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Winston Smith begins a diary in London in the dystopian nation of Oceania, ruled by the Party and its leader Big Brother. Oceania is constantly at war and citizens are under complete surveillance. Winston works at the Ministry of Truth rewriting history to match the Party's version. He dreams of joining the Brotherhood to overthrow the Party. Winston finds solace in a room above an antique shop that represents a connection to the past before the Party's control.

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1984 In Class Notes Part 1 Ms. Ramirez Cruz
Main Character • Winston Smith is introduced as a frail 39 year old man with a varicose ulcer • He is malnourished – food is rationed • He drinks the cheap “Victory Gin” and smokes • Although he is extremely fearful and paranoid of the party when the novel begins he takes a brave step and rebels by beginning a diary
Setting • 1984 takes place in the dark, bleak world of Airstrip One (London) in the fictional empire of Oceania • Airstrip One is in a constant state of war with Eurasia or Eastasia • The enemy changes from time to time and the previous enemy must be forgotten • The city is in shambles with several bomb sites, shacks and poorly maintained buildings • Above the city loom the ministry buildings: Minitrue, Miniluv, Miniplenty, and Minpax
Ministries • The Ministries are the official agencies that control the government • Their names are paradoxes: • Minitruth – Ministry of Truth - Winston’s place of employment is in charge of recreating and rewriting events and history • Minpax – Ministry of Peace – in charge of matters of war • Miniplenty – Ministry of Plenty – in charge of rationing food and products – dealing in “with starvation” • Miniluv – Ministry of Love – in charge of torturing opponents of the Big Brother
Setting • Air Strip One is ruled by a tyrannical government that relentlessly monitors and controls every move of it’s citizens through surveillance and telescreens • Winston must watch even his facial expressions from the telescreens • The “leader” of the party is the ever present “Big Bother” or BB • His mustaged image can be seen everywhere with the caption: “Big Brother is Watching”
The Party Slogans • WAR IS PEACE • FREEDOM IS SLAVERY • IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Newspeak • Newspeak is the official language of Oceania • Devised to meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc – English Socialism - the political ideology that governs Oceania • Vocabulary decreases each year and it is dedicated to the “destruction of words” • It was created so it would not be possible to think a dissenting thought and ultimately eliminate thoughtcrime
Newspeak Terms • Doublethink – the power to hold two completely contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously and accept them both • Thoughtcrime – to even consider a thought not in line with the principals of the party • Thought Police – police force in charge of eliminating thoughtcrime, they monitor everything • Prole – Proletarians – 85% of Oceania’s population – were viewed as animals – “Animals and proles are free”
Newspeak Terms • facecrime – to wear an improper expression on your face that might demonstrate nonconformity with Big Brother • Two minute hate – daily propaganda telescreen specials which all citizens must participate in - they show terrible images and loud noises – hate is directed towards enemy and Goldstein (enemy of the people) former party leader that betrayed BB and formed the Brotherhood – an underground network of conspirators dedicated to overthrowing the state
Winston’s Job • Winston works for Minitrue • His job is rewrite history by rewriting articles and news stories to realign them with the message of Big Brother • He enjoys his work because he can “lose” himself in it • He uses three orifices: speakwrite, a pneumatic tube, and memory holes • Memory hole is a paradox – they are used to destroy evidence thus eliminate proof and memory
Comrade Ogilvy • In order to replace the disgrace of Comrade Withers who most likely has now been vaporized Winston creates Ogilvy • Ogilvy is the epitome of a party member • He sacrifices all personality, privacy, family all sense of “self” for the sake to the party • This is ironic • By creating Ogilvy Winston is actually mocking the ideals of the party someone like Ogilvy could not possibly exist
Winston • When Winston begins writing in his diary at first he can’t even remember what he wanted to say • After the descriptions of the film and the two minute hate he writes: • DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER! several times
Winston • Is seemingly different from the other party members • He still shows empathy and emotion • The movie scene • He sees hope in the proles to overthrow the state • He takes the step of rebelling by writing in the dairy although he knows it will bring about his doom • “Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death”
