George Orwell's novel, 1984, raises many questions by demonstrating what it would be like if the US government, or any government, began destroying language, building spies as early as young age, changing history and creating rooms full of torture. Language is a very important and powerful gift of thought and self-expression. It is the focal point of conversation and how we express our emotions; it is what distinguishes humans from the animal kingdom. Without it what would we become as a people? What would happen to our daily lives? What would it take for the government, our government, to make Orwell's fiction a reality? From changing history, to creating a new language, to training child spies, to what lies in Room 101, "You have no real appreciation for Newspeak, Winston... Even when you write it you're still thinking in antilanguage,” ( 51). Syme continually tells Winston all about Newspeak and doublethink and how before long there will only be a few words left in the new language. “It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. Of course the big waste is in verbs and adjectives, but there are also hundreds of nouns that can be eliminated. They're not just synonyms; there are also opposites. After all, what justification is there for a word that is simply the opposite of the same other words? A word contains within itself its opposite” (51). To simplify what Syme was saying is that the word bad can simply be changed to “not good”. Winston, however, wonders how people can share their feelings and thought about whether there were only a few words to work with. This is something he doesn't realize right away, but he realizes as the story continues. The true reality of what Newspeak is emerges and it's almost shocking to think that Syme doesn't seem to have a problem with the fact that he's ruining the language. “Don't you see that the main purpose of Newspeak is to narrow the field of thought? Ultimately we will make thought crime literally impossible, because there will be no words with which to express it” (52). If we think about how this is brainwashing to “You are a traitor!! the boy shouted. You are a thought criminal” (23). These are the words that came from a nine year old boy. Winston was called a traitor by a little boy. For the population of Oceania, the explosion of betrayal by children is not uncommon. Children are taught to spy on their parents and other adults to find out if they are resisting the Party. The children who found themselves with such a responsibility only made their love for the Party grow. Children were trained as spies, so once they became adults the need for resistance would be obsolete. The Party has brainwashed the children of Oceania through: "The songs, the processions, the banners, the excursions, the drills with fake rifles, the shouting of slogans, the worship of Big Brother" (24) . Fear has become evident in the parents' lives. Being terrified of your child, living in constant fear that you might say something under your breath or in your sleep. Over time, the brainwashing will shift to parents, informing them that spies are necessary and that children's actions should be praised. Parson's young daughter reports him for muttering betrayal in his sleep. Instead of being scared or upset, he was proud that she was attending the party