1984 ch 5-6 "The whole literature of the past will have been destroyed. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron- they'll exist only in Newspeak versions, not merely changed into something different, but actually changed into something contradictory of what they used to be" (53).

I chose this quote because I believe it relates to the overall motives of the Party. Like the language of Newspeak, the Party is not trying to completely get rid of the Oceania culture, but enforce their own version of the culture and how the country is run. The Party is trying to get rid of everything that happened before them to be able to bring in their way of doing things so people always know who is in charge. In a small way, this book reminds me a little of Farenheit 451 because of the way that books are completely abolished. In Oceania, anything the Party wants can be completely abolished. Also, in Farenheit 451, people got turned in for having books, and in Oceania, people can be turned in for having thoughtcrime. In certain ways, I see similarities between 1984 and Farenheit 451.

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