Ministry of Love

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The Ministry of Love (or Miniluv in Newspeak) is one of the four ministries that govern Oceania in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The other Ministries are: Ministry of Truth (Minitrue), Ministry of Plenty (Miniplenty), and Ministry of Peace (Minipax).

The purpose of the Ministry of Love is to enforce loyalty and love of Big Brother through fear, torture, and brainwashing. The Ministry of Love building has no windows and is surrounded by barbed wire entanglements, steel doors, hidden machine gun nests and armed guards. Inside, the bright lights are never turned off (it is enigmatically referred to as "the place where there is no darkness"). Its importance is played down by the Party,[citation needed] but its function is well known and it is arguably the most important ministry, controlling the will of the population.

It contains Room 101, which is "the worst thing in the world".

The Ministry of Love, as with the other ministries, has a very misleading name, since it is largely responsible for instilling misery, suffering and hate. Technically though, this Ministry is arguably closest to having a true name, since its purpose can be seen as making people love Big Brother.

Characters Winston Smith | Julia | O'Brien | Big Brother | Emmanuel Goldstein
Places Oceania | Eastasia | Eurasia | Airstrip One | Room 101
Classes Inner Party | Outer Party | Proles
Ministries Ministry of Love | Ministry of Peace | Ministry of Plenty | Ministry of Truth
Concepts Ingsoc | Newspeak (wordlist) | Doublethink | Goodthink | Crimestop
Two plus two make five | Thoughtcrime | Prolefeed | Prolesec
Miscellaneous Thought Police | Telescreen | Memory hole | Goldstein's book
Two Minutes Hate | Hate week
Adaptations 1956 film | 1984 film | 1953 US TV | 1954 BBC programme | Opera
Influence Nineteen Eighty-Four in popular media Parody: Me and the Big Guy
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