Ministries & Slogans
Symbols & Motifs
Characters & Archetypes
Plot & Settings
Rhetorical Craft
100

This Ministry manages food distribution and artificial scarcities. 

Ministry of Plenty

100

This "fragile" object represents history before the Party.

the glass paperweight

100

He is the ultimate enemy and a "Scapegoat" archetype

Emmanuel Goldstein

100

This is the "worst thing in the world" for Winston.

rats

100

"BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU" uses this mood.

Imperative Mood (or Direct Address)

200

This Newspeak term means holding two opposite beliefs.

Doublethink

200

This bird's song represents beauty independent of politics.

Thrush

200

He is revealed to be a member of the Thought Police.

Mr. Charrington

200

The "place where there is no darkness" is actually this.

a prison cell

200

Using "vaporized" instead of "murdered" is this.

euphemism

300

These paradoxical slogans are used to control the people

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength

300

This substance in Victory Mansions shows history's erosion

dust

300

Winston creates this fictional hero for a news article.

Comrade Ogilvy

300

Winston’s job at this Ministry involves altering history.

Ministry of Truth

300

The slogans use this structure to create a hypnotic cadence

Parallel Structure

400

The Party uses this state-sanctioned rage to maintain control.

Two Minute Hate

400

This physical ailment manifests Winston’s suppressed rebellion.

Varicose ulcer

400

This poet was arrested for leaving the word "God" in a poem.

Ampleforth

400

This café is a symbol for defeated rebels and traitors.

Chestnut Tree Café?

400

Describing a hand as "coarse" yet "delicate" is this imagery.

paradoxical imagery or juxtaposition

500

This is the ultimate goal of the Newspeak language.

to narrow the range of thought making thoughtcrime impossible

500

This red-armed figure represents hope and humanity.

the Prole woman hanging laundry

500

O'Brien frames Winston’s torture as this type of process.

a healing process
500

This is why the Party converts Winston before killing him.

To ensure there are no martyrs/so he dies loving the Party

500

This equative verb is used to manipulate perceptions of reality

the verb is
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