I remember there being 4 ministries in the book and they had abbreviated forms to be used in newspeak. Something like the Ministry of Truth became Minitrue or something like that.
What were the ministries and what were their abbreviated forms?
It had been a long time since I had read that book myself (actually in 1984) however I was able to find what you were looking for on Wikipedia. This is the link to the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four#Ministries_of_Oceania
Good Luck!!!
February 6th, 2010 at 11:34 am
It had been a long time since I had read that book myself (actually in 1984) however I was able to find what you were looking for on Wikipedia. This is the link to the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four#Ministries_of_Oceania
Good Luck!!!
References :
February 6th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Here you go:
"Ministries of Oceania
Oceania’s four ministries are housed in huge pyramidal structures, each roughly 300 metres high and visible throughout London, displaying the three slogans of the party (see below) on their facades.
Ministry of Peace
Newspeak: Minipax.
Conducts Oceania’s perpetual war.
Ministry of Plenty
Newspeak: Miniplenty.
Responsible for rationing and controlling food and goods.
Ministry of Truth
Newspeak: Minitrue.
The propaganda arm of Oceania’s regime, controlling information: literature, propaganda, the Party organization, and the telescreen programs. Winston Smith works for the Records Department (RecDep) of Minitrue, "rectifying" historical records and newspaper articles to make them conform to Big Brother’s most recent pronouncements, thus making everything that the Party says true.
Ministry of Love
Newspeak: Miniluv.
The agency responsible for the identification, monitoring, arrest and torture of dissidents, real or imagined. Based on Winston’s experience there at the hands of O’Brien, the basic procedure is to pair the subject with his or her worst fear for an extended period, eventually breaking down the person’s mental faculties and ending with a sincere embrace of the Party by the brainwashed subject. The Ministry of Love differs from the other ministry buildings in that it has no windows in it at all.
The ministries’ names are an example of doublethink — “The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with starvation.” (Part II, Chapter IX – chapter I of Goldstein’s book)"
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four#Ministries_of_Oceania
http://1984ministries.tripod.com/