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hat is the effect of the juxtaposition at the beginning of this section?

Winston's frail body compared with the oversized Big Brother posters on the walls displays menancing government oppression versus the weakness of the people.

What is the effect of the anaphora in this sentence? "You had to live—did live, from habit that became

instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every

movement scrutinized"

The affect of anaphora on the word "live" displays the comparison between having to live and living a happy life.

3. How is paradox involved with the descriptions of the government ministries

The paradox in the different ministries lies in the names of the ministries and their jobs. As you can see the names for each ministry is counter intuitive to its responsibility. Ministry Of Peace, support the war. Ministry of Truth, promotes slogans that are clearly not the straight truth. Ministry of Plenty, control the food, Ministry of Love, controls punishments.

4. How is paradox found in the description of Victory Gin?

The victory gin is poor, cheap, and very nasty but it makes Winston feel better. As well as this the name does not suit the product.

5. What is the effect of the syntax in Winston's journal entry for April 4th, 1984? (pp. 8-9)

The syntax of this entry gives off a rushed anxious feeling.

6. How is the Junior Anti-Sex League sash an example of paradox?

It was a paradox because it was wound around Julia's hips in a provocative way.

7. What contradictions appear in O'Brien's physical description?

O'Brien's character is shown as a having a brutal appearance. When in fact, he has the delicacy compared to that of a 18th century nobleman

8. Why does Goldstein's influence never seem to decline? Why doesn't the government ever capture him?

Goldstein is a fictional character made up by the government in order to remain in control and give the people a figure to hate.

What are some techniques used on the telescreen to encourage the Party members' hatred of

Goldstein?

The party makes Goldstein out to be evil and conniving. Furthermore, the party displays B B's face as a form of relief after Goldstein's disappears.

10. What is the source of the power behind the hatred that the viewers feel?

The Two Minutes Hate is used as a tool for further establishing the peoples hatred toward revolution and strengthening their love for the party.

11. Explain the allusion on page 15.

I'm not sure my copy of the book aligns with the question but the allusion I found was the Party forcing the people to refer to each other as comrade alluded to the old Russian Communist party.

12. Why does the "B-B" chant fill Winston with horror?

Winston thought of the chanting as creepy and cult like as well as "Subhuman".

Winston thought of the chanting as creepy and cult like as well as "Subhuman".

1. What is the rhetorical effect of the physical description of Mrs. Parsons?

The rhetorical effect of the physical descriptions of Mrs Parsons is to show how scared and broken down she is by the party.

2. Explain the meaning behind the statement "We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness" (p. 25).

Winston takes this to mean a time when he is free of the party's control. The darkness symbolizes the control of the party.

3. How can the reader tell that Winston has become desensitized to the war?

Winston is used to the war's influence in society. He is not drawn in by the various aspects of the war and therefore is not surprised by the actions/reactions of the state and society.

4. How does Winston's descent into thoughtcrime give his life more urgency?

It gave him a sense of urgency because BB might be watching and he has to spend his time controlling his thoughts.

1. Explain the significance of Winston's dream in the saloon of a ship.

The dream shows that positive human emotions are increasingly enfeebled by the years under Ingsoc, as intended by the Inner Party.

2. Why does the Party never acknowledge when it changes from fighting Eurasia to Eastasia?

The use of the war by party is a crux in order to keep the people in fear and relient upon the party. The war also provides a common enemy for the people.

3. What is the effect of the anaphora on page 35, in Winston's explanation of doublethink?

Doublethink describes the act of simultaneously accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct

1. What is the metaphoric meaning of the memory holes?

Memory Holes are holes in the wall of every office, used to eliminate every object contradicting the party. It is used as a control of media for the masses.

What is the effect of the tone in the paragraph that begins with "Winston dialed back numbers" on page 38?

We see Winston's job as very strange and unlikely. So the fact the Orwell treats it matter-of-factly draws further attention to the absurdity.

3. hat is the effect of the oxymoron "armies of reference clerks" on page 42?

