Language as the Ultimate Weapon

1984 is a great book, I love how Orwell imagined the manipulation of human beings philosophically, not by force or violence, it’s just masterful, Orwell shows us how something as simple as language, which is a tool for human communication and a crucial part of our everyday lives can be used as a powerful weapon against the human race. Just imagine the difficulty of speaking your mind with someone that does not know your language, we would have incomplete ideas and we would be broken and this would stop any act of rebellion against the government which is what we read in this book.

If we think of the novel as programming, then we see that as programmers, we suffer directly what is known only one programming language and not being able to do many things, due the limitations of that language. However, we learn a new language each semester, so we expand our options and ability to solve problems and this gives you perspective into why it is important to be open to new languages and tools.

Any student taking this course is going to love the book of 1984 and get a little more perspective in the importance of language and start being more open into learning more stuff.