1984 BOOK
PART1
1.Poster on the wall of Victory Mansions depicted the face of big brother. enormous face more than a metwe wirde the face of a man of about 45 heavy black mustache and ruggedly handsome features
2.Big Brother is watching you the poster said.
3.The thought police plugged into your wire anytime they wanted.
4He work in minitrue or the ministry of truth, he lived in England now called airstrip one, Avenue Victory Masons
5 The slogans of the party are
"War is Peace"
"Freedom is Slavery"
"Ignorance is Strength". These paradoxical phrases illustrate the oppressive nature of the totalitarian regime and the manipulation of truth to control the populac
Newspeak was a new language created to limit the range of thought by reducing the complexity of language, thereby making it impossible to express rebellious ideas.
The four ministries were the ministry of truth which handled propaganda and historical revisionism, the ministry of peace which directed the perpetual war efforts, the ministry of love which enforced loyalty and obedience through fear and torture, and the ministry of plenty which managed the economy and controlled the distribution of resources. The novel ultimately serves as a chilling warning about the dangers of unchecked government power and the potential for language to shape reality.
He could write in his table because the telescreen was placed abnormally in the long wall instead of the end wall which left a blind spot in a shallow alcove.
Nothing was illegal because there wasn’t any laws. This allowed Winston to express his thoughts privately, albeit with a constant fear of being discovered by the Party.
Winstong was writing in his diary because he sought to reclaim his individuality and articulate his dissent against the oppressive regime, despite knowing the grave risks involved.
The movie he saw last night was about a ship in the Mediterranean being bombed by enemy forces, which served as a stark reminder of the brutal realities of war and the propaganda that the Party used to manipulate the populace's perception of conflict.
Winston feared the girl because of the two minute hate because he believed she could be a loyal Party member, ready to report any signs of rebellion or dissent. This constant paranoia heightened his sense of isolation and made it difficult for him to trust anyone, even those who may have shared his feelings of discontent.
Obrien was a large burly man with a thick neck and coarse humorous brutal face He was a inner party member. Winston felt he was an intelligent person who didn’t truly followed all the party beliefs.
Emmanuel Goldstein was considered a rebel which formed the brotherhood a hope in winstons mind of freedom.
Winston reacter in the two minutes of hat by displaying a mix of anger and fear, torn between his ingrained loyalty to the Party and his growing resentment towards its oppressive regime.
Winston sometimes hated East Asia and other Eurasia.
Winston thought the brotherhood was a symbol of resistance against the Party's tyranny, representing the possibility of a future where individuals could stand up for their beliefs and challenge the status quo.
Thoughtcrime was a concept that exemplified the Party's control over thought and expression, illustrating how even the mere act of thinking against the Party could lead to severe punishment.
Winston smith appearance was described as frail and unassuming, with a pale complexion and a slight build, which contrasted sharply with the powerful presence of the Party. He is a thirty-nine year old man in poor health. He has fair-colored hair, rough and reddened skin, and a frail figure. To add to his indistinguishable health problems, he also has a bad back, varicose veins, and he drinks gin excessively.
CHAPTER2
Mrs Parson wanted Winston to fix the kitchen sink.
Parson was a fattish but active man of paralyzing stupidity a mass of imbecile enthisiamss
Parons children scared winston by screaming traitor to the big brother, while wearing spy suits and roleplaying as soldiers of Oceania.
Kids played part on enforcing the party’s rule upon the grown, as they were brain washed into handing the authorities any instance of betrayal.
Winston dreamed that Obrien had said to him tha he would speak to himhe said “We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness”.
This haunting phrase echoed in Winston's mind, symbolizing hope and rebellion against the oppressive regime, as he pondered the possibility of a world free from the Party's tyranny.
CHAPTER 3
Winston dreamt abut his mother and sister drowning incarcerated in a boat
His mother and sister were killed in the first purges of the 60s, probably because of possibly dissenting against the government.
He wasn’t sure of what happened in the 50’s because the party had been constantly manipulating history and the minds of its citizens by the ministrie snad doublethink.
Oceania had not been always fighting Eurasia, in fact he remembers that a few years ago Oceania had been allied to Eurasia and fighting EastAsia.
