14.) Double plus ungood, double plus good, Doublethink, Ingsoc,
http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/ns-dict.html
16.) Ignorance is Strength, War is peace. Same ideas as the party just in a lot of detail.
17.) Person Vs Person: Winston Vs O’Brien
Person Vs Society: Winston Vs Big Brother
Person Vs Self: When Winston is struggling with his conscious about breaking the law
Person Vs Fate: Winston knew that he would eventually get caught but that it was just a matter of time.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Book three,
Chapter 1
1.) A white cell in what he believes to be the Ministry of Love. He isn’t really treated badly; he is just left to sit in this room but is very hungry and is given no food.
2.) Ampleforth and Parsons are both here for thoughtcrime
3.) The chinless man tried to give the starving man bread
4.) A dramatic reaction. He is very scared of room 101. He says he will give up all of his family to just not go to 101
5.) He is pretty much the director of the Thought Police. They are both thought police.
Chapter 2
1.) Little sleep, interrogation, he is beaten, and drugged
2.) The he has a defective memory and is mentally deranged. That He has failed in humanity, in self discipline
3.) They change the belief of those they kill so they don’t influence others when they die still loving their cause,
4.) It’s a momentary memory swipe
5.) What have you done with Julia? She betrayed you. Does Big Brother exist? Yes. Will he die? No. Does the brotherhood exist? You will never know. What is in room 101? You know.
Chapter 3
1.) Learning, understanding, acceptance; understanding
2.) A collective group including O’Brien. Yes
3.) The party seeks power entirely for it’s own sake, they know what they are doing, and the party has come to terms with their intentions
4.) Individually free the human is always defeated
5.) Control of the mind
6.) Progress in their world will be progress toward more pain. They will rule by terror. It is founded on hatred not love and Justice
7.) Because the party lies and is cruel but O’Brien shows that Winston is not so different with a recording saying he would kill and lie and do all of this stuff for the brotherhood.
8.) It frightens him, it breaks him down
9.) He has not betrayed Julia
10.) He loves O’Brien because he understands everything
11.) How soon they will shoot Winston
Chapter 4
1.) He is being fed, bathed, he can sleep and eat and has a pillow. He eats, sleeps, thinks and dreams. He stops trying to rebel and he will obey but he still hates Big Brother.
2.) Writes God is Power and shouts he still loves Julia
3.) He hates him
Chapter 5
1.) His worst nightmare. He is to have a rat eat his face but he says do it to Julia. He wants this terrible thing to happen to Julia not him, the fear to save himself over comes his love for Julia, and He finally betrays her.
Chapter 6
1.) The old chestnut café, sitting at a table by himself
2.) He doesn’t really do anything but gets paid well. He is sort of working n the 11th edition of the dictionary
3.) They both seemed changed, They don’t care about each other anymore and told each other they betrayed the other
4.) He watches the telescreen, he is worried about Eurasia defeating Oceania and is agreeing on the party’s idea 2+2=5
5.) He says he loves big brother, he is happy he’s been saved from himself and now he wants to be shot so he can die pure.
1.) A white cell in what he believes to be the Ministry of Love. He isn’t really treated badly; he is just left to sit in this room but is very hungry and is given no food.
2.) Ampleforth and Parsons are both here for thoughtcrime
3.) The chinless man tried to give the starving man bread
4.) A dramatic reaction. He is very scared of room 101. He says he will give up all of his family to just not go to 101
5.) He is pretty much the director of the Thought Police. They are both thought police.
Chapter 2
1.) Little sleep, interrogation, he is beaten, and drugged
2.) The he has a defective memory and is mentally deranged. That He has failed in humanity, in self discipline
3.) They change the belief of those they kill so they don’t influence others when they die still loving their cause,
4.) It’s a momentary memory swipe
5.) What have you done with Julia? She betrayed you. Does Big Brother exist? Yes. Will he die? No. Does the brotherhood exist? You will never know. What is in room 101? You know.
Chapter 3
1.) Learning, understanding, acceptance; understanding
2.) A collective group including O’Brien. Yes
3.) The party seeks power entirely for it’s own sake, they know what they are doing, and the party has come to terms with their intentions
4.) Individually free the human is always defeated
5.) Control of the mind
6.) Progress in their world will be progress toward more pain. They will rule by terror. It is founded on hatred not love and Justice
7.) Because the party lies and is cruel but O’Brien shows that Winston is not so different with a recording saying he would kill and lie and do all of this stuff for the brotherhood.
