Tuesday, 7 August 2012

How are the names of the ministries in George Orwell's 1984 paradoxical?

The names
of the ministries, whichdescribes in Chapter One of , are Ministry of Love
(Miniluv in Newspeak,) Ministry of Plenty (Miniplenty,) Ministry of Peace (Minipax,) and the
Ministry of Truth (Minitrue,) whereworks. The names are paradoxical because they clearly, at
least to the reader, do not reflect reality. Miniluv is in charge...





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