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Aliferis1 AthenaeAliferis Mr.Berrier APEnglish 5January2014 Allinall,itbecomesclearthat,inhisnovel1984,Orwellusestheevolutionofthefictionallanguageof NewspeakenemyofthestateGoldsteinsbookTheTheoryandPracticeofOligarchicalCollectivism andlastly,WinstonsinevitabledestructioninRoom101topinpointthereasontotalitariangovernments neversucceedintheirgoalsasagovernment:thatreasonisindividualism.ThedevelopmentofNewspeak seekstoeliminateanywordsnotapprovedbythegovernment,itsgoalbeingtodissipatethoughtcrime throughoutOceania.Withoutthesenonapprovedwords,Oceaniasgovernmentextinguishesany possibilityofbeingoverthrownbyanycitizenswhowoulddaretothinkorsaythetruth,anactionthat becomesimpossibletodowithNewspeak.Then,thoseideasarefurthertoucheduponinGoldsteinsbook, wherehestatestheimportanceofthesocialclassesofOceania,andtheexpectationswhichParty membersmustabideto.

Oceaniassocialstructureisfashionedinawaythatthegroupofpeoplemost likelytorebel,theproles,areunabletobecauseoftheirnonexistenteducationandalsobecausetheyare notallowedtograduateintotheParty.ThePartymembersthemselvesareexpectedtoplacetheirfull loyaltyinthePartyandneverhaveanydoubtsregardingthepropagandathegovernmentreleases.Lastly, inRoom101,Winstonfacespunishmentforhissecretrebellion,atthehandsofPartyleader,OBrien. OBrientortureshim,andwhiledoingsodiscussesthePartysmotives,themainforcedrivingtheir ambitionsbeingpower.Duringthesetorturesessions,OBrienstressesthelackofinfluencetheindividual hasontheirgovernment,whilesimultaneouslyprovingthatthegovernmentdoesinfacthaveknowledge thattheindividualistheonlyforcebetweenthemandabsolutepower,hencethereasonwhytheParty goestosuchendstosuppressindividualism.NotonlyisitathreattoOrwellsfictionaltotalitarian government,butalsototalitariangovernmentsintherealworld.Thosegovernmentsgaintheirpowerby

Aliferis2 havingcompletecontrolovertheircitizens,andbyessentiallystrippingawaytheircitizenshumanity.In 1984,Orwellexaggeratesthatideaandgivesthereaderaninsideviewofthelengthsthegovernmentwill gotototearawaytheindividuallyofitscitizensforthesolesakeofgainingpower.Livinginasocietylike that,whereeverywordandthoughtthatissaidorthoughthastobegovernmentapproved,allowsnoroom forhumanitytogrowanduseitscreativemindtofindwaystofurtherimprovethehumanrace.1984 servesasawarningtohumans,awarningwhichtellsofthehorrorsthatcanensueifhumanitychoosesto godownthepathofabsolutegovernment.Despitethepowerthatisgainedinthesegovernments,that powercomesatacost:thehumanityofothers,afeehumanitycannotbeartopay.Itisthisheftycost, whichultimatelypreventsusfromfacingtheinhumaneworldOrwellwarnusofcreating.

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