Part I - ?s
Part I - ?s
1984 Pre-Reading
1984 Basics
LA Hodge-Podge
100

Winston's wife

Katherine

100

Winston buys this in the junk shop

glass paperweight

100

Literally “a place that does not exist” that attempts to eliminate all social problems as a society

Utopia

100

The setting of 1984

Oceania

100

A-N-T in an introduction

Attention Grabber - Necessary Information - Thesis Statement

200

Editor of the Newspeak Dictionary

Syme

200

How does the party view and treat the poles?

uneducated and like animals

200

This type of novel brings a pessimistic vision of the future.

Dystopia

200

The official language used in the novel

Newspeak

200

She wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

Maya Angelou

300

What is the significance of Winston’s dreams?

They contain memories of his past.

300

This is where Winston thinks there is hope

The Proles

300

The basis of ideas and events of 1984.

Answers will vary - mainly events surrounding WWII
300

How all citizens are monitored

Telescreens

300

 A facial expression considered unacceptable by the party

facecrime

400

How does the eye contact with O'Brien affect Winston?

He begins to think that he is against the party and will form an alliance with him.

400

What does Winston suspect the girl with the dark hair is doing near him?

spying on him

400

Unbreakable divides between the upper, middle & lower classes

Caste System / Hierarchal Society

400

Thinking anti-party thoughts is this

Thought Crime

400

The author’s choice of words

diction

500

The significance of the picture of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford.

It is proof that the party lied.

500

Why does Winston talk to the old man in the pub?

He wants to see if he knows if things were different in the past before the revolution

500

One component of a Dystopian Novel

Answers will vary: 

  • A hierarchical society (Unbreakable divides between the upper, middle & lower classes–caste system). 

  • The propaganda & education preserve the Caste system

  • Individuality is cancelled.

  • Symbols present commandments of a religious faith,  & summarize & hide the aims of the state.

  • The constant surveillance by state police agencies.

  • Back story of a disaster that justifies the dramatic social changes

  • A protagonist that doubts the society

  • More advanced technologies

500

This part of the government is known to torture and is described as the "really frightening one." It is described as having guards surrounding its front wearing masks.

Ministry of Love

500

an important and noticeable recurring element or feature that typically appears throughout the novel.

Motif

600

Why does Winston hate the woman with the dark hair?

He knows he can't have her, and he sees her as somebody who follows all the rules of the party.

600

Why is the past being erased?

The past is erased so hat the Party's predictions are always right and they remain in control. The lies then become truth in the history books. 

600

One of the technological inventions in Orwell’s time

Answers will vary:

  • First computer built

  • Microwave oven invented

  • U.S. drops atomic bombs on Japan

  • Polaroid cameras invented 

  • Lie detector invented

  • Talking movies invented

  • Antibiotics invented

  • Television invented 

  • Radar invented

600

Refers to anything controlling or monitoring an individual

Orwellian

600

Macbeth's nemesis who beheads him at the end of the play

Macduff