Political Views in George Orwell's "1984"
             The main theme of "Nineteen Eighty-Four" concerns the restrictions imposed on individual freedom by a totalitarian regime. George Orwell shows how such a system can impose its will on the people through manipulation of the press, the elimination of democracy, constant supervision (courtesy of the Telescreens) and more. Orwell also shows how the state has more subtle methods for imposing its authority, such as the manipulation of language and control of the media. Propaganda also plays a central role within the Party's infrastructure and it is used to gain support for Big Brother, stir patriotism, and induce hate towards the chosen "enemy" country. Workers in the Ministry of Truth work to change the past, making Big Brother seem to have always been right. Also, the Party seeks to stifle any individual or "potentially revolutionary" thought by introducing a new language, Newspeak, the eradication of English and the deployment of "Thought Police" who terrorize Party members by accusing them of "Thought Crime". The idea of the "Thought Police" is that if you think a crime, then it is the same as committing a crime. The introduction of this new language means that eventually, no one is able to commit thought-crime due to the lack of words to express it. This is a frightening concept – the restriction of your thought could destroy your personality if the ability to think for oneself was erased.
             Words are a weapon as far as the Party is concerned, but the war is not physical; it is a war against truth - The Ministry of Truth, minitrue, re-writes history and falsifies documents, the Ministry of Peace, minipax, makes war, "It's a beautiful thing, destruction of words... You haven't a real appreciation of Newspeak, Winston... Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we...