Winston
Describe Winston. (2 descriptions)
He's 39, weak, has sanguine skin, smallish frail figure
Who is O'Brien?
a leader of The Brotherhood, a resistant movement to Big Brother
The genre of literature that focuses on when an ideal government becomes dysfunctional
Dystopian
Besides the newspaper, name three other types of media the Records Department works with.
Books, pamphlets, periodicals, films, leaflets, sound tracks, cartoons, and photographs
What does Winston say “were just as much a fantasy in their original version as in their rectified version”?
Statistics
Why did Winston fabricate (make up) the entire story about Comrade Ogilvy?
In order for him to take the place of a former Big Brother official who was executed for being an enemy of the Party
Where is the location of Airstrip One?
Oceania
What is used to watch the people and how is it described?
Telescreen; an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror
What is the quote underneath the poster?
¨Big Brother is watching you¨
According to Winston, what's the most frightening Ministry and what is it responsible for?
Ministry of Love; maintained law and order
What is Winston’s greatest pleasure?
His job
Ingsoc is the Newspeak word for what Oldspeak term?
English Socialism
Being removed from society because of thoughtcrime
Vaporized
War is __, Freedom is __, Ignorance is __
Peace, Slavery, Strength
What are the uniforms that people wear?
Blue overalls
What is Winston's job?
To rewrite history
What group of people are at the bottom of society?
the proles
To hold two completely different beliefs in one´s mind and still accept both.
Doublethink
What are memory holes?
where papers are disposed of and then destroyed
What does the Thought Police symbolize?
The overpowering and overarching control that the government has over the citizens of Oceania
What ailment does Winston struggle with?
A varicose ulcer above his right ankle
What did the Party falsely claim to invent?
Airplanes
What's the difference between a paradox and an oxymoron?
Paradox is contradiction of ideas (war is peace); oxymoron is contradiction of words (silent scream)
Who is Emmanuel Goldstein
The person to whom the Two Minutes of Hate is devoted
What is the Brotherhood?
Some kind of mythical resistance movement