Winston • He longs for human connection • Feels deep resentment and hatred towards the party for creating his state of isolation • Isolation = Death • He ends his marriage to Katherine because of its lack of intimacy – sex was for procreation – “Duty to the party”
Winston’s Quest for Connection • His writing in the journal is the first step to connect to his consciousness • In his encounter with the prostitute – at first she is more human and real – “party women never paint their faces” • Her perfume smells of “fornication” – lust, human desire • The encounter fails – it is really an encounter with death • Basement – underground • The woman is death – white face, white hair, no teeth, mouth is “cavernous blackness”
Winston’s Quest for Connection • He hates the party for killing human connection and intimacy – humanity • Hatred for women • Katharine his wife • The girl with the dark hair – his desire for her is manifest in his hatred for her – wants to hill her – Junior – Anti – Sex League
Winston’s Quest for Connection • Winston believes that O’Brian is a member of “the Brotherhood” • A brief glance at the two minute hate • After he writes in his diary he begins to dream • Emotions have been awakened • Dreams of O’Brien – “We will meet at the place where there is no darkness” • Light=Knowledge – awakening
• Dreams about his mother and sister – feels guilt – they died for me • Dreams about the girl with the dark hair – the act of her flinging her clothes is rebellion • She can destroy an entire era
Intimacy and Thought are Rebellion • His thoughts about O’Brian • His memories of the past • The dark haired girl’s clothes in the dream • Once he had proof of an act of falsification • At work he had seen a Times article that put Jones, Aaronson and Rutherford at a party meeting in New York. During the trials they had confessed to being in Eurasia conspiring with the enemy • “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
Winston Longs for the Past • He feels frustrated that he can’t prove anything that went on in the past • This is ironic since it is his job to rewrite the past • When finds himself at the antique shop where he purchased the diary • Mr. Charrington shows him a room above the shop
The Room Above the Antique Shop • “There’s no telescreen!” – privacy • The room is a connection to the past • Comforting, antique furniture • “We lived here till my wife died” – a real couple lived here – love and intimacy existed in this room
The Room Above the Antique Shop • This is a holy place • The picture of St Clement’s Church hangs on the wall • Finds out from Charrington that it still exists • Charrington teaches him the old rhyme • “Oranges and lemons say the bells of St. Clement’s”

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1984 part 1 notes

  • 1. 1984 In Class Notes Part 1 Ms. Ramirez Cruz
  • 2. Main Character • Winston Smith is introduced as a frail 39 year old man with a varicose ulcer • He is malnourished – food is rationed • He drinks the cheap “Victory Gin” and smokes • Although he is extremely fearful and paranoid of the party when the novel begins he takes a brave step and rebels by beginning a diary
  • 3. Setting • 1984 takes place in the dark, bleak world of Airstrip One (London) in the fictional empire of Oceania • Airstrip One is in a constant state of war with Eurasia or Eastasia • The enemy changes from time to time and the previous enemy must be forgotten • The city is in shambles with several bomb sites, shacks and poorly maintained buildings • Above the city loom the ministry buildings: Minitrue, Miniluv, Miniplenty, and Minpax
  • 4. Ministries • The Ministries are the official agencies that control the government • Their names are paradoxes: • Minitruth – Ministry of Truth - Winston’s place of employment is in charge of recreating and rewriting events and history • Minpax – Ministry of Peace – in charge of matters of war • Miniplenty – Ministry of Plenty – in charge of rationing food and products – dealing in “with starvation” • Miniluv – Ministry of Love – in charge of torturing opponents of the Big Brother
  • 5. Setting • Air Strip One is ruled by a tyrannical government that relentlessly monitors and controls every move of it’s citizens through surveillance and telescreens • Winston must watch even his facial expressions from the telescreens • The “leader” of the party is the ever present “Big Bother” or BB • His mustaged image can be seen everywhere with the caption: “Big Brother is Watching”
  • 6. The Party Slogans • WAR IS PEACE • FREEDOM IS SLAVERY • IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
  • 7. Newspeak • Newspeak is the official language of Oceania • Devised to meet the ideological needs of Ingsoc – English Socialism - the political ideology that governs Oceania • Vocabulary decreases each year and it is dedicated to the “destruction of words” • It was created so it would not be possible to think a dissenting thought and ultimately eliminate thoughtcrime
