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.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
final review questions
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.
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.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
1984 Book 2 Chapters 8-9
1. Contrast the living quarters and style of the Inner Party members with those of the Outer Party members and proles.
The Inner party members get good food, can turn their telescreens off, servants, and get an actual home rather than an apartment. The Outer party members get nasty food, run down apartments, and have the two minutes of hate.
2. How does O’Brien test Julia and Winston?
He asks them questions to make sure they are willing to be a part of the brotherhood.
3. What information does O’Brien give them about the Brotherhood?
That it exists and no one knows where Goldstein is. Also that they won’t get any closer to destroying big brother, and in the end you will be killed. They also don’t know how many people are in it.
4. How will O’Brien get The Book to Winston?
Through a briefcase. One day Winston was supposed to not carry his briefcase, and someone would say, “you dropped your suitcase” and hand one to him.
The Inner party members get good food, can turn their telescreens off, servants, and get an actual home rather than an apartment. The Outer party members get nasty food, run down apartments, and have the two minutes of hate.
2. How does O’Brien test Julia and Winston?
He asks them questions to make sure they are willing to be a part of the brotherhood.
3. What information does O’Brien give them about the Brotherhood?
That it exists and no one knows where Goldstein is. Also that they won’t get any closer to destroying big brother, and in the end you will be killed. They also don’t know how many people are in it.
4. How will O’Brien get The Book to Winston?
Through a briefcase. One day Winston was supposed to not carry his briefcase, and someone would say, “you dropped your suitcase” and hand one to him.
Bood 2 symbols
Clock- Winston and Julia always think they have more time than they do. The clock is on it’s own time, and isn’t following the rest of the clocks in society. Winston and Julia are like the clock because they are on their own time and they are following the clock that isn’t the same as the rest of the clocks in the society.
Paperweight- Symbolizes Winston’s and Julia’s relationship. It’s a symbol of their own little world and place. The coral was Julia’s life. When they get caught, the paper weight gets smashed just like their relationship did at that same moment.
The singing Prole woman- The song is a sad song, but when she sings it, she makes it sound pretty. It represents that Julia’s and Winston’s relationship was always hopeless, as well as the idea of a new beginning.
Nursery Rhyme about the bells- it represents churches which represents the lower class, and Winston thinks that the lower class are going to be the ones to rebel against the government and overthrow it. The rhyme is Big Brother saying that the rebel and overthrow of the government is never going to happen.
Laws protect Freedom: We think that the Law protects either yourself and your safety, or other people from what you are going to do, and not necessarily your freedom, because to be free is to do whatever you wish without a penalty. For example you could drive around without wearing a seatbelt if you chose, and not get a fine for it.
Paperweight- Symbolizes Winston’s and Julia’s relationship. It’s a symbol of their own little world and place. The coral was Julia’s life. When they get caught, the paper weight gets smashed just like their relationship did at that same moment.
The singing Prole woman- The song is a sad song, but when she sings it, she makes it sound pretty. It represents that Julia’s and Winston’s relationship was always hopeless, as well as the idea of a new beginning.
Nursery Rhyme about the bells- it represents churches which represents the lower class, and Winston thinks that the lower class are going to be the ones to rebel against the government and overthrow it. The rhyme is Big Brother saying that the rebel and overthrow of the government is never going to happen.
Laws protect Freedom: We think that the Law protects either yourself and your safety, or other people from what you are going to do, and not necessarily your freedom, because to be free is to do whatever you wish without a penalty. For example you could drive around without wearing a seatbelt if you chose, and not get a fine for it.
Monday, April 25, 2011
1984- Book 2 Chapter 9
1. Why does Orwell include detailed passages from Goldstein’s Book in 1984?
To show how the party and brotherhood are different.
2. What three classes of people have always existed?
Upper, Middle, and Lower.
3. In What ways have these three classes changed?
Their names have changed, but their ideas and beliefs are pretty much the same.
4. What is the purpose of war in the world of 1984?
To get supplies to help with other wars and to keep social hierarchy in place; balance of power.
5. What are the two aims of the Party?
To discover what another human being is thinking, and how to kill several hundred million people in a few seconds without warning beforehand.
6. What are the two problems with which the Party is concerned?
One is the total takeover of it’s people, and the other is to try to take over the land that isn’t owned by any of the superpowers.
7. Why do all three superpowers forbid their citizens from
associating with foreigners?
So they can’t interact and see how alike each nation is. This allows them to continue being at war.
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?
They are all alike because if one of them was different, they would get taken over by the other two. Their similarities include: they each want to take complete control over their people, they can do well on their own because of their natural resources, and they each have seperation of the classes.