8.) It frightens him, it breaks him down
9.) He has not betrayed Julia
10.) He loves O’Brien because he understands everything
11.) How soon they will shoot Winston
Chapter 4
1.) He is being fed, bathed, he can sleep and eat and has a pillow. He eats, sleeps, thinks and dreams. He stops trying to rebel and he will obey but he still hates Big Brother.
2.) Writes God is Power and shouts he still loves Julia
3.) He hates him
Chapter 5
1.) His worst nightmare. He is to have a rat eat his face but he says do it to Julia. He wants this terrible thing to happen to Julia not him, the fear to save himself over comes his love for Julia, and He finally betrays her.
Chapter 6
1.) The old chestnut café, sitting at a table by himself
2.) He doesn’t really do anything but gets paid well. He is sort of working n the 11th edition of the dictionary
3.) They both seemed changed, They don’t care about each other anymore and told each other they betrayed the other
4.) He watches the telescreen, he is worried about Eurasia defeating Oceania and is agreeing on the party’s idea 2+2=5
5.) He says he loves big brother, he is happy he’s been saved from himself and now he wants to be shot so he can die pure.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Themes
The clock: It is a method of control. Winston and Julia believe that when they are in their room they are on their own time. By keeping track of time they can sneak around big brother without being caught. They believe they are in control but they are always having to be on time and when they get caught their time runs out and they are no longer in control.
the paperweight: it is a symbol of Julia and Winstons relationship and that when they are together they are in their own glass bubble world.
The song: It represents the idea of their relationship and the brotherhood, Julia and Wintons relationship is hopeless and an over throw of the party will never happen
The Nursery Rhyme: Churches are a symbol of the lower class and a place for their hope but when the chopper chops off your head all hope is lost
Laws Protect Freedom:Yes and no but I dont believe laws are made just to ensure freedom but also keep order and are needed to prevent chaos. So Id say that no not all laws protect freedom and in fact might take some freedom anyway, like talking on your phone while driving, but these laws may be needed to prevent everythign from caving in.
the paperweight: it is a symbol of Julia and Winstons relationship and that when they are together they are in their own glass bubble world.
The song: It represents the idea of their relationship and the brotherhood, Julia and Wintons relationship is hopeless and an over throw of the party will never happen
The Nursery Rhyme: Churches are a symbol of the lower class and a place for their hope but when the chopper chops off your head all hope is lost
Laws Protect Freedom:Yes and no but I dont believe laws are made just to ensure freedom but also keep order and are needed to prevent chaos. So Id say that no not all laws protect freedom and in fact might take some freedom anyway, like talking on your phone while driving, but these laws may be needed to prevent everythign from caving in.
Monday, April 25, 2011
1984 BOOK II Study Questions
1. Contrast the living quarters and style of the Inner Party members with those of the Outer Party members and proles.
The inner party can turn off their tvs, they have servants and get good food. They get more of a house than an apartment
2. How does O’Brien test Julia and Winston?
He asks them a series of extreme questions to make sure they are serious and willing to do anything for the cause.
3. What information does O’Brien give them about the Brotherhood?
It exhists but no one knows where Goldstein is, and you will never know how many people are with in it. Basically you will gain no ground in destroying big brother either.
4. How will O’Brien get The Book to Winston?
In a suitcase. Winston is to not carry his suit case one day and when a person hands a suit case to him saying I believe you dropped your suitcase you are supposed to take it and it will have the book in it.
Book Two, Chapter 9
1. Why does Orwell include detailed passages from Goldstein’s Book in 1984?
To reinforce and show how corrupt big brothers world is.
2. What three classes of people have always existed?
Upper, Middle, and lower
3. In What ways have these three classes changed?
The idea for each class has not really hanged over the years but the names have. For example in big brothers world the lower class is now called the proles.
4. What is the purpose of war in the world of 1984? War is a way of keeping control of the people.
5. What are the two aims of the Party?
To conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of independent thought are the two aims of the party.
6. What are the two problems with which the Party is concerned?
Conquering and taking the little bits of land that are not really owned by and of the three super states and completely controlling the people are the two problems
7. Why do all three superpowers forbid their citizens from associating with foreigners?
Cause they don’t want them finding out that what they say about those people are lies and that they are actually very similar to themselves.
8. The governments of the three superpowers are alike in essence even though their forms of government have different names. Identify these similarities and explain why they exist?