  • 8. Newspeak Terms • Doublethink – the power to hold two completely contradictory beliefs in one’s mind simultaneously and accept them both • Thoughtcrime – to even consider a thought not in line with the principals of the party • Thought Police – police force in charge of eliminating thoughtcrime, they monitor everything • Prole – Proletarians – 85% of Oceania’s population – were viewed as animals – “Animals and proles are free”
  • 9. Newspeak Terms • facecrime – to wear an improper expression on your face that might demonstrate nonconformity with Big Brother • Two minute hate – daily propaganda telescreen specials which all citizens must participate in - they show terrible images and loud noises – hate is directed towards enemy and Goldstein (enemy of the people) former party leader that betrayed BB and formed the Brotherhood – an underground network of conspirators dedicated to overthrowing the state
  • 10. Winston’s Job • Winston works for Minitrue • His job is rewrite history by rewriting articles and news stories to realign them with the message of Big Brother • He enjoys his work because he can “lose” himself in it • He uses three orifices: speakwrite, a pneumatic tube, and memory holes • Memory hole is a paradox – they are used to destroy evidence thus eliminate proof and memory
  • 11. Comrade Ogilvy • In order to replace the disgrace of Comrade Withers who most likely has now been vaporized Winston creates Ogilvy • Ogilvy is the epitome of a party member • He sacrifices all personality, privacy, family all sense of “self” for the sake to the party • This is ironic • By creating Ogilvy Winston is actually mocking the ideals of the party someone like Ogilvy could not possibly exist
  • 12. Winston • When Winston begins writing in his diary at first he can’t even remember what he wanted to say • After the descriptions of the film and the two minute hate he writes: • DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER! several times
  • 13. Winston • Is seemingly different from the other party members • He still shows empathy and emotion • The movie scene • He sees hope in the proles to overthrow the state • He takes the step of rebelling by writing in the dairy although he knows it will bring about his doom • “Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death”
  • 14. Winston • He longs for human connection • Feels deep resentment and hatred towards the party for creating his state of isolation • Isolation = Death • He ends his marriage to Katherine because of its lack of intimacy – sex was for procreation – “Duty to the party”
  • 15. Winston’s Quest for Connection • His writing in the journal is the first step to connect to his consciousness • In his encounter with the prostitute – at first she is more human and real – “party women never paint their faces” • Her perfume smells of “fornication” – lust, human desire • The encounter fails – it is really an encounter with death • Basement – underground • The woman is death – white face, white hair, no teeth, mouth is “cavernous blackness”
  • 16. Winston’s Quest for Connection • He hates the party for killing human connection and intimacy – humanity • Hatred for women • Katharine his wife • The girl with the dark hair – his desire for her is manifest in his hatred for her – wants to hill her – Junior – Anti – Sex League
  • 17. Winston’s Quest for Connection • Winston believes that O’Brian is a member of “the Brotherhood” • A brief glance at the two minute hate • After he writes in his diary he begins to dream • Emotions have been awakened • Dreams of O’Brien – “We will meet at the place where there is no darkness” • Light=Knowledge – awakening
  • 18. • Dreams about his mother and sister – feels guilt – they died for me • Dreams about the girl with the dark hair – the act of her flinging her clothes is rebellion • She can destroy an entire era
  • 19. Intimacy and Thought are Rebellion • His thoughts about O’Brian • His memories of the past • The dark haired girl’s clothes in the dream • Once he had proof of an act of falsification • At work he had seen a Times article that put Jones, Aaronson and Rutherford at a party meeting in New York. During the trials they had confessed to being in Eurasia conspiring with the enemy • “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
  • 20. Winston Longs for the Past • He feels frustrated that he can’t prove anything that went on in the past • This is ironic since it is his job to rewrite the past • When finds himself at the antique shop where he purchased the diary • Mr. Charrington shows him a room above the shop
  • 21. The Room Above the Antique Shop • “There’s no telescreen!” – privacy • The room is a connection to the past • Comforting, antique furniture • “We lived here till my wife died” – a real couple lived here – love and intimacy existed in this room
  • 22. The Room Above the Antique Shop • This is a holy place • The picture of St Clement’s Church hangs on the wall • Finds out from Charrington that it still exists • Charrington teaches him the old rhyme • “Oranges and lemons say the bells of St. Clement’s”