Doublethink is the capacity of the person to manipulate itself into submission to the party, making ones memories in order with the state dictates.
He dreamed the dark haired girl handed herself in pure nudity to him.
CHAPTER IV
Memory hole was the one of the three ducts in winstonsd work place, this one served to dispose of “historical” records which were neede to be corrected.
Winstons job was to rectify documents, in order to align with INGSOC conception of reality.
Winston didn’t think his job was forgery because he was replacing nonsensical lies with more nonsensical lies. As the prior documents were not accurate with reality what he was inventing wans’t either so there is no forgey but mere rectifying.
The ministry of truth mangaed the press, regulating proletarian and elite press producing products in order to maintaing the order’s whims and wishes on the population.
Winston greates pleasure in life was his work
An unperson was a person considered dead
CHAPTER V
Syme was a friend of winston, which was intelligent and winston poredicted his demise. He was an specialist working on the elecventh edition of newspeak.
Winston recognized that Syme's brilliance made him a target for the Party, as they sought to eliminate anyone who posed a threat to their control over language and thought.
Newsperak was the party’s language, it consisted on simplyfying the english language by eliminatig unnecesary words. They wantd to eliminate words to eliminate idesas.
proletarians arwe the low clsss of the nation, they dont have studies and base their lifes around distractions such as porn, sports, gossips.
Winston saw Syme to be evaporated becauzse he was not unconsious and too intelligent.
Facecrime was the act of not acting accordingly to nthe parties expectations, just embedding faciasl expressions.
CHAPTER VI
Winston was married to a women name Katherrine
The party only vieweed marriage as a way to produce children in service to the party.
Winstons wife was a marionete of the party, being brainwashed about sex since early she had no desire on sex only justifying it for the children and our labour for the party.
CHAPTER VII
Winston thinks the future lies in the hands of the proles, because they represent 85% of the population of Oceania and they were not controlled entirelly.
The party mandated the proles to be treated as sub-humans and controlled by distractions such aas sports, lottery, sex, porn, cinema, alcohol,etc.
The party stated life pre-revolution was the worst, capitalist controlled everything while the poor did not have anything to eat nor wear.
The ideal of the party were formidable strong tall men and women who would be devoted solely to thwe party, and actively condemmed sexual encounters.
Winston knew that Jones, Rutherford and Aaronson were the original leaders of the revolution and were falsely accused of crimes and then killed.
Winsotn axiom means the ability of stating true basic facts with no fear of the reprisal.
Winston feared that all of his doubts were to be false, and thereby he would be wrong.
CHAPTER VIII
Ownlife represente individualism in newspeak, it was self-centered activities.
When the rocket bomb was dropped 200 meters a head a group of houses was destroyed and a proletarian hand was exposed broken.
The lottery was good for the proles, as it served as the last bastion of intellectual activity for them foring groups and serious mathematical and business discussions.
He goes to talk to the prole as the prole was from the old guard and could give essential information for making a standard to compare the now-a-days harsh conditions
He doesnt learn anything as he recalls a lot of personal details, and determines that the proles left are the ones that have not threat to the party.
Winston goes bak to the shop because he is already there and it could serve as a more viable excuse for the thoughtpoice., apart he is still facsinated and wants to reconnect with the past.
Winston buys a paperweight with a coral inside, because it is beautiful for him and represents an old era where beautiful things were not considered unnecesary.
The man also shows winston a picture frame st clemetns churuhc, and a upstairs room filled up with antique furniture.
When leaving winston meets the girl from the fiction department walking by.
This upsets him, because it puts him in more danger than he already is because of the possibility of her being a spy or thoughtploice officer.
Before winston would have been kille, he woiuld probably be tortured then maked confess imaginary crimes.
PART 2 chapter 1
What happened when Winston met the girl again?
She pretended to fall and have a swollen arm, in order to make Winston react to help her to get up and pass him a note.
What was written on the note from the girl?
I love you
Why did Winston want to stay alive now?
Beause the girl gave him hope in the future of meeting someon withouth indoctrination and possibly even the so called brotherhood.
What were the difficulties Winston thought of in meeting the girl?
