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The methods of indoctrination of the Party - Coggle Diagram
The methods of indoctrination of the Party
Doublethink
"consciously to induce unconsciousness"
"Reality control"
"holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them."
"to know and not to know"
"arrest the course of history"
Newspeak
"destroying words"
"cutting the language down to the bone"
Oldspeak
"vagueness"
"useless shades of meaning"
"link with the past"
"whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought"
"we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it."
"range of consciousness always a little smaller."
Facecrime
"to wear an improper expression on your face"
"The smallest thing could give you away"
"Your worst enemy [...] was your nervous system"
Removal of desire
sexual act
"Our duty to the Party"
"Desire was thoughtcime."
"remove all pleasure from the sexual act"
"Sexual intercourse was to be looked on as a slightly disgusting minor operation, like having an enema."
Ownlife
"meaning individualism and eccentricity"
going on a walk
"suggested a taste for solitude"
Community centers prevent this
Repression of the proles
"the rocket bombs has been killing larger numbers of people than usual."
direct their anger and restlessness
War
"destruction [...] of products of human labour"
"eats up surplus of consumable goods"
"deliberate policy"
"preserve the special mental atmosphere that a hierarchical society needs"
peace "same as a permanent war"
Two aims of the Party
"conquer the whole surface of the earth"
"extinguish [...] independant thought"
Limited contact with exterior
"necessary to their structure that there should be no contact with foreigners"
discover that "they are creatures similiar to himself" + "most of what has been told about them is lies."
"same worship of a semi-divine leader"
"same economy existing by and for continuous warfare"
"same pyramidal structure"
"Cut off from contact with the outer world"
Inventions
print "manipulate public opinion"
television, radio, film
"private life came to an end"
"every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinised."
collectivism
"secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism"
'abolition of private property'
"the Party owns everything"
goodthinker
"naturally orthodox"
"
crimestop, blackwhite and doublethink
, makes him unwilling and unable to think too deeply on any subject whatever."
"no private emotions"
orthodoxy - "control over one's own mental processes"
crimestop
"the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought."
"protective stupidity"
blackwhite
opponent - "habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts"
party member - "willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this."
control of the past
Ministry of Truth
"necessary for him to believe that he is better off than his ancestors"
'safeguard the infallibility of the Party"