WINSTON SMITH
Winston commits thoughtcrime by writing what in his diary?
DOWN WTIH BIG BROTHER
3 SUPERSTATES
Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia
SPIES AND YOUTH LEAGUE
a Party youth organization that encourages children to spy on and report elders, including parents, to the Thought Police
Leader of the Brotherhood.
Party member before.
Enemy of Oceania
Wrote the book
EMMANUEL GOLDSTEIN
Does THE BIG BROTHER exist?
Yes, the Big Brother is the face of the Party. Big Brother exists. He will never die
Where does Winston work? What does he do there?
Ministry of Truth - He rewrites historical documents
List 2 privileges Inner party members have
temporarily turn off their telescreens
have their own homes
have good food and drink
have servants
access to helicopters and cars
THE PARTY
only political party, a social system, in which citizens have no right to a personal life or personal thoughts. Leisure and other activities are controlled through strict rules.
Owns a shop in the proles
Belongs to Thought Police.
Rented a room to Winston and Julia
MR. CHARRINGTON
What does the Party think about marriage?
The party wants to stop love and pleasure.
Marriage is just for reproductive purposes
What happened to Winston at the end of the story?
He accepted the Party´s ideology and loved the Big Brother
OCEANIA SOCIAL ORGANIZATION WITH %
THE BIG BROTHER
INNER PARTY = 2%
OUTER PARTY = 13%
PROLES = 85%
MEMORY HOLE
mechanism for the alteration or disappearance of inconvenient documents or information in order to give the impression that something never happened.
Winston Smith’s neighbor
Works in the Ministry of truth
His daughter sent him to the Ministry of love
PARSONS
What's room 101 and what happened there?
a torture room in the Ministry of Love designed to break prisoners exposing them to their worst fear.
Winston was exposed to rats
Who was Winston's wife? Why did they separate?
Katherine: They separated because they didn't have children
PARTY SLOGANS AND THEIR MEANING
•WAR IS PEACE: people must make and accept terrible sacrifices in order to have a peaceful nation
•FREEDOM IS SLAVERY: anyone who becomes independent of society’s control will be unsuccessful. Those committed to the government will be freed from danger
•IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH: •people don´t have to question the government’s intentions or decisions. This makes the government more powerful
DOUBLETHINK
Reality Control. The power to hold two completely contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accept both of them without noticing the contradiction
works with Winston at the Ministry of Truth.
Works in the dicitionary department.
Winston thinks this character is very intelligent
is vaporized
SYME
The 3 stages to return to society
Learning, understanding and acceptance
List 4 crimes Winston commited before getting caught
Had a diary
Thoughtcrime (ideas/feelings against the party)
Had his ownlife
Got in love with Julia
Wanted to be part of the brotherhood
THE MINISTRIES OF OCEANIA, THEIR ABBREVIATIONS and PURPOSE
Ministry of Peace = MINIPAX = involved in making war
Ministry of Plenty = MINIPLENTY = involved in maintaining poverty in Oceania
Ministry of Love = MINITRUE = distributes news, entertainment, “corrects” historical records
Ministry of Truth = MINILUV =keeps the law and order by using torture and brutality.
BLACKWHITE
a type of doublethink in which the enemies always lie and the party is always right
tricks Winston into thinking he is a rebel
arrests Winston
tortures Winston in the Ministry of Love.
successfully breaks Winston.
O'BRIEN
The 3 groups of professionals that were chosen to be part of the inner party before the creation of the party in Oceania
Scientists, teachers, journalists