Newspeak

In George Orwell's 1984, the idea of Newspeak is really interesting and to me. The whole idea that a language should be reduced into a few words seems like a recipe for disaster. Without the readily available descriptive words, such things as poems and songs will cease to exist or just be very repetitive. Everyday we use a variety of different nouns, verbs, and synonyms to help others fully understand what we think and how we feel. Words are the basis of our communication. The lack of words makes it harder to communicate with others and if the language is reduced enough, it can lead to a reduction of reality and thought. Sure, it could make writing alot easier, but only in general terms. Simple converstions would be quicker and words found easier, but critical thinking would be nearly impossible. Our language helps us to think for ourselves.When we lose words we lack the ability to put our ideas forth to others, and to ourselves. New ideas will be uncommon because they could never be explained in any understandable way, and intense emotions would be hard to describe. We rely on our complicated and complex language to fully comunicate with each others and ourselves. Our society couldn't exist with a simplifyfied language like Newspeak.