This language in a way ties into that of Feed and our own society. We gradually begin to create our own "Newspeak" without knowing. For instance we used to say Duh and elementary school when someone made a stupid remark. Just a few years ago it was added to the dictionary. Words that existed during our grandparent's time have either become obsolete and died or we as a society have changed the meaning. In our society we have the freedom of speech but in a way we're not completely free. We can say what we want but if we choose to yell "Fire!" In a theater than we are fined and could possibly serve jail time. So our government is in a way like the one in 1984 they tell us we have freedom of speech but restrict us, and they chose what words live on in a dictionary and what words die. They are in a sense always watching us too. They can monitor our phone calls and emails and can survey us where ever we are out in public. Just a way to keep their eyes on us and make sure we're not a threat.
1984 ended with Winston in prison giving into the government. He was against the party but to save his own life he admitted he loved big brother. In a way we as citizens are like this we talk about the government and complain about what they're doing wrong. Yet more than half of us won't take the stand and tell them they're wrong. Our government is suppose to be run "by the people, for the people," and we hardly see it going that way.
I like how you tied in examples from real life and how they related to the book. I can see where you are coming from when you say about yelling "fire" in a movie theater. Though we are not completely controlled by our government, it still has aspects of the one in 1984. It is both interesting to think about how Orwell predicted things that this would happen. To think that as we progress into the future the prediction that Orwell made, become more true each day. In that sense it scares me to think this way.
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