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        <title><![CDATA[ 
On pg. 16, Orwell says:

Curiously, the chiming of the hour seemed to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ 
On pg. 16, Orwell says:

Curiously, the chiming of the hour seemed to have put new heart into him. He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long as he uttered it, in some obscure way the continuity was not broken. It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage. He went back to the table, dipped his pen, and wrote:
To the future or to the past, to a time when...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Really, this is a hard question for people on this site to answer.  We...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Really, this is a hard question for people on this site to answer.  We KNOW what's going to happen.  Let me give you some hints about how I think you should go about answering this:
First, think about what really important things have happened so far in the book:
Winston has started writing in a diary
He has taken a room that has no telescreen
He believes he is being followed by the thought police
So if these are the important things that...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:09:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Chapter 8 marks the end of Part 1. What do you think will develop in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Chapter 8 marks the end of Part 1. What do you think will develop in part two?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:57:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Winston has several reasons for renting a room even though he already...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Winston has several reasons for renting a room even though he already has Party-provided quarters.  First, the room has no telescreen.  As seen in previous chapters, Winston cringes from Big Brother's constant surveillance of all his doings. He imagines how peaceful the room would be where he could sit and think in private. Secondly, the room features several reminders of the past, and Winston possesses only memory snapshots of what the past...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:42:23 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Previous to Chapter 8, Winston already suspects the dark-haired girl of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Previous to Chapter 8, Winston already suspects the dark-haired girl of spying on him.  So, when he sees her after he has been in the prole's shop and already feels uneasy, he suspects that she is following him so that she can report his suspicious behavior and actions to the Party.  As he hurries down the street, he considers picking up an object and smashing in her brains, and when he returns to his dingy quarters, he thinks about...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:37:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Chapter 8, Winston sees the dark haired girl (who is, of course,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Chapter 8, Winston sees the dark haired girl (who is, of course, Julia) on the street.
His first reaction to her is real fear.  He is sure that she has been sent to spy on him by the thought police.  He imagines that her presence is proof that they are "on to" him.
When he sees her what he does is to consider killing her.  He wonders if the piece of glass he is carrying will be heavy enough to do the job.  In the end, of course, he...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:35:43 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[When Winston goes in to the pub, he wants to talk to the old man and ask...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When Winston goes in to the pub, he wants to talk to the old man and ask him if things were better before the revolution.  He talks to the man at length, but can not get an answer that satisfies him.
What he says is that the man is too old to tell him.  He says that the many remembers too many random details about his past life, but nothing of importance.  He remembers, for example, when he last saw a top hat, but he no longer has the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:30:36 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Chapter 8 of 1984, what is Winston's first reaction when he sees the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Chapter 8 of 1984, what is Winston's first reaction when he sees the dark-haired girl on the street and what action does he consider?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:19:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[First of all, the one thing that is your own is the "the few cubic...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[First of all, the one thing that is your own is the "the few cubic centimetres inside your skull."
As far as the first answer goes, I agree that you are probably expected to say that the quote is ironic because the past is immutable.  However, I disagree with the idea that the past truly is immutable.
We do not really know anything about the past except what we are told.  Therefore, when what we are told changes the past, in essence,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:18:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In 1984 why does Winston think of renting Mr. Charrington's room?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In 1984 why does Winston think of renting Mr. Charrington's room?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:16:00 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is the old man Winston talks to in the bar unable to tell him...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why is the old man Winston talks to in the bar unable to tell him whether the old days had been better than times are now?(chapter8)]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:14:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That is a great question. Perhaps what will help is first to define...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That is a great question. Perhaps what will help is first to define "mutability". Something mutable is something that can be changed. Now think of this in relation to the past. The past cannot be changed. What has happened cannot be undone. This is a fact of life. This is why the the phrase "the mutability of the past" is ironic. It is an impossibility, unless of couse, someone develops a time machine!  To make the phrase free of irony, one...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:09:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is his conclusion about "human heritage" and dying?
i need two quotes.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is his conclusion about "human heritage" and dying?
i need two quotes.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:09:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is ironic about the phrase "the mutability of the past"?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is ironic about the phrase "the mutability of the past"?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:02:15 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA["She did not understand that there was no such thing as happiness, that...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA["She did not understand that there was no such thing as happiness, that the only victory lay in the far future, long after you were dead, that from the moment of declaring war on the Party it was better to think of yourself as a corpse" (p.135) or (p.142).]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:49:19 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The name of the club is the Junior Anti-Sex League.
The league is, as...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The name of the club is the Junior Anti-Sex League.
The league is, as you say, meant to help suppress sexual urges.  So why does the government want to do that anyway?
Remember that in the book, what the government wants to do is to control everyone as completely as possible.  Suppressing sexual desire and sexual relations is a major way of doing this.
If people are not having sex out of love, they are not forming strong family bonds.  If...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[To try to suppress the sex instinct what club can people join??]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To try to suppress the sex instinct what club can people join??]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:24:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Their general purpose was to prove to society that the government had...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Their general purpose was to prove to society that the government had total control over every person.  They were able to monitor their thoughts and actions at all times.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The message in the book 1984 was that the type of government portrayed...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/1984/q-and-a/what-orwells-message-1984-118665</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The message in the book 1984 was that the type of government portrayed will never be a benefit to society.
It takes away all individuality both in people's thinking and actions.  It requires all people to be exactly alike so as to please the government and to stay within the prescribed constucts.  It, also, can creates divisions between people with a sense of insecurity and suspicion.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[It was not a political event, but it's become political: The shooting at...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It was not a political event, but it's become political: The shooting at Ft. Hood was a terrorist act.
The shooting at Ft. Hood is an example of a soldier in trouble.
 
Both statements are true,in the minds of those who spoke them; therefore, the situation itself is/was oxymoronic.
 
The current controversy about the NYC Terrorist Trial is a similar situation, and so is all the hooey (IMHO) about the Health Care Bill and about the war in...]]></description>
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