Agenda: Friday and Monday Friday

SSR Sign out 1984 Books Begin 1984 Chapter 1

Wednesday SSR Finish 1984 Chapter 1 Begin Chapter 2

Read chapter 1 of 1984 Stop 1: Big Brother is Watching You Stop 2: Setting the Scene Stop 3: Party Slogan Stop 4: The diary Stop 5: Society and O’Brien Stop 6: Goldstein and the Two Minute Hate Stop 7: Theory on O’Brien Stop 8: Down with Big Brother

Warm up

SSR

Friday - Announcements 1984 can be a difficult book. When

we stop to discuss things, make sure you are taking notes.

Article #1 is due Tuesday

Monday - Announcements

Your first social issues article is due tomorrow. Come to class prepared to take great notes.

HW: If we do not finish reading chapter 2 in class today, you must finish it for homework tonight.

Chapter One

Stop 1:Big Brother is Watching You Describe the Big Brother Poster.

What does it look like? Why is it used? Where is it located? Why is it important?

Telescreen vs. Television: What is the difference?

Description of Winston: Who is he and what does he look like?

Stop 2:Setting the Scene

Describe the setting of the book. What mood is created through Orwell’s description of the setting?

Breakdown the following quote: “You had to live - did live, from habit that became instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and , except in darkness, every movement scrutinized” (3).

Stop 3: Party Slogan

Party Slogan: Let’s break down the meaning War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

Four Ministries: What do each of them do? Ministry of Truth Ministry of Peace Ministry of Love Ministry of Plenty

Stop 4: The Diary

Let’s discuss the diary and what it means for Winston to have it. What does it mean when Orwell writes,

“Even with nothing written in it, it was a compromising possession” (6).

What is doublethink?

Stop 5: Society and O’Brien What does the diary entry tell us

about their society? Why do the women in society bother

Winston the most? Describe O’Brien

Why does Winston feel drawn to him?

Stop 6: Goldstein and the Two Minutes Hate Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?

“He was abusing Big Brother, he was denouncing the dictatorship of the Party, he was demanding the immediate conclusion of peace with Eurasia, he was advocating freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of thought, he was crying hysterically that the Revolution had been betrayed…” (12).

What is the Two Minutes Hate? Eurasia and Eastasia Thought Police

Stop 7: Theory on O’Brien and More of the Two Minutes Hate Orwell’s description of the Two Minutes Hate:

“The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining in” (14).

How does Winston feel about Goldstein and Big Brother? Find a quote to support.

What is the brotherhood? Who does Winston believe is involved in it?

Did Winston imagine his incident with O’Brien or it is real? What do you think?

Stop 8: Down with Big Brother What does it mean when Winston

writes “Down with Big Brother”? What is Thoughtcrime and how has

Winston committed Thoughtcrime? Do you think he will be punished?

1984 – CHAPTER 2

Victory Mansions and The Parsons

“But, he realized, even in his panic he had not wanted to smudge the creamy paper by shutting the book while the ink was wet” (20). What does this action tell us about

Winston? Describe Victory Mansions

Is the name for the apartments accurate?

Describe The Parson’s Home How is it different from Winston’s home?

How is Tom Parsons different from Winston?

The Children of Oceania

“’You’re a traitor!’ yelled the boy. ‘You’re a thought-criminal! You’re a Eurasian spy! I’ll shoot you, I’ll vaporized you, I’ll send you to the salt mines’” (23). How is this ironic?

How do you feel about the fact that kids go to watch hangings for entertainment?

Children of Oceania and Dream about O’Brien

“…’child hero’ was the phrase generally used – had overheard some compromising remark and denounced his parents to the Thought Police” (24-25). Parents live in fear of their children

“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness” (25). How do you feel about Winston’s dream

about O’Brien? Will it really come true?

The end of the war, rations, and Big Brother

The news reports that then end of the war could be soon. Do you think that it is? Why or why not?

The chocolate rations Where did Orwell get this idea? Why did

he include it in the novel? Emphasis of Big Brother

Winston and Thoughtcrime

“He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear” (27).

“He was already dead, he reflected” (28).

“Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death” (28).

Response to chapters 1 and 2 Choose one of the following topics to

respond to: Analyze why Winston is not certain of the

exact date and how a lack of time-keeping reinforces the Party’s manipulation of history.

Generalize what the film Winston watched says about the Party, how it controls the populace, and how it views its citizens.

Formulate what the Party’s use of “comrade” says about its political tendencies and how this places 1984 in a historical context.

Assess the role of children in Airstrip One. How are children trained to support the Party?