The Ideology Of Doublethink

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To begin with, the Party utilizes the concept of doublethink to remove individual thoughts which in turn results in dehumanization. Doublethink is the mental capacity to accept contrary opinions or beliefs one may hold. This allows citizens to avoid thoughtcrime or in other words to preserve intellectuality. The Party uses doublethink to manipulate the thoughts of citizens in order to obtain control easily. The party’s slogans use the concept of doublethink to control the way citizens think. They use “WAR IS PEACE[,] FREEDOM IS SLAVERY [, and] IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH” (18 Orwell). In reality, war is seen as a terrible, violent and disastrous thing; changing its meaning confuses the population and strengthens their ignorance; thus, this causes individuals in Oceania to accept something which they understand to be wrong. The Party can control citizens easily as they strengthen the ignorance of citizens. They have been dehumanized by the Party, because they have been restricted of using their own intellectual knowledge to make sense of what the Party is presenting. For example, doubleth...

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