Characters
Terms
Literary Devices
Current Censorship
Winston Smith
100
‘She was—do you know the Newspeak word GOOD- THINKFUL? Meaning naturally orthodox, incapable of thinking a bad thought?'
Who is Katherine?
100
Syme describes this term: "'We’re destroying words—scores of them, hundreds of them, every day. We’re cutting the language down to the bone.'"
What is Newspeak? (page 51)
100
This is an example: "The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall."
What is Imagery? (page 1)
100
An example from the book that relates to this: The NSA has been collecting data from everyone about everything through their calls, the public did not know.
What is the telescreens in every room and the telescreen behind the painting in Mr. Charrington’s shop that Winston and Julia did not know about.
100
Winston stole this from his baby sister before running away from his mother.
What is chocolate?
200
This character is the commander of the brotherhood and appears on the telescreen during Two Minutes Hate.
Who is Goldstein?
200
Winston listened to a ______ sing: "It was only an ‘opeless fancy. It passed like an Ipril dye, But a look an’ a word an’ the dreams they stirred! They ‘ave stolen my ‘eart awye!"
What is a Prole? (138)
200
This is an example: "WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"
What is Oxymoron? (page 4)
200
An example from the book that relates to this: public schools censoring - the internet by not allowing certain sites to be accessed - books by not allowing certain books to be taught and/or read.
Winston can’t right in his diary. “The U.S. government asked Google for data on its users more than 31,000 times in 2012 alone, for example. And the government rarely obtained a search warrant first, Google recently revealed; in nearly all cases, the company ended up turning over at least some data.” (page 6)
200
When joining the “brotherhood” with Julia, Winston hesitates to answer this question.
What is “‘You are prepared, the two of you, to separate and never see one another again?’ [O’Brien]” (page 173)
300
O'Brien finishes the rhyme: ’Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St Clement’s, You owe me three farthings, say the bells of St Martin’s, When will you pay me? say the bells of Old Bailey, When I grow rich, say the bells of Shoreditch.’ first introduced to Winston by this character.
Who is Mr. Charrington? (pages 97-98, 178)
300
This Newspeak term means 'Reality control.'
What is Doublethink?
300
This is an example: "One did not know what happened inside the Ministry of Love, but it was possible to guess: torture, drugs, delicate instruments that registered your nervous reactions, gradual wearing down by sleeplessness and solitude and persistent questioning."
What is Foreshadowing? (page 210)
300
An example from the book that relates to this: Websites often have adds that claim you can win prizes and money by filling out surveys or giving you information. Most of the time they are scams and/or viruses.
Winston and Julia try to join the brotherhood. O'Brien is a party member that pretends to run the brotherhood. Winston and Julia are then caught because O'Brien was not who he said he was.
300
Winston says this about them: “Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”
What are Proles? (page 70)
400
Winston describes this character as too intelligent, seeing too clearly, speaking too plainly, and predicts he will disappear one day.
Who is Syme?
400
Parsons said 'In fact I’m proud of her. It shows I brought her up in the right spirit, anyway.’ about his daughter. He says this because he was convicted of _______.
What is Thoughtcrime? (295)
400
This is an example: Julia involving her self with Party committees while breaking multiple laws.
What is Irony?
400
An example from the book that relates to this: Many magazines edit photos of celebrities so they are more “appealing” to the viewers. Magazines will also tell small lies and spread rumors that may not always be true.
Winston is charged with the task of eliminating reference to an unperson in a newspaper article. He proceeds to write an article about Comrade Ogilvy, a fictional party member, who displayed great heroism by leaping into the sea from a helicopter so that the dispatches he was carrying would not fall into enemy hands.
400
Winston believes this is more terrifying than torture and death.
What is the Party changing the past? “If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened – that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death?" (page 34)
500
This character said: "Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power."
Who is O'Brien? (page 263)
500
The Newspeak word for English socialism. The motto is: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
What is Ingsoc?
500
This is an example: Winston and the readers know the past has been changed but not many others realize it.
What is Verisimilitude?
500
An example from the book that relates to this: On Twitter there is a character limit, limiting the amount of words you can say. On Facebook and other social media explicit language is removed or not allowed.
What is Newspeak? The language created by the Party, which is stated several times to have the explicit purpose of eliminating even the possibility of heretical ideas by leaving no language available to express them.
500
Winston's worse fear. O'Brien uses this to torture him in room 101.
What are rats?
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