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1984
In 1984, the Party does not use brainwashing and torture to control the Proles like it does to control Party members. In fact, what is interesting about the Party's relationship with the Proles is...
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1984
After Julia sends Winston a dangerous note stating "I love you," he desperately wants to see her but does not know how to arrange it (he does not know her at this point). After she does not appear...
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1984
Note: I have offered three quotes, but analyzed the third. Winston buys a paperweight from an old junk shop. He thinks about it as follows: Winston ... slid the coveted thing into his pocket. What...
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1984
On page 36, Winston is watching the telescreen while his mind drifts. He begins to think about the way in which the Party has erased the past while the instructor on the telescreen is forcing him...
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1984
Here is a quote about Winston from page 25: "Years ago--how long was it? Seven years it must be--he had dreamed he was walking through a pitch-dark room. And someone sitting to one side of him had...
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1984
The Ministry of Truth is actually the ministry of lies, just as the Ministry of Love is actually the ministry of torture. At the Ministry of Truth, history is rewritten to align with whatever is...
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1984
In the dystopian nation of Oceania, continual war is necessary to use up the surplus of production and keep the population in a perpetual state of hysteria. Winston reads in Goldstein's book that...
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1984
In 1984, the Party uses a number of techniques to maintain control. Telescreens and hidden microphones, for example, monitor every conversation and movement of Party members, ensuring any hint of...
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1984
In 1984, paranoia is fundamental to the Party's system of control because it acts as a deterrent against breaking rules. When Winston first encounters the "dark-haired girl" (Julia), for instance,...
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1984
One of the earliest examples of peer pressure comes in Part One, Chapter One of 1984 when Winston and his colleagues take part in the Two Minutes Hate. In this daily ritual, Party members openly...
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1984
Doublethink is a form of "reality control" in which people accept two ideas, even when these ideas are contradictory. For the majority of the novel, for instance, Oceania is at war with Eurasia...
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1984
George Orwell became increasingly disillusioned with the way the communist revolution was unfolding in Russia in the 1930s and 1940s, which was turning to totalitarianism under Joseph Stalin. He...
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1984
Winston observes the treatment of Emmanuel Goldstein during the Two Minutes Hate, a program in support of the Party that appears on the omnipresent television screens. The "attack" referenced in...
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1984
Though Julia pretends to be an ardent follower of the Party's doctrine, she secretly stands in opposition to the Party's values. In reality, she has a lively personality, and she relishes the many...
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1984
Many readers have noted the similarities between George Orwell's Big Brother and twentieth century dictators like Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. Like these real totalitarian authority figures, Big...
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1984
In 1984, the Party controls the minds of its citizens in two ways. The first of these is through propaganda: it controls of the flow and content of information and erases any aspects which portray...
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1984
George Orwell published 1984 in 1949, meaning that, though the year 1984 is now in the past for contemporary readers, it represented the not-so-distant future for Orwell. As such, the year becomes...
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1984
The passage cited from Part I, Chapter VIII, is an example of foreshadowing because it is in the room of the pawn shop owner, Mr. Charrington which Winston Smith has just seen that he is later...
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1984
In 1984, it is very difficult to compare the past Oceania with the present. While we can state that there were no telescreens or ministries, for instance, it is almost impossible to make any other...
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1984
In 1984, Julia's resourcefulness is one of her most striking characteristics, and this is shown from her very first meeting with Winston. After falling over in front of the telescreen, Julia takes...
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1984
This quotation explains the philosophy of leadership in Oceania but even more George Orwell's own understanding of authoritarian governments. Orwell's 1984 was written in reaction to the rise of...
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1984
In the novel 1984, INGSOC is an acronym for "English Socialism," which is the political philosophy adopted by Oceania's ruling Socialist Party. Orwell writes that the principles of INGSOC are...
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1984
The type of society depicted in 1984 bears a number of similarities and differences to contemporary America. One of the most striking differences is the nature of political power. In Oceania, the...
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1984
In the opening chapter of 1984, Winston is very hesitant to write in his diary for two reasons. Firstly, while it is not illegal to own a diary in Oceania, Winston risks a significant punishment if...
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1984
The Physical Jerks are a daily form of rudimentary exercise forced upon members of the Outer Party. It is equivalent to the calisthenics that physical education classes generally have students do....
