The government uses these slogans to influence how its people should behave. Everywhere they go, constant reminders appear about how one should behave. The creation of Newspeak was born from the idea of eliminating all words that think against the government. “In Oceania, nowadays, science, in the ancient sense, has almost ceased to exist. There is no word "science" in Newspeak. The empirical method of thinking, on which all the scientific achievements of the past were based, is opposed to the fundamental principles of Ingsoc. And even technological progress occurs only when its products can in some way be used for the diminution of human freedom” (Orwell 244). All inner-party members are said to see Newspeak as an advent of faith. They hope that the creation of a new dictionary will help instill peace in the society in which they live. However, it is actually used through science and technology to limit privacy and freedom among
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