The three superstates have to stay similar to each other in order to prevent either of them from being at an advantage or a disadvantage, which would allow the pointless war waged by the other states to take them over. Some similaries included the utter control of the people, the break up of power classes, the conditions of life and the fact that all the superstate can be self-contained because of their natural resources
9.. What is the real "war" fought in each of the three governments? Your answer will explain the party slogan, "War is Peace."
The real war is keeping the people under control. Since all of the superstates are evenly matched and they know it, none are expecting to really win but by keeping continues war they can control the people be enslaving them basically with making war goods.
10. What are the aims of the three groups?
High- stay where they are
Middle- change places with the high
Low- abolish all distiction and have everyone be treated equal
11. What changes in the pattern occurred in the nineteenth century?
The middle class no longer made revolutions under the banner of equality only to set up a new tyranny after the old one was over thrown, now the middle groups in effect proclaim their tyranny before hand. They no longer looked for freedom but inequality.
12. How did socialism change in the twentieth century?
From about the 1900 century onwards the aim of establishing liberty and equality was more and more openly abandoned
13. Why are the rulers in the twentieth century better at maintaining power than earlier tyrants?
Their tactics at maintaining power was to brainwash the people, kept them underconsyant survalliance and make them afraid to rebel.
14. What are the four ways an elite group falls from power?
1.) it is conquered from without
2.) it governs so inefficiently that the masses are stirred to revolt
3.) it allows a strong and discontented Middle Group to come into being.
4.) It loses its own self-confidence and willingness to govern.
15. How does the Inner Party make certain it will not fall from power?
They get everyone to believe in Big Brother, they prvent over production, take away the past so there is nothing for the people to compare themselves too and they ration things amongst everyone at a bare minimum rate.
16. How is a person’s class determined in the 1984 world?
By examination taken at the age of 16.
17. What is doublethink and what is its purpose to the ruling class?
It’s the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously and accepting both of them. It allows them to erase history in order to keep control of the people.
18. Why is the mutability of the past important to the ruling class?
It is the idea of doublethink and so it controls the people. The party members are in control because they tell the people what really happened in history, and make it whatever they want so long as it actually happened. It makes them always look right and gives the lower class nothing to compare their lives with.
The inner party can turn off their tvs, they have servants and get good food. They get more of a house than an apartment
2. How does O’Brien test Julia and Winston?
He asks them a series of extreme questions to make sure they are serious and willing to do anything for the cause.
3. What information does O’Brien give them about the Brotherhood?
It exhists but no one knows where Goldstein is, and you will never know how many people are with in it. Basically you will gain no ground in destroying big brother either.
4. How will O’Brien get The Book to Winston?
In a suitcase. Winston is to not carry his suit case one day and when a person hands a suit case to him saying I believe you dropped your suitcase you are supposed to take it and it will have the book in it.
Book Two, Chapter 9
1. Why does Orwell include detailed passages from Goldstein’s Book in 1984?
To reinforce and show how corrupt big brothers world is.
2. What three classes of people have always existed?
Upper, Middle, and lower
3. In What ways have these three classes changed?
The idea for each class has not really hanged over the years but the names have. For example in big brothers world the lower class is now called the proles.
4. What is the purpose of war in the world of 1984? War is a way of keeping control of the people.
5. What are the two aims of the Party?
To conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of independent thought are the two aims of the party.
6. What are the two problems with which the Party is concerned?
Conquering and taking the little bits of land that are not really owned by and of the three super states and completely controlling the people are the two problems
7. Why do all three superpowers forbid their citizens from associating with foreigners?
Cause they don’t want them finding out that what they say about those people are lies and that they are actually very similar to themselves.
8. The governments of the three superpowers are alike in essence even though their forms of government have different names. Identify these similarities and explain why they exist?
The three superstates have to stay similar to each other in order to prevent either of them from being at an advantage or a disadvantage, which would allow the pointless war waged by the other states to take them over. Some similaries included the utter control of the people, the break up of power classes, the conditions of life and the fact that all the superstate can be self-contained because of their natural resources
9.. What is the real "war" fought in each of the three governments? Your answer will explain the party slogan, "War is Peace."
The real war is keeping the people under control. Since all of the superstates are evenly matched and they know it, none are expecting to really win but by keeping continues war they can control the people be enslaving them basically with making war goods.
10. What are the aims of the three groups?
High- stay where they are
Middle- change places with the high
Low- abolish all distiction and have everyone be treated equal
11. What changes in the pattern occurred in the nineteenth century?
The middle class no longer made revolutions under the banner of equality only to set up a new tyranny after the old one was over thrown, now the middle groups in effect proclaim their tyranny before hand. They no longer looked for freedom but inequality.
