Syme says "Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?" See below...Why does he think the narrowing of...

The power of having a strong and wide lexicon or variety
of words is the ability to be specific about thoughts or feelings or ideas that need
expression. When a language is changed to limit communication, the expression of feeling
or idea is oppressed.

This is happening throughout
1984... ironically, it happens regularly in many pockets of the
world. Texting does this today - words become smaller for some. As technology puts more
ipods in our ears, tech toys in our hands, and tools to simplify our lives, we spend
less time thinking because it gets done for us. We spend less time working because tasks
are completed for us. This is the danger of an over-technologized society. This is one
of the messages of the book, when we stop thinking, we are susceptible to losing our
humanity.