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“..a metal pannikin of pinkish-grey stew,a hunk of bread, a cube of cheese, a mug of milkless Victory Coffee, and one saccharine
tablet..”1984,1949: p.49-50.
The citizen were banned to shopping to stores in addition to the government-owned shop
Party members were supposed not to go into ordinary shops 1984,1949: p.6.
3.3 Party Dictatorship With Technology System
By means of telescreens and hidden microphones across the city, the Party is able to monitor its members almost all of the time. Additionally, the Party
employs complicated mechanisms 1984 was written in the era before computers to exert large-scale control on economic production and sources of information,
and fearsome machinery to inflict torture upon those it deems enemies. 1984 reveals that technology, which is generally perceived as working toward moral
good, can also facilitate the most diabolical evil. This is illustrated by the following quotation:
“In general you could not assume that you were much safer in the country than in London. There were no telescreens, of course, but
there was always the danger of concealed microphones by which your voice might be picked up and recognized; besides, it was not easy to
make a journey by yourself without attracting attention.”1984,1949: p.117.
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Based on the quotatiton,its reach not limited to telescreens, the Party also places hidden microphones throughout London to monitor the interactions of its
constituents.
3.4 Party Using The Code In The Language
The most important messages in 1984 is that language is of central importance to human thought because it structures and limits the ideas that
individuals are capable of formulating and expressing. If control of language were centralized in a political agency, Novel 1984 proposes, such an agency could
possibly alter the very structure of language to make it impossible to even conceive of disobedient or rebellious thoughts, because there would be no words
with which to think them. This idea manifests itself in the language of Newspeak, which the Party has introduced to replace English. The Party is constantly refining
and perfecting Newspeak, with the ultimate goal that no one will be capable of conceptualizing anything that might question the Party’s absolute power.
For example,during colonial times, foreign powers took political and military control of distant regions and, as a part of their occupation, instituted
their own language as the language of government and business. Postcolonial writers often analyze or redress the damage done to local populations by the loss
of language and the attendant loss of culture and historical connection. “times 3.12.83 reporting bb dayorder doubleplusungood refs
unpersons rewrite fullwise upsub antefiling. In Oldspeak or standard english this might be rendered: The
reporting of Big Brother’s Order for the Day in the Times of December 3rd 1983 is extremely unsatisfactory and makes references
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to nonexsistent persons.Rewrite it in full and submit your draft to higher authority before filing.”
1984,1949: p.44
3.5 Brain Wash Policy
