Junior Anti-Sex League: A youth organization advocating complete celibacy for both sexes and encouraging artsem. Julia is a member wears the organization’s symbolic scarlet sash. Jus primae noctis: A supposed capitalist law that allowed any capitalist the right to sleep with any woman working in one of his factories. A the party cites about “fact” capitalist history. Ministry of Love (Miniluv): Maintains law and order. Protected with great force. Only those arrested for Thought Crime or who are on official Party business can enter. Referred to within the novel as with no because the lights are “the place darkness” always on. Dissidents are taken here to be tortured, reformed, or killed. Ministry of Peace (Minipax): Responsible for the of issues Party’s management surrounding war. Ministry of Plenty (Miniplenty): Responsible for the economic affairs. Party’s Ministry of Truth (Minitrue): Responsible for all Pary news, entertainment, education and fine arts. The propaganda machine. Party’s Newspeak: The official language of Oceania and the new language of the Party, devised to meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc (English Socialism). The goal of Newspeak is to reduce the English language to the fewest words possible and supercede Oldspeak by 2050. Removing words removes ways to define anti-Party feelings and the ability to disagree. For example, the word can be used in “speedful” place of the word “rapid.” Party Slogans: is is is Examples include: “War Peace”; “Freedom Slavery”’; “Ignorance Strength.” Pornosec: The area of the Fiction Department in the Ministry of Truth devoted to creating written pornographic material for the proles. Dominated by women because the Party believes that women are less likely to be corrupted by the material. Prole: One of the 85% of the Oceania population that are not Party members and live in poverty. Regulated loosely to weed out the overly intellectuals and protect the Party. Reclamation Centers: Colonies for homeless children. Saccharine: A chemical sweetener or sugar substitute; excessively sweet. Wrench. Spanner: A Party tool used to translate spoken word into written word. Speakwrite: Spies and Youth League: A party youth organization that encourages children to spy on and report elders, including parents, to the Thought Police. Indoctrinates children into the Party.
Junior Anti-Sex League: A youth organization advocating complete celibacy for both sexes and encouraging artsem. Julia is a member wears the organization’s symbolic scarlet sash. Jus primae noctis: A supposed capitalist law that allowed any capitalist the right to sleep with any woman working in one of his factories. A “fact” the party cites about capitalist history. Ministry of Love (Miniluv): Maintains law and order. Protected with great force. Only those arrested for Thought Crime or who are on official Party business can enter. Referred to within the novel as “the place with no darkness” because the lights are always on. Dissidents are taken here to be tortured, reformed, or killed. Ministry of Peace (Minipax): Responsible for the Party’s management of issues surrounding war. Ministry of Plenty (Miniplenty): Responsible for the Party’s economic affairs. Ministry of Truth (Minitrue): Responsible for all Pary news, entertainment, education and fine arts. The Party’s propaganda machine. Newspeak: The official language of Oceania and the new language of the Party, devised to meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc (English Socialism). The goal of Newspeak is to reduce the English language to the fewest words possible and supercede Oldspeak by 2050. Removing words removes ways to define anti-Party feelings and the ability to disagree. For example, the word “speedful” can be used in place of the word “rapid.” Party Slogans: Examples include: “War is Peace”; “Freedom is Slavery”’; “Ignorance is Strength.” Pornosec: The area of the Fiction Department in the Ministry of Truth devoted to creating written pornographic material for the proles. Dominated by women because the Party believes that women are less likely to be corrupted by the material. Prole: One of the 85% of the Oceania population that are not Party members and live in poverty. Regulated loosely to weed out the overly intellectuals and protect the Party. Reclamation Centers: Colonies for homeless children. Saccharine: A chemical sweetener or sugar substitute; excessively sweet. Spanner: Wrench. Speakwrite: A Party tool used to translate spoken word into written word. Spies and Youth League: A party youth organization that encourages children to spy on and report elders, including parents, to the Thought Police. Indoctrinates children into the Party.
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