... as thought is dependant on words." George Orwell, 1984, Pg. 327. Newspeak was a new language derived from English. It basically smashed two words together in order to simplify a meaning. An example of Newspeak is used in the passage; thoughtcrime: any feelings or thoughts against the government, that are punishable by law. So instead ... of saying all of that definition, they just condensed the whole thing and said "thoughtcrime". Can you imagine trying to write poetry with such a limited vocabulary? The destruction of words isn"t all Orwell saw for the controlling of the mind which lay ...

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... with equal hatred. This is indisputably how the public viewed him and perhaps Orwell thought this way of himself as well. His ability to perceive social effects of political theories have inspired people to think of him as the greatest moral force in English literature, during the past several decades (George Orwell). Though Orwell desired to write politically committed literature that was also an ... enjoyable experience, nothing in his career indicated that he would find expression in a skillfully executed animal fable. He intended Animal Farm to depict the inevitable course of all rev...

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