. If that weren't enough, the Party's Thought Police serves as a constant reminder that even just thinking about questioning the Party's actions are unacceptable and prohibited. Clearly, Orwell goes to great lengths explaining the grammatical rules of Newspeak, but details aside, the significance of this new language stems from the Party's belief that total control of its people rests with its ability to control their minds, and it is enforced through the terror of the Thought Police.
Another effective tool used in psychological control is Doublethink. Used in conjunction with Newspeak, Doublethink is the notion that a person can hold two contradictory ideas simultaneously without questioning why one idea conflicts with the other. In other words, the people of Oceania subconsciously believe anything the Party tells them, despite any instances where information may run contradictory to it. For example, the four towering ministries that govern th
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