final review

2) A symbol is a reoccurring symbol throughout the book. Paperweight, which show’s Julia’s and Winston’s relationship, and how they live in their own little world. Julia’s life is the pink coral. The paperweight gets smashed when their relationship ends. The slogans, which reinforce the power of big brother. The prole woman singing. It showed that she didn’t really care about what anybody thought. Winston saw it as some sort of rebellion against Big Brother. Songs are idea that there is emotion in them even though the world is dark. It makes Wintson think that there is hope in the future because of the beauty.

5) Ministries: Ministry of truth, which is news, entertainment, education, and fine arts and it’s ironic because the news isn’t truthful. Ministry of love, which is law and order and it’s ironic because when you love somebody there’s no law and order it just happens. Ministry of peace, which is war and it’s ironic because when people are at war it’s never peaceful; there are sufferings, deaths, and mass destruction. Ministry of plenty, which is economic affairs and it’s ironic because the government has money, but they won’t give it to the people so they are hungry, and they don’t get paid well.

Slogans: War is peace is ironic because war is not actually peaceful, perhaps where war isn’t taking place it is, but not where the actual battle is happening.
Freedom is Slavery is ironic because when you are free you’re supposed to do whatever you want to, but instead you can’t because you are really enslaved.
Ignorance is Strength is ironic because generally the more people know, the more powerful they can become.

Winston’s and Julia’s paradise room is ironic because it’s supposed to be a place with no telescreens and a place where they can be themselves and relax, but then that’s the place where they got caught and there was a telescreen in there.

“The place where there is no darkness” at first Winston thought it would be a place of rebellion, but it turns out that it’s a place where people get tortured to actually believe in and love big brother.

O’Brian is ironic because Winston made him out to be his best friend and someone he can trust and talk to and was against big brother, but then he turns out to be a part of big brother and tortures Winston to the point where he loves big brother.

9) Big Brother brainwashes all the citizens through the telescreen. On every telescreen, there’s a big picture of him, faded into the foreground while television maybe play in the background. It seems as though every second of everyday, he is watching everyone make their every move.
Everyday there’s two minutes of hate, where all the paroles are forced to sit and watch a video of horrible things/events. Big Brother has the power to change the outcome of the past, present, and possibly the future. He brainwashes everyone into thinking he has absolute power. He is the new God of this so-called new world.
In his utopia called Oceania, all the people act as though they’re zombies, merely because they are forced to live the life they don’t want, but just as Big Brother wants them to live it.
Everyday, he’s on the telescreen giving a speech about his power and control. There’s no way to escape Big Brother; he’s in everyone’s mind and you have to live the life you have, until either you die of sickness, old age, or if you are to be enclosed in Room 101.
Constant war: they bomb their own country, which also connects to living in fear.
They make everyone live in fear.
Idea of newspeak eliminating the idea of communicating
Isolation of people so they can’t see each other
Telescreens and microphones everywhere no one can speak their own thoughts or have time to themselves
Hate week focus of hate on one enemy.
Re-writing of the past
Idea of Ingsoc especially doublethink.
Everyone eventually ends up in the Ministry of Love.

12) Compare: They both want to rebel against big brother and join the brotherhood; they both love each other and end up betraying each other.
Contrast: Winston is old and she is young, he is more aware of what’s going on with big brother and their conspiracies and society, and Julia doesn’t really care, Winston lives more in the past, and Julia lives more in the present. Winston grows up with memories with a world without big brother and believes the world can change and his act of rebellion is to change the world, Julia grew up under big brother and doesn’t know anything other then Big Brothers, he act of rebellion is more selfish.

Proles-lower class can’t comprehend what’s going on in world
Inner party
Outer party- big brother is concerned with this party.

Newspeak words: Doubleplusungood, doubleplusgood, doublethink, and ingsoc

List 5 examples of foreshadow: “We will meet in a place where there is no darkness.” Foreshadows room 101 and Winston being tortured. The junkshop Charrington, a nice old man, offers the room upstairs to Winston and says it’s safe, but it really isn’t, and Winston gets caught by the hidden telescreen. O’Brian foreshadows himself and that he is really part of the . Julia foreshadows that her and Winston will probably be in a relationship. Gold Stein. Chestnut Tree Café foreshadows Winston going back there after he is tortured. Rats foreshadow what’s going to happen in room 101.

Plot: Exposition: Whole first section that sets up big brother and the world they live in. We meet Winston and his friends such as O’Brian, Syme, the Parsons, and Julia. We learn that Winston works at a place where he rewrites articles with newspeak words; pretty much rewrites the past.
Inciting Event: Julia writes on a note, “I love you”
Rising Action: Julia and Winston start a relationship. We learn about Winston’s and his mother’s relationship. Winston rents the junkshop. O’Brian convinces Winston and Julia to join the brother hood. Winston reads Goldstein’s book. Winston admires the prole woman’s singing and thinks she is beautiful, but Julia thinks she is ugly. Julia gets good foods, makeup, and wine from the black market.
Climax: When they find the telescreen
Falling action: O’Brian and Charrington are part of the thought police. Winston and Julia are separated. Winston is tortured and taken to room 101 where we learn his biggest fear, which are rats. Winston and Julia betrayed each other and after they got out of being tortured and decided they didn’t love each other anymore.
Resolution: Winston loves big brother.