System
Usable to keep control and the structure of society intact
What is permanent war/peace?
(War is Peace - p. 208)
Holding two opposite beliefs at the same time and believing both
What is Doublethink?
Containing a fifth of the population of the earth and valuable minerals, vegetable products such as rubber - Cheap labour (Inhabitants = Slaves)
What is the disputed area?
Someone who has had any thought that goes against the Party
What is a thoughtcriminal?
A Newspeak word meaning naturally orthodox
What is goodthinker?
In charge of War
The ability to believe that something is the complete opposite — and to actually believe it.
What is blackwhite?
The Americas, the Atlantic islands including the British Isles, Australasia and the southern portion of Africa.
Natural defense: the width of the Atlantic and the Pacific
What is the super-state Oceania?
About 85% of the population, who are deemed illiterate and irrelevant.
What are proles?
Usable to keep control over the middle and low classes by keeping them uninformed.
What is Ignorance is Strength?
In charge of propaganda, news, and history. (Lies)
What is the Ministry of Truth?
Having the wrong expression (abnormal or improper)
What is a facecrime?
Europe and Russia
Natural defense: its vast land spaces
What is Eurasia?
A person who has been erased from all records and memory.
What is an Unperson?
Cheap, low-quality goods branded as if they’re luxurious
What is Victory _____ (Victory gin)?
A place of torture and punishment
What is the Ministry of Love?
Doing things alone or independently
What is ownlife?
China and the countries to the south of it, the Japanese islands and a large portion of Manchuria, Mongolia and Tibet
Natural defense: the fecundity and industriousness of its inhabitants
What is Eastasia?
The opposition to the Party - yet much alike (Do as you're told!)
What is The Brotherhood?
A way of building emotional loyalty to Big Brother through shared hatred.
What is Two Minutes Hate?
In control of economy, food, and supplies (Starvation)
What is the Ministry of Plenty?
Protective stupidity
What is crimestop?
Remains inviolate
What is the heartland of each super-states?
A written work that critiques the Party’s control, explaining how constant war and inequality sustain their power.
What is the book "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism"?
Repeatedly moving from one place to another and back again
What is "to and fro"?