{"id":126386,"date":"2017-02-01T06:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=126386"},"modified":"2017-02-01T06:36:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T11:36:15","slug":"beware-perfect-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=126386","title":{"rendered":"Beware Perfect Language"},"content":{"rendered":"

“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. Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there’s no reason or excuse for committing thoughtcrime. It’s merely a question of self-discipline, reality control. But in the end there won’t be any need even for that. The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Symes’ monologue to Winston Smith in the Ministry of Truth’s commissary, in George Orwell’s 1984<\/a>\"\"<\/i>. <\/p>\n

It’s important to keep in mind that Winston Smith caves in the end. Just like Rubashov caves in the end of Darkness at Noon<\/a>\"\"<\/i>.<\/p>\n