Plot Synopsis
The main charater is Winston, he lives in Great Britain, which is part of Oceania. There is something in this book called The Party. The Party is what the people of Oceania are called. There is the Inner-Party and the Outer-Party and the Proles. The Inner-Party are the rich and influential people in Oceania, the Outer-Party are like the middle-class, the Proles are the poor people. Winston is a member of the Outer-Party. The symbolic leader of The Party is Big Brother.
Winston doesn't like The Party, mostly because The Party constantly spies on everyone. They have telescreens that watch everyone constantly then they have hidden microphones so they can hear everyone as well. In order to remain out of trouble you have to act like you love The Party. So Winston acts like he likes the party around people but throughout the book he does several activities against the party. The first of these is that he buys a book. In it he records his thoughts and feelings every day. Then later in the book there is a romance with a similar like-minded individual.Winston is responsible for The Parties propaganda. He takes books or newspapers and other media and changes them to put The Party in a better light. For example, if on the weather you hear that it is going to be 80 degrees tomorrow and it ends up not being 80 degrees then Winston and his fellow employees will go in and change The Parties prediction. this propaganda makes The Party seem omnipotent. If you want to learn more, read the book! Literary Information/Analysis
The genre of 1984 is science-fiction. The mood throughout most of the book is dark, hopelessness, depressing, an example of how he did this is “Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold” (page 3). The word cold brings with it a negative connotation to most people so it makes you feel chilly inside and a bit depressed. But then the mood is also happy at times. Like when Winston has a romance with a member of The Party. "At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid."(page 110-111) The word love brings with it a sense of happiness and security then when he talks about the desire to live it makes you think that he has hope all the sudden. When in every other part of the book he has no hope.
1984 uses all three levels of diction, the lowest level when they are talking in newspeak, the 2nd level when the narrator is talking for most of the time, then it uses formal diction at times when the narrator is talking or other characters are talking. The tone is an anxiety and hopelessness that Winston feels throughout the entire story. Winston knows that he will be caught eventually and when he is caught he knows he will be tortured. This is foreshadowed throughout the entire book, like when Winston says "We are the dead " (page 142). This quote conveys the feeling that Winston thinks that he will die at the hands of The Party.
Criticism I think that the whole romance was a bit weird. Throughout the entire story he was filled with hopelessness and was depressed and all the sudden he starts sleeping with a woman of the party who is also a rebel. I personally just don't like romance novels so that is probably why I have the opinion that I have. I think the rest of the book is great, I like George Orwell's descriptions and all the foreshadowing he does. It is a great book, just with one flaw. What I like most about this book is the foreshadowing of Winston getting caught by the thought police. The thought police are members of The Party who spy on other members and arrest people who's thoughts are against The Party. George Orwell never explains how these people can tell other peoples thoughts but they can.
Links
If you want to see another wiki on 1984 go to this link: https://whshonors9.wikispaces.com/1984+AS
this is a short little clip of what I would probably say to someone who uses doublethink. doublethink is reality control, where you hold two contradictory beliefs and believe in both of them. A good example of doublethink is the wars between Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Oceania continually is at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia, and then is allied with the other country. But when Oceania is at war with Eurasia, the media says Oceania was always at war with Eurasia. Even though Oceania was at war with Eastasia and was allied with Eurasia only a couple weeks ago. So, enjoy the clip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MRmxfLuNto&feature=related
Plot Synopsis
The main charater is Winston, he lives in Great Britain, which is part of Oceania. There is something in this book called The Party. The Party is what the people of Oceania are called. There is the Inner-Party and the Outer-Party and the Proles. The Inner-Party are the rich and influential people in Oceania, the Outer-Party are like the middle-class, the Proles are the poor people. Winston is a member of the Outer-Party. The symbolic leader of The Party is Big Brother.
Winston doesn't like The Party, mostly because The Party constantly spies on everyone. They have telescreens that watch everyone constantly then they have hidden microphones so they can hear everyone as well. In order to remain out of trouble you have to act like you love The Party. So Winston acts like he likes the party around people but throughout the book he does several activities against the party. The first of these is that he buys a book. In it he records his thoughts and feelings every day. Then later in the book there is a romance with a similar like-minded individual.Winston is responsible for The Parties propaganda. He takes books or newspapers and other media and changes them to put The Party in a better light. For example, if on the weather you hear that it is going to be 80 degrees tomorrow and it ends up not being 80 degrees then Winston and his fellow employees will go in and change The Parties prediction. this propaganda makes The Party seem omnipotent. If you want to learn more, read the book!
Literary Information/Analysis
The genre of 1984 is science-fiction. The mood throughout most of the book is dark, hopelessness, depressing, an example of how he did this is “Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold” (page 3). The word cold brings with it a negative connotation to most people so it makes you feel chilly inside and a bit depressed. But then the mood is also happy at times. Like when Winston has a romance with a member of The Party. "At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid."(page 110-111) The word love brings with it a sense of happiness and security then when he talks about the desire to live it makes you think that he has hope all the sudden. When in every other part of the book he has no hope.
1984 uses all three levels of diction, the lowest level when they are talking in newspeak, the 2nd level when the narrator is talking for most of the time, then it uses formal diction at times when the narrator is talking or other characters are talking. The tone is an anxiety and hopelessness that Winston feels throughout the entire story. Winston knows that he will be caught eventually and when he is caught he knows he will be tortured. This is foreshadowed throughout the entire book, like when Winston says "We are the dead " (page 142). This quote conveys the feeling that Winston thinks that he will die at the hands of The Party.
Criticism I think that the whole romance was a bit weird. Throughout the entire story he was filled with hopelessness and was depressed and all the sudden he starts sleeping with a woman of the party who is also a rebel. I personally just don't like romance novels so that is probably why I have the opinion that I have. I think the rest of the book is great, I like George Orwell's descriptions and all the foreshadowing he does. It is a great book, just with one flaw. What I like most about this book is the foreshadowing of Winston getting caught by the thought police. The thought police are members of The Party who spy on other members and arrest people who's thoughts are against The Party. George Orwell never explains how these people can tell other peoples thoughts but they can.
LinksIf you want to see another wiki on 1984 go to this link: https://whshonors9.wikispaces.com/1984+AS
this is a short little clip of what I would probably say to someone who uses doublethink. doublethink is reality control, where you hold two contradictory beliefs and believe in both of them. A good example of doublethink is the wars between Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia. Oceania continually is at war with either Eurasia or Eastasia, and then is allied with the other country. But when Oceania is at war with Eurasia, the media says Oceania was always at war with Eurasia. Even though Oceania was at war with Eastasia and was allied with Eurasia only a couple weeks ago. So, enjoy the clip!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MRmxfLuNto&feature=related
Sources
Orwell, George. 1984. Print.