The constant threat of massw vigilance.
Where did they have their first meeting?
Their first meeting was in a canteen they did it randomly, they decided to encounter in victory manson in front of the church
Who is Wilsher?
fellow worker who invites him to side beside him ruinninig the plans to speak with juLIA.
Who is Ampleforth?
A poet character mild-mannered dreamy individual
How did Winston and the girl arrange another meeting?
They spoke while eating the firt to sdecond, and in the seond the standed side by side.
Chapter II
Where does Winston go to meet the girl?
In the countryside, in a place sorrounded by trees and huzles
How did Julia feel about the Party?
She despised them calling them swines, and trying everything to sdisobey it
Why does Winston tell Julia that more men she’s had the more he loves her?
Because Winston sees that and thinks about how corrupt the party really is behind the slogans, hoping for an eventual downfall.
What did Winston think would “drive the Party to pieces”.
The pure emtoion of something brave.
Chapter III
What was “talking by installments”.
talking by parts, continuing converstaion in different moments .
Pornosec →was named Muck House
goodthinfull→naturally orthodox
Describe Julias life
She follows all small party rules, in order to break the big roles in some kind of disguise.
Why didn’t Winston push Katherine over the cliff?
Becasue he thought kATHERINE could change, and that even if he did it would have not change anythin
Chapter IV
Why did Charrington let Winston and Julia have the room.
Because he was glad to have a few more dollars.
Why did Julia paint her face?
Because she had purhchased make up and that was strange to see in a party member as it was only allowed for the proletariat.
What was Winston deatghly afraid of?
Rats he didnt like in anyway the rats.
Chapter V
Who had been vaporized?
Syme had been vaporized.
how had winstion changed since he had meet julia?
His live was totally relieved, his ulcer healed, coughings stopped and his daily suffering stipped.
What were Julia and Winstons dreams of escape?
Theuy wanted to live as proles, in general escape from the opressicve regime as gthey knew this experiencce wouldnt las tlong. Suicide
What did Winston want to do with O’Brien?
He wanted to burst into him and tell him tyonhelp the organize against the party.
What did Julia think about the Brotherhood?
She though it didn’t exist and it was a hing full of rubish.
What did Julia think about the wart with Eursia?
She thought it was notimportant as it could alsonbe falsified.
Wht was Winston uopsetthat Julia didn’t remember enbemmies had changed?
He was upset because she dsregarded the violations commite by the party regarding her everyday life and also reslated the apathethism of Julia.
Why was gistory stopped?
Because therfe was no evidence from past events and reality weas manipulated constantly therfore stopping history.
Chapter VI
Why was it important that O’Brien alluded to Syme?
To make it appear as if it was a code from the brotherhood
How did Winston meet O’Brien?
Hallway the same place were he met julia, they exchanged adresses when He alluded that winston was using obsolete words.
What did Winston know was inevitable?
His death.
Chapter VII
Why did Winston think he had killed his mother?
Because he had a repressed memory of his childhood.
How had Winston accted at mealtimes when he was little?
As a swinne demanding more foodd than what was available lettingh her sister die.
Why does Winston not hate the proles anymore?
He recognizes its primitive aspects as remaining human while the party is not.
What does betrayal mean to Winston?
Means changing the inner sentiments of oneselfs.
What does Winston guess happenbs ibside the Miistry of Love?
Tortures of many kinds.
What “remained impregnable”.
The workings of the inner heart.
CHAPTER VIII
How did the Inner Party live?
As capitalists before the revolution, big mansions lots of servs and plentifull food.
What does the inner Party have the privilege to shut off?
The telescreens
Why did Winston and Julia go to O’Brien?
Because they thought he was a conspirator.
Who do Winston, Julia and O’Brien toast?
to the past
What type of things does O’bRIEN ASK juLIA AND Winston if they are capable of doing? Why is this ironic?
Terrorist acts, anti-human as they were battleing against a government that doid such things already.
What do Julia and Winton say they cannot do?
Get separated orbetray eachother
How much of the Brotherhood will Winston and jULIA KEARN ABOUT?
None, except a few 4 which will dissapear as the brotherjhood is not organized.
What is the “book”?
