1984George Orwell

Life under INGSOC (English Socialism) in 1984…

The Inner Party (“The Party”)• Make policy, affect decisions, and govern• Upper class of Oceania

Government consists of:• Ministry of Truth – past and present are revised

Winston Smith works here and changes facts to meet Party’s needs

• Ministry of Peace – creates continuous war• Ministry of Plenty – creates false food/economic

shortages• Ministry of Love – generates hatred for enemies

of Oceania

Life under INGSOC (English Socialism) in 1984…

The Outer Party• Work the state’s administrative jobs• Educated workers who are responsible for

direct implementation of the Party’s policies• Have absolutely no voice in policies’

formation• Artificial middle class• Expected to be patriotic, blindly accepting

every order from remote superiors• Condemned to live in rundown

neighborhoods• NO SEX ALLOWED! Except for procreation…

Life under INGSOC (English Socialism) in 1984…

The Proles• Lower class of workers, performing the bulk

of manual labor• Live in poorest conditions, but are more

fortunate than Outer Party members• Not under surveillance

Sedated with alcohol, gambling, sport, sexual promiscuity, and prolefeed (fabricated books, pornography)

• Uneducated, therefore harmless

The Slogans: A World of Doublethink

War is Peace: war creates unity, which creates a sense of peace

Freedom is Slavery: if you are free, you are destined to fail

Ignorance is Strength: just let the Party think for you

Doublethink: • holding two contradictory ideas at the same time and

understanding them both as true• a way for the party to keep logic at bay and to control the minds

of the people

New Language for a New Society:Newspeak

Any word can be any part of speech Eliminates any extra words that have the same or

similar meaning

A vocab: words used for everyday life; reserved for simple thoughts, concrete objects, or physical actions

B vocab: words created for political purposes with the proper mental attitude; all are compound; made up without a plan

C vocab: supplementary; scientific and technical terms

The Oceaniac Hierarchy

The Three Superstates

The Threat of Big Brother