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The subject of storytelling is central to Nineteen Eighty-Four since, side by side with Winston's rebellion against the Party, is his attempt to find out what preceded its dominance. The Party, of...
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The most evident answer to me is that both of their acts of rebellion fail because they both renounce one another when caught. From this point, one can see that their acts of rebellion end up...
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Book 2, chapter 10 of George Orwell’s 1984 is a jarring turning point for Winston and Julia. The plot of the chapter is something of a contrast in and of itself—the languid, luxurious...
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The diary is a symbol for Winston's desire to be free. He is unable to speak his mind, think his true thoughts, or do anything that may mark him as a suspicious character. Even his facial...
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1984, like many dystopian novels, consists of three parts, and in each of those sections, Orwell creates and describes several significant settings. 1. Winston's apartment--In Chapter One of Part...
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That's a lot of evidence. I never read the book as if she were a spy, but from that point of view I can give you some help. 1. Julia was outwardly an active member of the Party. She was in the...
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The setting of 1984 is the fictional country of Oceania some time in the future. Orwell, having written the book in 1948 project this future as the year 1984. Oceania is one of three world...
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Propaganda plays a significant role in the Party's ability to control and manipulate the ignorant population of Oceania. The Party uses posters, events, characters, and slogans as propaganda to...
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Exposition: As the novel opens, Winston Smith, a member of the Outer Party from Oceania, feels frustrated by the oppression and rigid control of the Party, which prohibits free thought, sex, and...
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One important aspect of the Party’s total control over the people’s lives is that in its eyes, there are no “little things.” The Party expects complete obedience. Therefore, the fact that...
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O’Brien is trying to force the Party’s own logic on Winston; more specifically, he is trying to control and reshape Winston’s reality—what he knows to be true—into whatever will suit the...
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By stating that “the clocks were striking thirteen” in the first sentence, the narrator immediately establishes that we are dealing with a different reality. The reader is also immediately...
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Winston from the very beginning just thinks to much for the society he lives in. Complete obedience in thought and deed characterize the control that The Party has on its members. Early in the...
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1984 seldom speaks about education directly, as in schooling. We, for example, learn almost nothing about Winston's school experiences except that he was taught a false version of history. Females,...
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Before Winston Smith met Julia, he was a completely miserable, depressed man, who was a secret political dissident and would only express his negative feelings towards Big Brother and the Party in...
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There are numerous places in chapters 6 through 8 where logical contradictions are exposed. In this section of the novel, Winston Smith is questioning many of the fundamental premises by which...
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The obvious answer to this is found in Winston's own story. He is imprisoned, tortured and "re-educated" so that his heretical thinking against the Party is wiped out. O'Brien redefines, or more...
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The Party understands that by controlling citizens's thoughts, it effectively forces them into conformity in every way: action, emotion, and thought. Thus, it is Winston Smith's job to constantly...
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The principal motifs that appear in Part 1, Chapters 4 and 5 of Nineteen Eighty-Four are: 1. The erasure of history. Winston has to rewrite official documents, newspaper articles and Big Brother's...
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The irony of the Ministry of Love is a) they ENFORCE and OBLIGATE people to love and feel love b) they do it via violent means, bullying, brainwashing, forcibly and through mean ways c) they are...
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In 1984, Julia is Winston's girlfriend and his co-conspirator against Big Brother and the party. While Winston is an idealist and thinker who seeks to bring down the party for the sake of humanity,...
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The main reason Winston hates Julia is because she is alluring to him, yet he knows he can never have her.Julia wears the sash of the Junior Anti-Sex League in a paradoxical way, "wound...
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O’Brien’s psychological attacks on Winston Smith begin when he manipulates Winston into believing that he is a member of the Brotherhood rather than a committed member of the Inner Party....
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The citizens of Oceania are forbidden contact with foreigners on pain of death. This is because the state is worried that, if they allow their citizens to establish contact with foreigners, then...
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1984 is a unified, tightly constructed novel, in which there are no superfluous scenes or characters. It would be accurate, then, to say that the entire plot and all the major characters are used...