9.. What is the real "war" fought in each of the three governments? Your answer will explain the party slogan, "War is Peace."
Each government realizes that in order for there to be permanent “peace” they must be at a constant state of war. They keep the people working to allow the government to run smoothly, and they tell the people lies so things don’t always seem as bad.
10. What are the aims of the three groups?
Aim of the high- remain where they are. Aim of the middle- to change places with the high. Aim of the lower- to abolish all distinctions and create a society in which all men shall be equal.
11. What changes in the pattern occurred in the nineteenth century?
The middle class now claims that the government is cruel. Before they looked for equality, but now they only look for inequality.
12. How did socialism change in the twentieth century?
They weren’t looking to establish liberty and equality anymore, but instead to have the government be in absolute control.
13. Why are the rulers in the twentieth century better at maintaining power than earlier tyrants?
Because they brainwashed people and made them afraid to rebel, so it maintained order and they were able to stay in power with no problems.
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, 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.
18. Why is the mutability of the past important to the ruling class?
So history won’t have a chance of repeating itself and they 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.
To show how the party and brotherhood are different.
2. What three classes of people have always existed?
Upper, Middle, and Lower.
3. In What ways have these three classes changed?
Their names have changed, but their ideas and beliefs are pretty much the same.
4. What is the purpose of war in the world of 1984?
To get supplies to help with other wars and to keep social hierarchy in place; balance of power.
5. What are the two aims of the Party?
To discover what another human being is thinking, and how to kill several hundred million people in a few seconds without warning beforehand.
6. What are the two problems with which the Party is concerned?
One is the total takeover of it’s people, and the other is to try to take over the land that isn’t owned by any of the superpowers.
7. Why do all three superpowers forbid their citizens from
associating with foreigners?
So they can’t interact and see how alike each nation is. This allows them to continue being at war.
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?
They are all alike because if one of them was different, they would get taken over by the other two. Their similarities include: they each want to take complete control over their people, they can do well on their own because of their natural resources, and they each have seperation of the classes.
9.. What is the real "war" fought in each of the three governments? Your answer will explain the party slogan, "War is Peace."
Each government realizes that in order for there to be permanent “peace” they must be at a constant state of war. They keep the people working to allow the government to run smoothly, and they tell the people lies so things don’t always seem as bad.
10. What are the aims of the three groups?
Aim of the high- remain where they are. Aim of the middle- to change places with the high. Aim of the lower- to abolish all distinctions and create a society in which all men shall be equal.
11. What changes in the pattern occurred in the nineteenth century?
The middle class now claims that the government is cruel. Before they looked for equality, but now they only look for inequality.
12. How did socialism change in the twentieth century?
They weren’t looking to establish liberty and equality anymore, but instead to have the government be in absolute control.
13. Why are the rulers in the twentieth century better at maintaining power than earlier tyrants?
Because they brainwashed people and made them afraid to rebel, so it maintained order and they were able to stay in power with no problems.
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, 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.
18. Why is the mutability of the past important to the ruling class?
So history won’t have a chance of repeating itself and they 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.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
1984 Part two Chapters 2-5
Part 2, Chapter 2
Why is Winston ill at ease once he is alone with Julia?
He was glad that everything was happening, but he had no physical desire to be with her because she was too soon and her youth and prettiness had frightened him, and he was too used to living without women.
What does Julia bring with her that she has obtained on the black market?
A chocolate bar.
What are Julia’s ideas about the Party?
She hates them and uses foul language whenever she talks about them.
What familiar sign does Winston find?
The place that Julia had him go to reminded him of the Golden Country that he dreamed about.
What is the significance of the thrush music?
To show that even when something seems nice and peaceful, it could really be corrupt.
What does Winston mean when he says that he loves Julia all the more because she has had scores of sexual encounters?
Because it hinted at corruption. And he says that if he could have infected them all with leprosy or syphilis he would have.
Chapter 3
How and where do Julia and Winston meet?
They met in the Church tower.
What is Julia’s job?
Novel writing machines in the fiction department.
What is her background?
She had a grandfather who disappeared when she was eight. Captain of the hockey team and gymnastic trophy for two years running. Troop leader of the spies. Secretary in the youth league before joining the junior anti-sex league. She had been chosen to work in pornosec.
What is her attitude toward the Party?
She hated it and spoke of it in crude words, but made no general criticism of it. She only cared about the party where it touched her in her own life.
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?
That Julia only really cares about her sexual part of her life, and that it’s the only way to rebel against big brother.
Why does the Party think the sexual impulse as well as the familial love dangerous?
It connects people, and since sexual impulses mainly deal with feelings, the party doesn’t really have any control over them.
