1984 Discussion Questions 1. The world within which Winston lives is replete with contradictions. For example a‚ major tenet of the Party’s philosophy is that War is Peace. Similarly‚ the Ministry of Love serves as‚ what we would consider‚ a department of war. What role do these contradictions serve on a grand scale? Discuss other contradictions inherent in the Party’s philosophy. What role does contradiction serve within the framework of Doublethink? How does Doublethink satisfy the needs of The
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1984 ICE “War is peace‚ freedom is slavery‚ ignorance is strength” (Orwell 4). These three slogans depict the aim of the party in George Orwell’s dystopian novel‚ 1984. The development of the protagonist and tactics used by the party emphasize the author’s main purpose of the dangers of totalitarian government. Winston‚ a common man‚ struggles against the party’s control throughout the novel and his final downfall into the party’s power enhances the dangers of totalitarian government. In the
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In the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ a key theme in the story is privacy. Invasion of privacy is seen constantly throughout the story as everyone is being watched over by The Party and Big Brother. Everywhere around Airstrip One there are big posters and signs with the sentence ’BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU. They accomplish this by means of Telescreens‚ The Thought Police and The Junior Spies. In the real world this relates to closed circuit television‚ also known as CCTV‚ facial recognition systems
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Promethium‚ Pm‚ is the 61st element on the Periodic Table. It was discovered in 1945 by Jacob A. Marinsky. It’s a metal‚ and named after the Greek God Prometheus. It is not naturally occurring‚ but can survive outside of a lab. Promethium has an atomic number of 61‚ which is the number of protons. Its atomic mass‚ protons+neutrons‚ is 145u. It is an isotope. This means that it has a different number of neutrons (84) than the number of electrons and protons (61). Every element changes states
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George Orwell uses setting to help create a dystopic world by establishing the lack of freedom in the 1984 society. Firstly‚ it is depicted that there is no loving relationship between parents and their children in society due to the Party’s overbearing control. The distrustful relationship between family members is highlighted in how Ms Parson’s children “would be watching her night and day for symptoms of unorthodoxy” (29). The characterisation of the children and how they would be willing to
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Such choices can range from what to eat and where to live. It could be anything and everything! For those in the novel 1984‚ Freedom is virtually as simple but yet complex. In the dystopia known as Oceania‚ freedom is sanctioning one to think for themselves. This is also known as thought and intelligence. In society‚ freedom plays an immense part. For the so-called dystopia in 1984‚ it is greatly banned and reinstated with security. In the end‚ if society’s rules are disobeyed‚ then prices will be
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“War is Peace‚ Freedom Is Slavery‚ Ignorance is Strength.” This is the renowned slogan for the Party which is restated throughout the novel 1984. This phrase is extremely contradictory and makes no logical sense‚ which is the concept of Doublethink. The Party uses Doublethink to control the citizens of Oceania. In the novel Winston Smith described Doublethink: "To know and not to know‚ to be conscious of complete truthfulness while telling carefully constructed lies‚ to hold simultaneously two
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in the d-block and it is a transition metal. Technetium is in the 7th group in the periodic table because it has 1 electron on its last shell. Also it is in the 5th period in the periodic table because it has 5 shells. Number of energy levels of Technetium is 5. Its electron shells are 2‚8‚18‚14‚1 as it is in the picture. Firstly‚ Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev‚ who is the creator of the periodic table‚ predicted Technetium’s existence. He called it eka-manganese because there was a missing element
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iewThe novel 1984 is based on totalitarianism and dictatorship. Big Brother rules Oceania‚ where the people are forced to listen to him and follow his rules. There are surveillance cameras and microphones set-up everywhere so that Big Brother can keep an eye on everyone and know about everything that’s happening. There is no secret in this society‚ and one wrong move can get you killed with no one knowing‚ one day everything about you will be erased and you’ll eventually be forgotten. Children
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1984 Contradictions To contradict something is to oppose it. For example to call the Pope an atheist‚ is indeed a contradiction. Winston Smith‚ who is a main character in the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ works in the Ministry of Truth. But does the name of the department mean exactly what it says it is? In the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ he explains everywhere Winston goes‚ even his own home‚ the Party watches him through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party’s seemingly
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