#syme

[spiritonadventure]

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000 - Index Proselyte Syme

"…To Gabriel Syme: Sit upon the throne of Seven and find the face of God…"

[thewatchmakersnerd]

This is going to be a ramble about Syme in 1984 because none of my friends will sit and listen to me because they think it’s boring

Syme is a minor character (introduced in Part 1 - Chapter 5) who works as a language expert who works in the ministry of truth. His job is to write newspeak - a language designed by Orwell to be deliberately confusing and ambiguous. This may also have a deeper meaning of the language not only being intended to confuse the reader, but also the citizens of Oceania (which includes the Americas, the UK and Australia) - an explanation Syme gives helps support this (more on that later). Syme very much enjoys his job and is incredibly passionate about newspeak. The main purpose of Syme in the novel is to explain newspeak to the reader.

Syme is vaporised (that is, to have all evidence that you ever existed removed) later in the novel. As upsetting as his death was to me (he was my favourite character), it was easy to predict and was even stated by Winston Smith (the main character). Syme states that newspeak gets shorter and shorter with every edition of the dictionary. He explains that the reason for this is because the IngSoc (English Socialism) party wants to narrow down the vocabulary which would decrease the ability to think out against the party and therefore increase the support for the party. This shows both Winston and the reader that Syme knows too much for his own good, showing that he understands the party’s true agenda.

Despite Syme being a very evidently intelligent character, he still accepts the propaganda and holds the same values as the party. His dedication and admiration to Big Brother, however, are not enough to stop him from being vaporised.

This means that Syme shows clearly that the party prefers and potentially relies upon its followers being stupid and blindly-loyal.

Syme is also shown to have tendencies that are considered suspicious by the party, such as reading too much and frequenting the Chestnut Tree which is a caffè that is often visiting by artists, musicians and political dissidents.

People like Syme are obviously not meant to survive long in the dystopian world presented in 1984, supporting the party slogan of ‘ignorance is strength’.

Quotes:

“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.” - this shows Syme’s enthusiasm for his work of essentially making unorthodox thoughts impossible.

“The proles are not human beings.” - proles are the lowest members of society in the novel. Syme’s belief here shows that he is in agreement with the party’s model of the hierarchical society.

“It was a good hanging.” - Syme also expresses his enjoyment watching the Eurasian/East Asian (whoever Oceania is at war with) prisoners tongues turning blue and his disappointment at the fact that the prisoners’ legs are tied together because he likes watching them kick/writhe.

Full quote:

It was a good hanging," said Syme reminiscently. "I think it spoils it when they tie their feet together. I like to see them kicking. And above all, at the end, the tongue sticking right out, and blue a quite bright blue. That's the detail that appeals to me.

“There was something subtly wrong with Syme.” - this shows that Syme makes Winston uncomfortable, showing that all people like Syme make Winston uncomfortable.

“Venomously orthodox” - WOW I LOVE THIS QUOTE SO MUCH <3333. Orthodox shows Syme’s dedication to IngSoc and Big Brother. Venomously could either suggest that the orthodoxy Big Brother/IngSoc creates is harmful OR that his orthodox behaviour makes him a harmful/cruel person in the eyes of Winston.

To finish this off, here’s a list of my favourite newspeak words and their meanings:

• Crimestop - the instinctive desire to rid yourself of thoughts that would be considered a thoughtcrime

• Doubleplusgood - a very strong word for good

• Doubleplusungood - a very strong word for bad

• Blackwhite - the ability to blindly accept anything regardless of its absurdity

• Ownlife - the tendency to enjoy being solitary/individualistic which is considered to undermine the authority of Big Brother

• Prolefeed - the steady stream of mindless entertainment to distract and occupy the masses

If you read all of this, I very much appreciate you listening to my autistic rambling but you didn’t have to do that as I appreciate this won’t be interesting to everybody <3

If you have any questions, I would be more than happy to answer them :))

[catilinas]

"When an adventurer raised troops in Italy on his own initiative, *privato consilio*, it was claimed that the Senate could at once legalize treason, condoning the private act through *publica auctoritas*; the bribery of the troops of the Roman State was coolly described as the generous investment of a patrimony for the public good; when the legions of a consul deserted, it was taken to prove that the consul was not a consul. The author of this audacious proposal represented it to be nothing less than ‘laying the foundations of constitutional government’. Again, when private individuals seize provinces and armies, the higher legality is expressly invoked—‘the ordinance enacted by Heaven itself, namely that all things advantageous for the State are right and lawful’. Extraordinary commands were against the spirit of the constitution—but they might be necessary to save the State. Of that the Senate was supreme judge. What if it had not lent its sanction? Why, true patriots were their own Senate."

Why is Sir Ronald Syme so mean to Chickpea? :(

first of all he is mean to almost everyone due to his tacitean nature. second HE HAS A POINT cicero talks sooooo much shit 😭😭😭

[periellados]

Traditional costume of Syme (an analysis)

[carcinogenical]

Syme turnaround for 1984 group project

[popolodipekino]

incontrollabili

Non esistono parole adeguate per spiegarvi perché vi ho condotto qui; si tratta di una di quelle passioni incontrollabili, come saltar giù da un dirupo o innamorarsi. da G. K. Chesterton, L'uomo che fu Giovedì

[bedpolls]

Syme from Nineteen Eighty Four

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[eggerzz]

Curiosity killed the cat.

Syme is plusgood, unfortunately the Party doesn't see it that way.