Narrators- Orwell uses an outside narrator to describe the older aged protagonist, Winston, to who's that rebellions are caused by older men, and they gain younger followers to resist power.
"Winston loathed this exercise, which sent shooting pains all the way from his heels to his buttocks and often ended by bringing on another coughing fit" (Orwell 33).
Analysis notes- Winston has many health problems described by the narrator, showing he is a middle aged man. Narrator seems to often describe characters that will have some significance throughout the novel.
Sentences- Orwell uses flowing sentences describing characters that will have a significance later on, this significance is the change in Winston.
notes and observations- Sentences are always describing characters around winston. These characters that are more described in depth generally have an effect on Winston slightly changing his perspective and carrying later into the novel.
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Symbols
ReplyDelete- Big Brother is seen as a figure that everyone in the society worships. All over the places, such as apartments and walls, these posters of Big Brother have been put up that say: "Big Brother is Watching You"
- The symbol of the poster of Big Brother shows the reader who/what Winston fears and shows why he take the actions he pursues.
Images
- As Winston is captured and put in jail, he is tortured a lot. As O'Brien brings out a cage full of rats, Winston surrenders and accepts to actually truly love Big Brother and obey the party.
- Certain images can change a person's feeling towards something, as can be seen by Winston and the rats.
I like your symbol one, big brother is definately something that is a good topic for an essay, my narrator is okay, but i definately dont like the sentence one, but it is a kinda hard one to write about, the sentences are slightly uniform or not enough in a way to make a pattern.
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ReplyDelete-Winston is constantly living in fear. He always comments on how any kind of action that seemed to radical as a folly and dangerous. He always sees certain things as follies, and yet he commits them anyway.
-"He could not help feeling a twinge of panic. It was adbursd, since the writing of those particular words was not more dangerous than the initial act of opening the diar; but for a moment he was tempted to tear out the spoiled pages and abandon the enterprise all together" (Orwell 19)
-Orwell uses Winston to show that even those who live in fear of another can rise up and challenge authority with the right catalyst.
Rhetorical Devices
-Orwell uses juxtaposition in 1984 to convey the reasoning behind a groups way of thinking of controlling the general populace.
- Proof of this can be seen in the different ministries, as well as the party slogan.
-Ministry of Plenty- really denies the population of to live comfortably. Justified by rations in novel.
-Ministry of Love- Does not care for its people it works with, rather tortures them and force them back into society.
-Ministry of Truth- Fabricates different stories and makes "corrections" to the past if Big Brother made a wrong prediction or if a newspaper revealed a person who dissappeared.
-Ministry of Peace- In charge of keeping the war going with propoganda concerning East Asia and eurasia super powers.
-Slavery is Freedom- Shows how even though the general populace is kept under control through force, they do so willingly.
-War is Peace- The people are able to stay under Ingsoc's control with constant warfare with the other superpowers, thus being able to maintain there lives.
-Ignorance is Strength- if the population does not know anything, then they are able to unite with the government stay together.
V: No offense dude, but they seem a little basic. I don't get much of a "so what" from your arguements. See if you can find something a little deeper, but you are on the right track.
Keving: Nicely written. I like how you saw how the author was writing about Winston in 3rd person at times. It does reveal how the young and energetic follow the old and wise.
Ben Smith: Sorry dude, if you post real late, I'm already done. I'm not gonna stay up real late to comment, though I'll talk to you about it in class tommorrow.
I'm glad to see you have some conversations going.
ReplyDeletei'll be around for about an hour, then i will be gone tell around 9-ish.
ReplyDeleteHere are some quotes I found concerning the document of Jones, Aaronson and Ruthersford:
ReplyDelete1. "The point was that at both trials all three men had confessed that on that date they had been on Eurasian soil. [...] The date had stuck in Winston's memory because it chanced to be midsummer day; but the whole story must be on record in countless other places as well. There was only one possible conclusion: the confessions were lies." (Orwell 67)
2. "Even at that time Winston had not imagined that the people who were wiped out in the purges had actually committed the crimes that they were accused of. But this was concrete evidence; [...] He had gone straight on working." (Orwell 67)
3. "He [...] pushed back his chair so as to get as far away from the telescreen as possible. To keep your face expressionless was not difficult, and even your breathing could be controlled, with an effort: but you could not control the beating of your heart, and the telescreen was quite delicate enough to pick it up. He let what he judged to be ten minutes go by, tormented all the while by the fear that some accident -- a sudden draught blowing across his desk, for instance -- would betray him. Then, without uncovering it again, he dropped the photograph into the memory hole, along with some other waste papers." (Orwell 67-68)
4. "That was ten -- eleven years ago. Today, probably, he would have kept that photograph. [...] But today, supposing that it could be somehow resurrected from its ashes, the photograph might not even be evidence. Already, at the time when he made his discovery, Oceania was no longer at war with Eurasia, and it must have been to the agents of Eastasia that the three dead men had betrayed their country." (Orwell 68)
That is concerning the photo exactly, here are some other quotes you mihgt be able to tie into it:
5. "He told her the story of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford and the momentous slip of paper which he had once held between his fingers. It did not make much impression on her. At first, indeed, she failed to grasp the point of the story." (Orwell 128)
6. "'Another example,' he said. 'Some years ago you had a very serious delusion indeed. You believed that three men, three onetime Party members named Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford men who were executed for treachery and sabotage after making the fullest possible confession -- were not guilty of the crimes they were charged with. You believed that you had seen unmistakable documentary evidence proving that their confessions were false." ( Orwell 203)
7. "It was another copy of the photograph of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford at the party function in New York, which he had chanced upon eleven years ago and promptly destroyed. For only an instant it was before his eyes, then it was out of sight again. But he had seen it, unquestionably he had seen it! He made a desperate, agonizing effort to wrench the top half of his body free. It was impossible to move so much as a centimetre in any direction. For the moment he had even forgotten the dial. All he wanted was to hold the photograph in his fingers again, or at least to see it.
'It exists!' he cried.
'No,' said O'Brien.
He stepped across the room. There was a memory hole in the opposite wall. O'Brien lifted the grating. Unseen, the frail slip of paper was whirling away on the current of warm air; it was vanishing in a flash of flame. O'Brien turned away from the wall.
'Ashes,' he said. 'Not even identifiable ashes. Dust. It does not exist. It never existed.'
'But it did exist! It does exist! It exists in memory. I remember it. You remember it.'
'I do not remember it,' said O'Brien.
Winston's heart sank. That was doublethink. He had a feeling of deadly helplessness. If he could have been certain that O'Brien was lying, it would not have seemed to matter." (Orwell 204)
There, that is most, if not all, of the quotes relating to the Jones, Aaronson and Rutherford photo. good luck on the outline, and if you can e-mail it to me when you are done, I will try to write a rough draft tonight. bensax@verizon.net
thanks for the quotes.. and the quantity XD lol
ReplyDeleteOh, and if you guys are having trouble finding quotes, go here:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.george-orwell.org/1984
It has the whole book, then just search (ctrl F) key words that could be in your quotes. Kevin, try diary.
V, try Julia.
That will help narrow it down a little.
okay, this helps tons :D too bad i have to get ready for the meeting now :(
ReplyDeleteHey Kevin..i am sorry to say that i will not be able to look up quotes for the Julia/Winston paragraph because i just got back from tennis and need to finish other homework because i missed part of 4th period..and plus i left my book in the locker...Sorry!
ReplyDeletethanks... alot.. lol
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