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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On A Piece Of Chalk by Thomas Henry Huxley This summary has a great deal of information detailing how chalk shows us about the geological history of earths development. The summary contains excellent facts and scientific investigations. Mr. Huxley originally gave the lecture "On a Piece of Chalk" in 1868 at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science to the working class of Norwich. His lecture served as a basis for other scientist who would modify or further explain the
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Roy Kim May 10‚ 2013 Winston: A Hero or Coward? The main protagonist in fictional books or films is often labeled as a hero. In 1984 by George Orwell‚ the plot follows a man named Winston who is trying to rebel against the totalitarian government called Ingsoc. Ingsoc‚ also known as the Party‚ defeats Winston and because he is defeated he does not remain a hero in the reader’s eyes. Winston’s lack of cunning‚ lack of courage‚ and lack of effort to defeat the Party shows that he does not fit
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THE QUİKENİNG The Quickening is a short story by Lisa Interollo. This story is about how a girl growing up been in the mistakes. The main characters are Vicky‚ Susan‚ and Mr.Donnelly. Vicky is a girl who doesn’t get any love from her family‚ she doesn’t have any idea about something what is true and fault. So she learns everything is through by something she saw. Susan is Vicky’s friend in the High School. She also is the partner of Vicky for shoplifters. Mr.Donnelly is a music teacher who is only
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the dystopian society present in the novel 1984 by George Orwell was able to function was because of censorship‚ in the form of sanitizing and withholding information‚ along with supressing opposing ideas. In the real world‚ all of the aforementioned can be observed‚ and albeit similar‚ it is not as extreme. An example would be America’s War on Terror. The war in Iraq has been continuous for over a decade. That is largely due to the fact that certain pieces of information have sanitized the war and
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Writer: Dini Mustaqima Indonesia University of Education The Pieces of Silver by Karl Sealy The focus of this story is the development of plot which is started from the basic situation followed by some complications‚ climax and resolution. In order to develop this story line‚ there are some factors that are needed to be taken into consideration and those are the characters‚ conflicts and also setting that later on will give us the idea of the story’s theme. From the story we will discover
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1984 Truth In George Orwell’s "1984" society is manipulated and guided by an organization called the Party and an anonymous figure named Big Brother‚ who is used as God. One of the main aspects the Party controls is truth or tries to control is truths in the society and the truth in the minds of the individual themselves. The Party creates what they want to be true to make the individuals ignorant so they can manipulate them easier. This twist of the truth by the Party makes it seem like truth
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Nothing is what it seems in the cryptic worlds of Winston Smith and Thomas Anderson (alias Neo)‚ the main protagonists of 1984 and The Matrix respectively. 1984 takes place in a dystopian society that is created by a group of individuals collectively referred to as the Party. Smith is himself a member of the Party; however‚ he has the capacity to look beyond his social status and see the injustice and horrors that permeate the lives of all people. Winston’s subsequent treachery of the Party is obscured
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The Diary of Anne Frank ! This summer I read The Diary of Anne Frank. This book was a diary written by Anne Frank who was a young Jewish girl living during the German occupation of Holland‚ and was translated by B.M. Mooyaart-Doubleday. In her diary she writes about what her and her mother‚ father‚ and older sister Margot went through because of their culture and beliefs. In 1942‚ Anne and her family went into hiding to avoid being sent to a concentration camp by the Nazi’s. !
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1984: Propaganda and Persuasion A) The 5 examples of different techniques of propaganda and persuasion from 1984 are: * Glittering Generality- emotionally appealing words that are applied to a product or idea‚ but present no concrete argument or analysis. * Ad Hominem- Attacking one’s opponent‚ as opposed to attacking their arguments * Milieu Control- An attempt to control the social environment and ideas through the use of social pressure. * Bandwagon- Appeals attempt to persuade
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