so it was with every class of recorded fact, great or small. Everything faded away into a shadow-world in which, finally, even the date of the year had become uncertain). According to “Language and political reality: George Orwell reconsidered,” “Not only is the existence of unchangeable facts denied but so is any mental, and even physical, reality that would not depend on the objectives of the Party and that could be preserved in the memory of people or in documents" (Lemann idk yet). The Ministry of Truth rectifies past documentations challenging a current goal or development of the Party. Consequently, past documents must be destroyed or altered to support the Party's operation. Evidence of such power is revealed as Orwell states:
“For example, it appeared from the Times of the seventeenth of March that Big Brother, in his speech of the previous day, had predicted that the South Indian front would remain quiet but that a Eurasian offensive would shortly be launched in North Africa. As it happened, the Eurasian Higher Command had launched its offensive in South India and left North Africa alone. It was therefore necessary to rewrite a paragraph of Big Brother's speech, in such a way as to make him predict the thing that had actually happened” (Owell …).
Such evidence validates the authority of The Party as it demonstrates how powerful language can become to be.

The Party conditions it’s citizens to believe whatever they say to be true, thus if documents prove the government’s falsehood it would jeopardize their totalitarian society. According to “The New Verbal Order,” “All records of past events are changed to reflect shifts in government policy; even rules of arithmetic are ultimately subject to the Party's whims” (The New veral order idkk). The Article reveals yet again how language plays an essential role in the Party’s attempt to control the thoughts of the inhabitants of Oceania. Throughout the entire novel, The Party attempts to control thoughts and reality by changing facts, unchangeable facts. Ultimately, The Party’s goal is to alter the past for the sake of the government; if the government is able to control history, they are able to control thoughts, being able to control thoughts means absolute

power.
In 1984 Newspeak plays an essential role, it is one of the major sources of power for The Party. Newspeak is a new way of speaking created by the regime in order to reduce chances of rebellions. Unlike Oldspeak, the newly established language shortens and cuts words out, thus the number of words used are limited. Therefore, all inhabitants of Oceania have the same linguistic knowledge. Language has become an element of The Party, an element to seize power. According to “The Limits of Language,”
“Newspeak at once radically limits and shortens the number of words available to people (so that everyone has to operate at the linguistic level of a three- or four-year-old) and turns all words denoting concepts into long, incomprehensible, bureaucratized euphemisms, devoid of meaning and unable to provoke debate or resistance” (aythora).
The Article reveals the power of language, The Party is aiming for a country in which words cannot formulate and create opposition. Essentially what The Party is trying to accomplish is a deprivation of words so words cannot create expression, thoughts, or even sentences for the goal of obstructing opposition. In the book 1984 this is idea is further revealed as Syme says,
"Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten" (1.5.23, Syme).
Nevertheless, the regime, quickly and efficiently, want to remove Oldspeak and replace it with their own language, Newspeak.

For example, Winston has clear thoughts of opposition, for that reason he is tortured until he is “changed.” Many others like Winston are imprisoned, tortured and beat vigorously until they are fully conditioned to love Big Brother and believe what The Party feeds them. In “The New Verbal Order, “In 1984, the promulgators of Newspeak wish to replace the old language as quickly as possible by completing a dictionary that will standardize Newspeak and help eradicate any opposing ideas” (idk yet_). Part of the problem with Oceania, according to O’brien, is that people can still think irrationally, like Winston who cannot seem to adapt to society. Thus, the quote defines language as power, not directly, but through the emphasis that there must a eradication of words to deprive deviant thoughts to form. Nevertheless, Newspeak seeks to be a form of power in which curbs rebellions through depriving words and the inability of the inhabitants to formulate

thoughts.
George Orwell’s novel, 1984, depicts Newspeak as a form of power through the alteration of history which will ultimately control thoughts and curb rebellion; language is power. The Ultimate goal of the Party is to reduce the range of thoughts, thus words must be eradicated to facilitate this goal. Nevertheless, history plays a crucial role in the attempt to create a totalitarian society, if history goes against The Party then this ‘perfect’ society will clash. To deprive thoughts, is to curb rebellion.