Chapter 4
How does Winston react to the singing Prole woman?
He said that the woman sang very tunefully and it made it so the foul lyrics were peaceful to listen to.
What pleasures of the senses are mentioned in this chapter? What is Orwell’s point in mentioning them?
Folly- 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 paradise do they get to experience them.
What is Winston’s reaction to rats? Julia’s reaction?
Winston hates rats and is very scared of them. He closes his eyes because he is scared. Julia isn’t scared. She saw the rats come out of the whole and batted them away from her and Winston and then covered the hole as they left.
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?
The paperweight was the room he was in and the coral was Julia’s life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal.
Chapter 5
Who has vanished? How does Winston confirm this?
Syme. He looked at the list of the Chest people, of which Syme was a part of, and his name wasn’t on the list anymore.
Describe the preparations for Hate Week. In what ways does the Inner Party excel in building spirit?
Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized, stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumors circulated, photographs faked. Posters of Eurasian army men.
Julia and Winston have some differences. Explain them.
Julia doesn’t really care about the past, she falls asleep every time Winston starts talking about it, Winston is much older than she is, they have different ideas about how a rebellion should go, and Julia lives in the moment.
Connect chapters 2-3 in Book Two to two different themes.
Meaning of freedom: Julia would bring back good food which they would eat, they still got a chance to meet and hang out with each other, the prole woman singing, Julia painting her face, and the idea of the glass paper weight.
The responsibility of the individual in the Society: Winston, for one, destroys files and alters the past, people getting ready for hate week, working overtime, and Syme being there one day, and the next it was as if he never even existed.
Why is Winston ill at ease once he is alone with Julia?
He was glad that everything was happening, but he had no physical desire to be with her because she was too soon and her youth and prettiness had frightened him, and he was too used to living without women.
What does Julia bring with her that she has obtained on the black market?
A chocolate bar.
What are Julia’s ideas about the Party?
She hates them and uses foul language whenever she talks about them.
What familiar sign does Winston find?
The place that Julia had him go to reminded him of the Golden Country that he dreamed about.
What is the significance of the thrush music?
To show that even when something seems nice and peaceful, it could really be corrupt.
What does Winston mean when he says that he loves Julia all the more because she has had scores of sexual encounters?
Because it hinted at corruption. And he says that if he could have infected them all with leprosy or syphilis he would have.
Chapter 3
How and where do Julia and Winston meet?
They met in the Church tower.
What is Julia’s job?
Novel writing machines in the fiction department.
What is her background?
She had a grandfather who disappeared when she was eight. Captain of the hockey team and gymnastic trophy for two years running. Troop leader of the spies. Secretary in the youth league before joining the junior anti-sex league. She had been chosen to work in pornosec.
What is her attitude toward the Party?
She hated it and spoke of it in crude words, but made no general criticism of it. She only cared about the party where it touched her in her own life.
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?
That Julia only really cares about her sexual part of her life, and that it’s the only way to rebel against big brother.
Why does the Party think the sexual impulse as well as the familial love dangerous?
It connects people, and since sexual impulses mainly deal with feelings, the party doesn’t really have any control over them.
Chapter 4
How does Winston react to the singing Prole woman?
He said that the woman sang very tunefully and it made it so the foul lyrics were peaceful to listen to.
What pleasures of the senses are mentioned in this chapter? What is Orwell’s point in mentioning them?
Folly- 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 paradise do they get to experience them.
What is Winston’s reaction to rats? Julia’s reaction?
Winston hates rats and is very scared of them. He closes his eyes because he is scared. Julia isn’t scared. She saw the rats come out of the whole and batted them away from her and Winston and then covered the hole as they left.
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?
The paperweight was the room he was in and the coral was Julia’s life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal.
Chapter 5
Who has vanished? How does Winston confirm this?
Syme. He looked at the list of the Chest people, of which Syme was a part of, and his name wasn’t on the list anymore.
Describe the preparations for Hate Week. In what ways does the Inner Party excel in building spirit?
Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized, stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumors circulated, photographs faked. Posters of Eurasian army men.
Julia and Winston have some differences. Explain them.
Julia doesn’t really care about the past, she falls asleep every time Winston starts talking about it, Winston is much older than she is, they have different ideas about how a rebellion should go, and Julia lives in the moment.
Connect chapters 2-3 in Book Two to two different themes.
Meaning of freedom: Julia would bring back good food which they would eat, they still got a chance to meet and hang out with each other, the prole woman singing, Julia painting her face, and the idea of the glass paper weight.
The responsibility of the individual in the Society: Winston, for one, destroys files and alters the past, people getting ready for hate week, working overtime, and Syme being there one day, and the next it was as if he never even existed.
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