One of the most compelling aspects of 1984 is Orwell's understanding of the roles that thought and language play in rebellion and control. In Newspeak, Orwell invents a language that will make rebellion impossible, because the words do not exist. Doublethink, the ability to maintain two contradictory ideas in one's head simultaneously and believe them both to be true, functions as a psychological mechanism that explains people's willingness to accept control over their memories and their past. Doublethink is crucial to the Party's control of Oceania, because it enables the Party to alter historical records and pass off these distorted accounts as authentic. The brainwashed populace no longer recognizes contradictions. Instead, it accepts the Party's version of the past as accurate, even though that representation may change from minute to minute.
Emmanuel Goldstein's manifesto even suggests that doublethink is strongest among the powerful Inner Party members who convince themselves that they act for Big Brother, even though they know that Big Brother is a myth. Doublethink is equally crucial to Winston's gradual conversion to loving Big Brother because it enables him to accept his torturers' words as true, even though his own fading memories—of the photograph of the three Party traitors, for instance—contradict them.
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