Literary Elements
This point of view is used to tell the story in 1984.
What is third-person limited?
This is the leader the Party claims watches everyone.
Who is Big Brother?
This is Winston’s last name.
What is Smith?
Proles make up about this fraction of the population.
What is 85 percent?
This device watches and listens to citizens.
What is a telescreen?
The grim, hopeless feeling of the novel is called its ____.
What is the mood?
This group enforces the Party’s rules.
Who are the Thought Police?
This is Winston’s job at the Ministry of Truth.
What is rewriting historical records?
The Party believes proles are not dangerous because of this.
What is they are uneducated and distracted?
This technology allows the Party to broadcast propaganda.
What is the telescreen?
Big Brother is mainly a symbol of this.
What is government control and surveillance?
This is the Party’s slogan that contradicts itself.
What is “War is Peace,” “Freedom is Slavery,” or “Ignorance is Strength”?
Winston commits this dangerous act at the start of the novel.
What is writing in a diary?
Winston believes hope for the future lies with this group.
Who are the proles?
This machine rewrites history.
What is the speakwrite?
Orwell uses this type of conflict as Winston struggles with his thoughts.
What is internal conflict (man vs. self)?
This daily event forces people to show hatred for the Party’s enemies.
What is the Two Minutes Hate?
This physical detail symbolizes Winston’s weakness.
What is his varicose ulcer?
This shows how proles are kept distracted.
What is cheap entertainment like gambling and songs?
This is used to monitor physical fitness and loyalty.
What is telescreen exercises?
This theme is shown by the Party rewriting history.
What is the manipulation of truth?
This is the Party’s goal in controlling language and thought.
What is to prevent rebellion by limiting ideas?
This childhood memory shows how the Party destroys family bonds.
What is his memory of being betrayed by his sister?
This prole woman symbolizes this.
What is natural human freedom and endurance?
This technology helps erase the past by destroying documents.
What is the memory hole?