12. How did socialism change in the twentieth century?
From about the 1900 century onwards the aim of establishing liberty and equality was more and more openly abandoned
13. Why are the rulers in the twentieth century better at maintaining power than earlier tyrants?
Their tactics at maintaining power was to brainwash the people, kept them underconsyant survalliance and make them afraid to rebel.
14. What are the four ways an elite group falls from power?
1.) it is conquered from without
2.) it governs so inefficiently that the masses are stirred to revolt
3.) it allows a strong and discontented Middle Group to come into being.
4.) It loses its own self-confidence and willingness to govern.
15. How does the Inner Party make certain it will not fall from power?
They get everyone to believe in Big Brother, they prvent over production, take away the past so there is nothing for the people to compare themselves too and they ration things amongst everyone at a bare minimum rate.
16. How is a person’s class determined in the 1984 world?
By examination taken at the age of 16.
17. What is doublethink and what is its purpose to the ruling class?
It’s the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously and accepting both of them. It allows them to erase history in order to keep control of the people.
18. Why is the mutability of the past important to the ruling class?
It is the idea of doublethink and so it controls the people. The party members are in control because they tell the people what really happened in history, and make it whatever they want so long as it actually happened. It makes them always look right and gives the lower class nothing to compare their lives with.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
1984 Book II chapter 3-5
Book Two, Chapter 3
How and where do Julia and Winston meet?
-The church, in the streets. They made secret meetings like in the market, talking under their breath and plan where to meet later.
What is Julia’s job?
- She works in the fiction department on the novel-writing machines
What is her background?
- She is 26, lives in a hostel with 30 other girls, she doesn’t rememeber revolution and the only one she ever talked to about those days with her was her grandfather who disappeared, captain of the hockey, wone the gymnastics trophy twice, troop leader in the spies, branch seceratary in the youth league, and now has joined the Junior anti-sex League. Had a love affair when she was 16 with a 60 year old.
What is her attitude toward the Party?
- She hates the party
Describe the quote “ With Julia, everything came back to her own sexuality. As soon as this was touched upon in any way she was capable of great acuteness”. What does Winston think about Julia?
-Her sexuality is all that is important to her. It gives her freedom and a way to rebel against big brother.
Why does the Party think the sexual impulse as well as the familial love dangerous?
- It connects people, it creates an instinct and a world the party can’t control
Book Two, Chapter 4
How does Winston react to the singing Prole woman?
- He thinks it’s and she is beautiful. He listens to her singing and he decides that only when people are down and out will they sing about anything (The Blues)
What pleasures of the senses are mentioned in this chapter? What is Orwell’s point in mentioning them?
- Smelling the delicious coffee and perfume, looking pretty while the room is nasty, tasting the real sugar in coffee, Hearing the beautiful singing. They don’t really get to experience all these senses unless they are hidden away. Only in Winston and Julia’s paridise do they get to experience them.
What is Winston’s reaction to rats? Julia’s reaction?
- Winston is scared of rats, t reminds Winston of the nightmare that has occurred through out his life. while Julia isn’t bothered by them. She sees them everyday.
Winston is interested in the church bells that once played in the city even though he is not religious. What do church bells mean to him?
It is a connection to the time before the revolution when they rang.
Winston sees the coral paperweight as a symbol of what?
It’s a symbol of their relationship and that they are in their own little bubble
Chapter 5
Who has vanished? How does Winston confirm this?
- Syme has and he knows this because his name is no longer on the list of the chess committee.
Describe the preparations for Hate Week. In what ways does the Inner Party excel in building spirit?
- Everyone works over time, there are processions, meetings, military paraes, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs are organized, stands erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumors circulated, and photographs faked. They hang up a lot of posters of Eurasian army men.
Julia and Winston have some differences. Explain them.
- Julia just doesn’t care about the past, every time Winston tries to talk her about past events she falls asleep on him. They have a huge age difference. Their ideas about rebelling are different, Julia only lives in the moment.
Connect chapters 3-5 to two different themes and explain them
- Meaning of freedom: Them still meeting, stealing and eating good food, Julia wearing make up, the prole singing, the idea of the glass paper weight
- The responsibility of the individual in Society: Preparing for hate week and working over time. Winstons job of destroying files and altering the past. What Syme first disappeared someone questioned about it but than the next day never spoke of him again because he is supposed to have never existed. Just to blend in.
How and where do Julia and Winston meet?
-The church, in the streets. They made secret meetings like in the market, talking under their breath and plan where to meet later.
