What are the characteristics of New-speak and how does it differ from Old-speak?

Why did the Party create Newspeak? What are their objectives?

Who is Symes? What does he do?

What are some of Symes characteristics? What details and descriptions does Orwell use to show us (rather than tell us) what Symes is like (physically, psychologically, politically, intellectually, etc)?  

Where does Orwell let Syme's own speech reveal some element of his personality?

Where does Orwell use Winston's commentary to more directly communicate a point about Syme to the reader?

What is Facecrime?


HW: Read and annotate chapter 6 of Part 1