Dan C
December 25th 07, 11:52 PM
from the telescreen was still pouring forth its tale of
prisoners and booty and slaughter, but the shouting outside had died down a
little. The waiters were turning back to their work. One of them approached
with the gin bottle. Winston, sitting in a blissful dream, paid no
attention as his glass was filled up. He was not running or cheering any
longer. He was back in the Ministry of Love, with everything forgiven, his
soul white as snow. He was in the public dock, confessing everything,
implicating everybody. He was walking down the white-tiled corridor, with
the feeling of walking in sunlight, and an armed guard at his back. The
longhoped-for bullet was entering his brain.
He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to
learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel,
needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving
breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it
was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had
won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.
1949
THE END
Appendix
THE PRINCIPLES OF NEWSPEAK
Newspeak was the official language of Oceania and had been devised to
meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc, or English Socialism. In the year
1984 there was not as yet anyone who used Newspeak as his sole means of
communication, either in speech or writing. The leading articles in the
Times were written in it, but this was a tour de force which could only be
carried out by a specialist. It was expected that Newspeak would have
finally superseded Oldspeak (or Standard English, as we should call it) by
about the year 2050. Meanwhile it gained ground steadily, all Party members
tending to use Newspeak words and grammatical constructions more and more
in their everyday speec
prisoners and booty and slaughter, but the shouting outside had died down a
little. The waiters were turning back to their work. One of them approached
with the gin bottle. Winston, sitting in a blissful dream, paid no
attention as his glass was filled up. He was not running or cheering any
longer. He was back in the Ministry of Love, with everything forgiven, his
soul white as snow. He was in the public dock, confessing everything,
implicating everybody. He was walking down the white-tiled corridor, with
the feeling of walking in sunlight, and an armed guard at his back. The
longhoped-for bullet was entering his brain.
He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to
learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel,
needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving
breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it
was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had
won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.
1949
THE END
Appendix
THE PRINCIPLES OF NEWSPEAK
Newspeak was the official language of Oceania and had been devised to
meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc, or English Socialism. In the year
1984 there was not as yet anyone who used Newspeak as his sole means of
communication, either in speech or writing. The leading articles in the
Times were written in it, but this was a tour de force which could only be
carried out by a specialist. It was expected that Newspeak would have
finally superseded Oldspeak (or Standard English, as we should call it) by
about the year 2050. Meanwhile it gained ground steadily, all Party members
tending to use Newspeak words and grammatical constructions more and more
in their everyday speec