Posted by doctor on July 01, 2002 at 15:00:53:
In Reply to: RE: I need critisms on the 1984 by George Orwell for a term paper. posted by Randi on February 25, 2001 at 21:18:11:
The idea that thought is carried out in a verbal language is a basis for this book, this idea has no fact, nothing to substain it, argue this in greater detail, comment on newspeak and the fact that it could only work if thought was in fact done in a verbal language such as english, state that even if you only had the word 'slavery' in your vocabulary and not 'freedom' you'd still be able to think about the opposite (even if you didn't have the word 'opposite' in your vocab) of slavery. Your brain is able to create from something, you will always have freedom of thought even if you don't know it. also give examples to substantiate your argument such as, you think before you speak if you thought in a verbal language would first say in your head what you voice.