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1984
In 1984, the telescreen is mandatory for Party members and, as such, telescreens are installed in the homes and workplaces of these people as well as in public areas. The telescreen is a useful...
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1984
Dualism is a feature of Winston's personality and we see strong evidence of this in Part One, when Winston is battling between conformity and rebellion against the Party. The fact that Winston...
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Macbeth
Manipulation occurs in George Orwell's 1984 when the government, also called Big Brother, inundates society with misinformation. News is manipulated for effect, there is no free press. When the...
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1984
In essence, the populace of Oceania is complicit in maintaining the dystopia by obeying the Party's rules and adopting its norms and values. We see this through the Two Minutes Hate, a daily ritual...
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1984
In Part Two, Chapter Eight, of 1984, Orwell introduces the reader to O'Brien's apartment, where the details of his lifestyle are revealed. As an Inner Party member, O'Brien lives in an apartment...
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1984
Before answering this question regarding George Orwell's protagonist in his dystopian novel 1984, it's important that we define the literary term that you use in your question. A "dynamic...
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1984
In 1984, Winston Smith must live a strictly monitored and horrendously bleak life--his apartment and the view from his window reflect this. He has a spartan apartment that is almost wholly...
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1984
Although he is fairly ordinary at heart, Winston Smith functions as the main hero in George Orwell's dystopian world. This fact might surprise some readers; after all, Winston succumbs to torture...
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a novel that fits very well into the literary genre of speculative fiction. Speculative fiction differs from science-fiction in that it does not rely upon scientific or...
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1984
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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1984
I am assuming that this is a question for Part 2, Chapter 8 of the novel 1984. If so, this part takes place when Julia and Winston come to O'Brien's flat to pledge their interest in working for the...
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Macbeth
Both William Shakespeare's play Macbeth and George Orwell's novel 1984 demonstrate how deception can be used to exercise power over others. Shakespeare's character of Macbeth isn't much of a...
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1984
In the novel, a starving man in Winston's cell sits on a bench near him. Initially, no one suspects that the man is starving, but eventually, his strange, skull-faced demeanor gives him away....
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1984
In Part Two, Chapter One, Winston and Julia see a convoy of trucks pass through Victory Square. These trucks are carrying human cargo: that is, a group of Eurasian prisoners. This prompts a "din of...
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1984
In Chapter 7, Winston thinks that he and Julia should break up before their affair is discovered. However, Julia disagrees with him. She tells Winston that she's thought about the consequences and...
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1984
In Part One, Chapter One, Winston describes the Two Minutes Hate. As this event draws to a close, the face of Big Brother appears on the telescreen followed by the three slogans of the Party: WAR...
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1984
In Part One, Chapter Nine, of 1984, Winston sees the mysterious girl from the Fiction Department coming towards him. As she approaches, she trips and falls and Winston goes to help her. As she...
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1984
When the woman he recognizes as the dark-haired girl falls: Her eyes were fixed on his, with an appealing expression that looked more like fear than pain. The woman, later revealed to be named...
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Coming Up for Air
The answer to your question is that George Orwell felt compelled to speak out against the dangers of English imperialism and fascism. Orwell for our time. If we go back and study the man himself,...
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1984
While Orwell set 1984, Coming Up for Air, and Animal Farm in England, the societies in the novels resembled totalitarian regimes along Soviet lines. Orwell, who was English, was a patriot, and he...
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1984
George Orwell’s 1984 begins with poignant imagery. “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Anyone familiar with Britain’s unpredictable weather can...
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1984
Julia’s statement in 1984 is poignant foreshadowing of what happens to her and Winston in Room 101 near the novel’s end. Winston, after believing that O’Brien has placed a cage of rats onto...
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1984
Winston and Julia speak for the first time in Part Two, Chapter One. Winston is at work in the Ministry of Truth and is returning from the lavatory cubicle when he sees a "solitary figure" walking...
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1984
There are a couple of key events in Part 2, Chapter 7, of 1984 that can be used to develop a thought-provoking question for discussion. In this chapter, for instance, Winston wakes up crying...
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1984
George Orwell's 1984 examines the oppression of a totalitarian surveillance state. The tyrannical government is constantly watching its citizens with secret cameras and microphones, searching for...