A script that explains 1984 societies and how could it be defeated.
Where does O’Brien say they will meet again?
There is not way of saying but in the near future.
The place were there is no drakness.
CHAPTER IX
Who is Oceania now at war with? How do they change enemies?
They changed enemies by doublethink, managaina and rearranging all previous documents and lying out loud that the spies from Eastasia did it?
What work had to be done when Oceania switched enemies?
Rewritten of all documents and finally lying out loud to the masses.
Chapter X
What was behind the picture on the wall?
What do the police do to Julia?
smashed their first into her solar plexis
Who was Mr. Charrington?
A member of the thought police.
PART THREE CHAPTER 1
Party prioners feared what the party would do, while the common criminals didnt cause they were prolets.
Because it had no windows.
Ampleforth
Parson had done thoughtcrime with down with big brother.
His daughter overheardd him in his sleep.
GOOD and gratefull as he conceived the aprty as a good force instead of a repressive one.
Room 101 is a torture room were they use any method to break your spirit and will to fight bacvk.
Obrien was a member of the loyalest party and thought police.
Winston realized about plan that
he was being watched and manipulated all along, leading him to question his own beliefs and the very nature of reality.
CHAPTER II
What kind of tortures did winston go through?
fists, truncheons, steel rods, boots. kickcs,slapped his face, wrung his hair,
What was the worst part of the torture?
Needle
What did O’brien tell Winston he would do?
He wqould destroy winston ho=pes, wills mentality and make him submitt to the party willingly.
What kind of machine was winston connected to while he was talking to O’Brien.
CHAPTER THREE
According to winston why does the party seek power?
Cuase they think they are the guidors of humanity the less fortunate, they are the revolution the protectors.
According to Obrien the party seeks power for theiir own future, their own insterests for the sole power itself wanting to control everything.
How does oBRIEN EXPLain freedom is slavery?
O'Brien explains that freedom is slavery by asserting that true freedom leads to chaos and disorder, which ultimately results in suffering. He argues that by surrendering individual rights and submitting to the Party's authority, individuals achieve a form of stability and security, thus being "freer" from the burdens of choice and personal responsibility.
What kind of world is being built?
A world filleds with hatred and scare.
Whhy does Obrien play the tape for Winston and then make him take off his clothes?
This act serves as a method of psychological manipulation, stripping Winston of his dignity and individuality, reinforcing the Party's control over him and demonstrating the extent of his submission to their power.
How did winston look?
Winston appeared gaunt and disheveled, with sunken cheeks and a vacant expression, reflecting the toll that the oppressive regime had taken on his physical and mental state.
Why hadn’t Winston Betreayed Julia?
Despite the immense pressure and fear instilled by the Party, Winston had not betrayed Julia because of the deep emotional connection they shared, which provided him with a sense of hope and resistance against the dehumanizing forces of their society.
CHAPTER IV
Why did they behin feeding winston regularly?
Because they had already finished the introduction and broken him into accepting doublethink.
How did winston try to reeducate himself?
convinsing himdelf, drinking gin
How did winston look?
Fatter and stronger
Why was winstonsent to room 101?
To finally love big briother and get julia betrayed.
Chapter V
What is room 101?
A room filled with the upmost terror of every person.
How ndo rats effect winston?”
It its his uomost horror make him htink selfish and irrationally beggina=g for salvation even at the expense of the loved one.
How did winston know he could save himself?
Because he had one last relationship.
How does winston avoid the punishment in room 101?
By making julia go before him
Why does Obrien want hiumn to do this?
To break the capacity to have any relationship with anyone and lovwe big brother.
CHAPTER VI
When had the chesnut tree tavern been mentioned before?
when winston had gone to search for information from elderly people./
How is the tonbe of this chapter different?
It feels depresive, submissive, broken
Why is it significant that Julia and Winstyon meet in a cold march day?
Cause they ghot to see eachother one last time.
wHAT does Winbston compare, julias body to?
To a dead body
What was winston job?
He had a shoiw for a job as he passed days drinking, p,aying and waiting for the party to dispose of himselfs.
What final event made Winston love Big Brother?
The insertion of the bullet in his bavck