1984 Book 1

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a person that Winston invented and made up

Comrade Oglivy

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any thought thats not controlled by government thoughtcrime

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form of address that replaced Mrs

Comrade

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How much time has passed since Winston spotted the girl from the Fiction Department outside the junk shop?

4 days

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how old Winston was when his mother disappeared

ten or eleven

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kid who rats out their parents to the thought police

child hero

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name of the 4 ministries of government

truth, love, peace, plenty

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official phrase for altering records

rectify

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penalty for thoughtcrime

thought police will erase all evidence that you ever existed

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purpose of the Two Minutes of Hate

Hatred of Goldstein, thankful for Big Brother

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Syme's current project at the Records Department

making the 11th edition of the Newspeak dictionary

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the aim of Newspeak, according to Syme

to destroy language, to narrow the thoughts that people could have

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the bad news delivered by the telescreen

universal chocolate ration was being reduced

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the captions of the posters in Winston's building

Big Brother is Watching You

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the city that used to be called England

Airstrip One

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the crime the children accuse Winston of

thoughtcrime, traitor and spy

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the game the Parson's children are playing

pretending to be thought police and kill someone

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The novel begins (date)

1984

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The novel begins (place)

Oceania

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The official language of Oceania

Newspeak

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the only thing Winston remembers about his father

the thin soles of his shoes

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the party slogan

"Who controls the past controls the future and who controls the present controls the past"

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the Party's three slogans

War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength

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the person who appears in Winston's second dream

the worker with dark hair

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the person who speaks in Winston's dream

O'Brien

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the popular event took place in the afternoon

hanging of the Eurasian prisoners

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the primary job of the Ministry of Truth

correct history to match what the government wants people to believe

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To whom is Winston writing the diary

To the past or to the future

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totalitarian government

Ingsoc

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type of pornography

pornosec

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What did Winston think of the room above the junk shop?

It made him nostalgic about the past, as if he knew a life where a room like this existed

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What does he think about as a solution to his problem?

He should hit her with a cobblestone or a paper weight in his pocket, then he goes home and thinks he should commit suicide before the Party catches him, they will torture him before they kill him

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What does Winston believe is the most deadly danger of all

talking in your sleep

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What does Winston copy into his diary

An entry from a history textbook

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What does Winston think "the place where there is no darkness" is?

He thinks it's the imagined future

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What happened to Winston's proof

He was so scared he destroyed it, but he will never forget the image or the Party's dishonesty

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What is "ownlife"?

it means "individualism and eccentricity"

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What is the only recognized purpose of marriage

Beget children for the service of the Party

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What is the unforgivable crime

Sex between Party members

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What is Winston's proof that the confessions of Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford were lies

There's a photograph which shows the three members of the Party in New York when they were supposed to be in Eurasia committing treason

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what O'Brien tells Winston

that they should meet in the place where there is no darkness

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What percent of Oceania's population is comprised of proles

85%

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what Syme predicts will occur by 2050

the dictionary wont have any words that will be obsolete

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what the government uses to watch people, receives and transmits

telescreen

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what Winston is muttering as he wakes up

Shakespeare

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what Winston thinks has happened to his parents

that they were swallowed up in one of the first great purges in the 50's

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What's a "lackey"?

A lackey is what the proles call the outer Party members. It is like calling them henchman.

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where Winston's mother and sister are in his dream

in some underground place, the bottom of a well, or a very deep grave

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Who did he see outside the shop?

The dark haired girl

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Who Oceania is at war with

Eurasia

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who Winston addresses his diary to

the future or past Winston

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who Winston believes is following him

the dark-haired girl

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Why did Winston call Katharine the "human soundtrack"

Her thoughts were all thoughts that the party fed her, she never had an original thought in her mind.

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Why does Winston believe a real love affair would be almost unthinkable

The women of the Party were all alike and he did not like that

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Why does Winston want to talk to a prole?

He tries to figure out that, in the days before the Party, whether or not people were happier

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Why is Winston afraid to enter the junk shop?

That's where he bought the diary and he didn't want the Thought Police to be suspicious of him.

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Why is Winston disappointed with the old prole?

The prole didn't have the critical thinking skills necessary to answer Winston's question of how life was like before the revolution, so he was upset.

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why Winston believes Syme will disappear one day

because he is too smart

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why Winston washes his hands before returning to work

he doesn't want people to know he is writing in a diary

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Winston's greatest pleasure in life

Winston's work

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