Bugün öğrendim ki: George Orwell '1984' adlı romanında işkence odasına 101 numaralı oda adını BBC karargahında sayısız sıkıcı toplantı yapmak zorunda kaldığı bir konferans odasından sonra verdi.
Fictional governmental organizations in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four The **Ministry of Truth** , the **Ministry of Peace** , the **Ministry of Love** , and the **Ministry of Plenty** are the four ministries of the government of [Oceania](/wiki/Oceania_\(Nineteen_Eighty-Four\) "Oceania \(Nineteen Eighty-Four\)") in the 1949 [dystopian](/wiki/Dystopia "Dystopia") novel _[Nineteen Eighty-Four](/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four "Nineteen Eighty- Four")_ , by [George Orwell](/wiki/George_Orwell "George Orwell").[1] > The Ministry of Peace concerns itself with war, the Ministry of Truth with > lies, the Ministry of Love with torture and the Ministry of Plenty with > starvation. These contradictions are not accidental, nor do they result from > ordinary hypocrisy: they are deliberate exercises in > [doublethink](/wiki/Doublethink "Doublethink"). > > — Part II, Chapter IX The use of contradictory names in this manner may have been inspired by the British and American; during the Second World War, the British [Ministry of Food](/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Food_\(United_Kingdom\) "Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food \(United Kingdom\)") oversaw [rationing](/wiki/Rationing "Rationing") (the name "Ministry of Food Control" was used in World War I) and the [Ministry of Information](/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_\(United_Kingdom\) "Ministry of Information \(United Kingdom\)") restricted and controlled information, rather than supplying it; while, in the US, the [War Department](/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War "United States Department of War") was abolished and replaced with the "National Military Establishment" in 1947 and then became the [Department of Defense](/wiki/ United_States_Department_of_Defense "United States Department of Defense") in 1949, right around the time that _Nineteen Eighty-Four_ was published.[2][3][4]