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In Winston's dream of his sinking mother, she and his baby sister are in the saloon, or great room, of a sinking ship. They are sinking, but there is still air in their ship, and they are looking...
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Winston views his affair with Julia as a political act because every act in 1984 is political. Totalitarianism means that the influence of the Party in every area of life is so pervasive that every...
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As the narrative of 1984 first opens, a scene of urban decay is depicted immediately: In the halls of the ironically named Victory Mansions there is "gritty dust" and the smells of boiled cabbage,...
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In the first chapter of Emmanuel Goldstein's book The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism, Winston Smith reads that the world has been divided into three classes since the beginning of...
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In chapter 4 of part 2, Winston waits for Julia in the rented apartment above Mr. Charrington's shop and overhears a huge prole woman singing in the courtyard as she pegs diapers on a clothesline....
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In 1984 the world is ruled by three giant superstates: Oceania (where Winston lives), Eurasia, and Eastasia. They are in near-constant conflict with each other, driven on by relentless propaganda...
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There are so many worthy choices for this response. Here are some of my own top contenders: The moment when Winston and Julia are confronted. Although as you're reading through the sections where...
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The structure of 1984 is quite deliberate, setting the stage for the tone and storyline of this dystopian novel by George Orwell. 1984 is written in three parts, each section showing the path that...
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There are almost too many things to mention. There are two that present the most immediate concern to me. The first revolves around their "Who contols the present controls the past; who...
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The plot is the action in a novel that unfolds step by step. The theme is the message or meaning the author is trying to convey. Winston Smith is central to both the plot and the theme of the...
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For the majority of the story, Oceania is at war with Eastasia and is allied with Eurasia. Oceania is engaged in an ongoing war to use up the country's natural resources and maintain a hysterical...
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From these chapters, Winston is revealed to be an incredibly frustrated, haunted, confused and miserable character. He hates the government but knows he can't do anything about it, or that he is...
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The instructor calls for particular ages to line up in front of their monitors and then begins barking instructions at them. The young and muscular instructor counts out their repetitions in a...
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Winston Smith is at once terrified and demoralized by the totalitarian society in which he lives. Despite the regime's best efforts at mind control, Winston still manages to retain a capacity for...
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Winston thinks about people disappearing without a trace and ruminates that Perhaps thirty people personally known to Winston, not counting his parents, had disappeared at one time or another....
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Simply put, Winston commits thoughtcrime. More importantly, he knows he is committing thoughtcrime by a variety of actions such as writing in a diary, carrying on in an affair with Julia, seeking...
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In Oceania, the totalitarian regime controls every aspect of society, and Big Brother requires complete observance from all Party members. The threatening, intimidating nature of the Party is a...
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I think it's important to consider our own social context in order to grasp how this could happen. Regardless of political affiliation, you often hear people claiming that the media is perpetuating...
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Winston's room is a flat in the "Victory Mansions" a place that is dilapidated at best with a barely functioning elevator, stinky and grimy hallways, and poor insulation that makes it drafty and...
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Winston is convinced that the Proles, who form the majority of the population, could easily overthrow the government if they wanted to; they are probably the only force big enough to confront the...
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In both of these chapters, Orwell uses a wide range of sensory images to bring to life the experiences of the protagonist, Winston Smith. In Part One, Chapter One, Orwell opens the story with a...
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The three main principles of Ingsoc (English Socialism) are expressed in the slogans WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, and IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. The significance of these principles, and the...
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Winston Smith is meant to be a character that readers can see themselves in. He initially criticizes the authoritarian world he lives in, reflecting on the implications of his job rewriting history...
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To answer this question, take a look at part 1, chapter 1. In this chapter, Winston tells us that there are three Party mottos, each inscribed on the Ministry of Truth. They are: War is peace...
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The rejection of Winston's personal values might lend great insight into what society values. For example, Winston is very passionate and authentic about his beliefs. Keeping his diary,...
