5/26/2023 0 Comments Orwelli 1984It is an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete rising 300 metres (980 ft) into the air, containing over 3000 rooms above ground. Winston Smith, the main character of the novel, works at the Ministry of Truth. The book describes the doctoring of historical records to show a government-approved version of events. In keeping with the concept of doublethink, the ministry is thus aptly named in that it creates/manufactures "truth" in the Newspeak sense of the word. However, like the other ministries, the name is also apt because it decides what "truth" is in Oceania.Īs well as administering "truth", the ministry spreads a new language amongst the populace called Newspeak, in which, for example, "truth" is understood to mean statements like 2 + 2 = 5 when the situation warrants. As with the other ministries in the novel, the name Ministry of Truth is a misnomer because in reality it serves the opposite: it is responsible for any necessary falsification of historical events. The Ministry of Truth ( Newspeak: Minitrue) is the ministry of propaganda. Senate House, London, where Orwell's wife worked at the Ministry of Information, was his model for the Ministry of Truth
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