What is Julia’s job?
- She works in the fiction department on the novel-writing machines
What is her background?
- She is 26, lives in a hostel with 30 other girls, she doesn’t rememeber revolution and the only one she ever talked to about those days with her was her grandfather who disappeared, captain of the hockey, wone the gymnastics trophy twice, troop leader in the spies, branch seceratary in the youth league, and now has joined the Junior anti-sex League. Had a love affair when she was 16 with a 60 year old.
What is her attitude toward the Party?
- She hates the party
Describe the quote “ With Julia, everything came back to her own sexuality. As soon as this was touched upon in any way she was capable of great acuteness”. What does Winston think about Julia?
-Her sexuality is all that is important to her. It gives her freedom and a way to rebel against big brother.
Why does the Party think the sexual impulse as well as the familial love dangerous?
- It connects people, it creates an instinct and a world the party can’t control
Book Two, Chapter 4
How does Winston react to the singing Prole woman?
- He thinks it’s and she is beautiful. He listens to her singing and he decides that only when people are down and out will they sing about anything (The Blues)
What pleasures of the senses are mentioned in this chapter? What is Orwell’s point in mentioning them?
- Smelling the delicious coffee and perfume, looking pretty while the room is nasty, tasting the real sugar in coffee, Hearing the beautiful singing. They don’t really get to experience all these senses unless they are hidden away. Only in Winston and Julia’s paridise do they get to experience them.
What is Winston’s reaction to rats? Julia’s reaction?
- Winston is scared of rats, t reminds Winston of the nightmare that has occurred through out his life. while Julia isn’t bothered by them. She sees them everyday.
Winston is interested in the church bells that once played in the city even though he is not religious. What do church bells mean to him?
It is a connection to the time before the revolution when they rang.
Winston sees the coral paperweight as a symbol of what?
It’s a symbol of their relationship and that they are in their own little bubble
Chapter 5
Who has vanished? How does Winston confirm this?
- Syme has and he knows this because his name is no longer on the list of the chess committee.
Describe the preparations for Hate Week. In what ways does the Inner Party excel in building spirit?
- Everyone works over time, there are processions, meetings, military paraes, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs are organized, stands erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumors circulated, and photographs faked. They hang up a lot of posters of Eurasian army men.
Julia and Winston have some differences. Explain them.
- Julia just doesn’t care about the past, every time Winston tries to talk her about past events she falls asleep on him. They have a huge age difference. Their ideas about rebelling are different, Julia only lives in the moment.
Connect chapters 3-5 to two different themes and explain them
- Meaning of freedom: Them still meeting, stealing and eating good food, Julia wearing make up, the prole singing, the idea of the glass paper weight
- The responsibility of the individual in Society: Preparing for hate week and working over time. Winstons job of destroying files and altering the past. What Syme first disappeared someone questioned about it but than the next day never spoke of him again because he is supposed to have never existed. Just to blend in.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Book Two, Chapter 2
Why is Winston ill at ease once he is alone with Julia?
- Because he is so old and she so young. Her young and prettiness had frightened him, and he was not use to living with women.
What does Julia bring with her that she has obtained on the black market?
- Chocolate
What are Julia’s ideas about the Party?
- She hates the inner party and can't speak of them without cursing. They are not as perfect as they appear.
What familiar sign does Winston find?
- The Golden Country, he recognized an old, close-bitten pasture, with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there.
What is the significance of the thrush music?
- It symbolizes the moment for him and the rebellion they are committing. The way the bird can do what it wants and sing whatever way it wants to and that is what winston wishes to do. Be free to sing his own song.
What does Winston mean when he says that he loves Julia all the more because she has had scores of sexual encounters?
- It shows that she is not pure and the animal instinct of people, which Winston loves
- Because he is so old and she so young. Her young and prettiness had frightened him, and he was not use to living with women.
What does Julia bring with her that she has obtained on the black market?
- Chocolate
What are Julia’s ideas about the Party?
- She hates the inner party and can't speak of them without cursing. They are not as perfect as they appear.
What familiar sign does Winston find?
- The Golden Country, he recognized an old, close-bitten pasture, with a footpath wandering across it and a molehill here and there.
What is the significance of the thrush music?
- It symbolizes the moment for him and the rebellion they are committing. The way the bird can do what it wants and sing whatever way it wants to and that is what winston wishes to do. Be free to sing his own song.
What does Winston mean when he says that he loves Julia all the more because she has had scores of sexual encounters?
- It shows that she is not pure and the animal instinct of people, which Winston loves
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