Tommy McConnel:  " Bellyfeel blackwhite ? " What the hell does that mean ?
Michel Dorn: It 's Newspeak , which is , of course , the language that George Orwell created for _ 1984 _ .
Louis Daniel: What does it mean ?
Michel Dorn: Ah , well , in Oldspeak , it roughly it means , " You ca n't pull the wool over the peoples ' eyes . " In this particular instance , I think it means that instinctively people will reject the notion that black is white .
Louis Daniel: Black is white ?
Arabela Seeger: It 's one of the central premises of the book . The authoritarian government insists that citizens unquestioningly believe things that are inherently untrue . Such as black is white .