Ministry Of Truth 1984

As with the
names of the other ministries in Oceania, the name Ministry of Truth means the opposite of what
it says. If the Ministry of Love is the place of torture and hate, the Ministry of Truth is
where lies are manufactured.works here, rewriting old news articles to reflect the Party's
latest version of reality and throwing the old articles down a "memory hole" where
they are incinerated. The Ministry of Truth reflects the Party's belief that power is the only
truth and that those with the power can make the "truth" into whatever they
choose.

The power of Minitrue, as it is called, shows in the enormous
glittering white pyramid of its building, which towers over and dominates a landscape of sagging
houses and rubble. A hint of what nonsense-manufacture goes on inside might be suggested by the
three slogans of the Party emblazoned on it:

WAR IS PEACE/ FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
/IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

Minitrue supposedly has 3,000 rooms above ground level
and 3,000 below, a testament to the resources the government puts into manufacturing its own
version of reality, from rewriting history to producing propaganda to trying to remove as many
words as possible from the English language to reduce people's ability to think. Its main role
is to help control the population through misinformation, outright lies and lack of information
so that the state can maintain total power over the people.