the society, because it would introduce ideas that would get the citizens thinking too much about their lives. If they tried to change something in their lives it would cause the society to fall apart, because people would begin developing their own ideas. The news from other parts of the world is censored as well, so the citizens of the society don't hear about abnormal things which would eventually get them thinking about the design of their own society. The leader, Mustapha Mond knew that if their society must be censored to condition the people so the society would prosper. Mass consumption was promoted and was fundamental to the society. In 1984, the Party used censorship to control the people in the same way. The telescreens in the revolting apartments watched the citizens' every move, so they can ensure that there are no conspiracies against the Party. The actions of the people are censored in the way that they cannot act in a way they want to; they can only do what the party wants them to do or expects of them. Their minds are conditioned to do this, so it is natural for them to be in that state. No diaries are allowed, because it might be preserved and someone in the future might read it, and the reader might realize how counterfeit the Party was. A major part of the Oceanic culture was the censored language. The Party invented a new language called Newspeak, to provide of source of expression that would give 'proper' mental habits to the citizens, making other thoughts impossible. It became impossible for the people to identify anything that was not good about the Party, because they had no way to describe it in words. The new language also made it impossible to read old books that might contain true history, something that the Party did not want people to know for many reasons, one being it might contradict the fake history they invented.The obliteration of history was something else used by the leaders to ...