There were the armies of reference clerks whose job was simply to draw up lists of books and periodicals which were due for recall.

Why are people allowed to leave the Ministry of Love for a year or two before being executed for

thoughtcrimes?

Once the person has been re-programmed to a state the Party desires, that person is quite harmless and there's no need for immediate execution.

What is the effect of Winston's inner debate over how to honor Comrade Ogilvy?

Chapter V

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In our own time, what might Syme have used to start his conversation with Winston?

Syme probably would not have even started a conversation because BB is watching.

3. Is "ungood" clearer in meaning than "bad"? Why or why not?

The government wanted to take control of the people, so they deemed that so many words of expression gave too much option and room for opinion and interpretation, so instead of having the word good and bad, they just made it good or ungood.

4. What is Newspeak a metaphor of on page 52?

Newspeak is a metaphor of the total dominance of the state.

5. How is Winston's prophecy of Syme's imminent disappearance ironic?

Winston thought Syme was too intelligent and freethinking for his own good.

6. What is the effect of comparing the man from the Fiction Department to a duck on page 54?

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In Newspeak duckspeak means to quack like a duck. It is one of those words that have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse, applied to someone you agree with, it is praise."

7. What is the effect of the repetition in this sentence from page 59?

As compared with last year there was more food, more clothes, more houses, more furniture, more

cooking-pots, more fuel, more ships, more helicopters, more books, more babies—more of everything

except disease, crime, and insanity.

8. Why is this plenty not sufficient for Winston?

Winston is very concerned with Party philosophy, and in particular its control of history through the manipulation of records, a process in which he participates daily.

9. Why is it ironic that the Party puts forth the Aryan look (blond hair, blue eyes) as an ideal?

Because Goldstein, the head of "the Party" is himself, a black-haired and brown-eyed, almost ratty looking man. Certainly that doesn't fit the Aryan mold. There are parallels here to the contractions in the Nazis' rhetoric. Also, the surname Goldstein almost always belongs to a Jewish person.

10. What is ironic about Parsons' praise for the Ministry of Plenty on page 61?

This is ironic because Parsons somehow believes the Ministry is doing a great job when, at the same time, he can't even get something as basic as a razor blade.

11. How is humor used at the end of this section?

Winston ends up being part of the heavy propaganda that is the the staple to the society that he so tries to bring down.

1. Why is it ironic that the proles get so outraged by a shortage of cooking pots?

It is ironic because the proles show how much power they have, but tend to never realize it when it comes to using that strength in outrage against bigger problems.

What is ironic about the Party's claims that, before the Revolution, children had been sold into factories at age six?

It is Ironic because before the revolution parents sent their kids to work for factories and bring home money to make their lives easier. After, the kids spied on the parents and worked against them turning them into the government.

3. Why are the Party's statistics meaningless?

The 'Inner party' can not be trusted with any information it gives because it manipulates statistical information in the same way it distorts historical facts .

Identify the foreshadowing on page 80.

Foreshadowing occurs around page 80, where Winston thinks that "[i]n the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it."Before the end of his rehabilitation with O'Brien, Winston does accept this as truth. This is a great example of foreshadowing.

1. What is the effect of the whiff of genuine coffee at the beginning of this section?

the smell of roasting coffee -- real coffee, not Victory Coffee -- reminds him of his place in the new bleak world of haves and have-nots and of the freedom of his childhood

3. What, to the proles, is a "serious piece of news" (p. 85)?

The results of the lottery.

4. What is the effect of the old man's complaints about the change from pints to half-liters of beer?

Winston learned to contrast between his hopes for a prole rebellion and the reality of prole existence from the man in the bar.

5. Why does Winston purchase the piece of coral?

It is a tangible connection to the past which Winston craves.

6. Why is it ironic that Winston chooses not to buy the picture on the wall on pages 98 and 99?

It is ironic that he chooses not to buy the picture on the wall because it represents everything that he has been about in the book before this point and by not purchasing it, Winston is essentially denying himself and his life as the reader has come to know it.