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    The Ending of 1984

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    Brooke McInerney 3/25/12 6th hour The ending of 1984 Winston and Julia were on their way out of town for another night where they get lost in their love with each other. All they wanted to do was get away and be together without being watched or having the chance of getting caught. They have been getting away more and more often lately. Every day they become more and more in love with each other. They were finding new and exciting places to go away to and different things to do with each

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    1984 Discussion

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    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 Essay

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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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    1984 Privacy

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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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    Unorthodoxy In 1984

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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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    Freedom In 1984

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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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    Doublethink 1984

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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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    Contradictions (1984)

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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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    1984 Motifs and Symbols

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    Orwell¡¯s dark vision of this frightening future‚ where the power-mad few rules over the land by manipulating the mind of the masses though the use of language‚ hatred‚ and physical pain. This work is a cautionary tale against totalitarianism and potential totalitarianism. Perhaps the most powerful fiction novel in the twentieth century‚ demonstrated to how Winston Smith¡¯s individual characteristic is completely wipe out by horrifying tortures and is recreated into a new person under the Party¡¯s

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    Symbol in 1984

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    Symbolism in George Orwell’s 1984 George Orwell truly demonstrates his literacy prowess and his mastery of rhetoric in his dystopian novel 1984 through his use of symbolism. There are numerous symbols present throughout the story which serve to expand the narrative. Some of the most effective implementations of symbolism in the novel directly relate to the story’s protagonist‚ Winston Smith. Orwell uses Winton’s varicose ulcer‚ the glass paperweight‚ songs and the rats as representations for Winton’s

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