Home > 1984 Summary & Study Guide > 1984 Group > Question and Answer > Tags > newspeak

Ask a Question

Post a question to thousands of students and teachers.

Questions in 1984 tagged with "newspeak"

• 
  What is the purpose of Newspeak?

  Posted by jgsackett on Apr 21, 2009 at 09:40 PM

• 
  Give an example of how Newspeak aimed to erase some words from the language. Would destruction of the word cause thoughts to be not expressed?

  Posted by dtwoseven on Nov 18, 2008 at 01:55 PM

• 
  In the book 1984, language is a powerful tool for determining how people view and then interact in the world. How is language a powerful tool?

  Posted by nat08 on Feb 22, 2008 at 02:34 PM

• 
  Winston lives in a world full of contradictions such as WAR IS PEACE. What role does Doublethink have and how does this satisfy the party?

  Posted by missmay on Jan 30, 2008 at 02:46 AM

• 
  Name 3 functions of technology in 1984.

  Posted by kristina89 on Dec 19, 2007 at 08:34 AM

• 
  What's the meaning of Minipax?

  Posted by anonymous123 on Dec 14, 2007 at 10:25 AM

• 
  How does “Newspeak” help the party maintain control in 1984?

  Posted by kristina-steuble on Dec 12, 2007 at 08:48 AM

• 
  Why was the Declaration of Independence in the Appendix of the novel? What purpose did it have?

  Posted by anonymous123 on Nov 30, 2007 at 04:41 PM

• 
  How is Newspeak one of the themes in 1984? What message was Orwell trying to give by using this in the novel?

  Posted by jbowa on Oct 17, 2007 at 07:16 PM

• 
  Why does the government use "newspeak" in 1984?

  Posted by brookyngirl on Oct 15, 2007 at 05:31 PM

• 
  Goldstein was using Newspeak during the 2 minutes Hate. How could he be using Newspeak when Newspeak was invented by the Party?

  Posted by litnoob on Jun 14, 2007 at 07:29 AM