1984 Photographic Art Projects

“Creativity now is as important in education as

literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.”

— Ken Robinson

Your task: Select an important, visually compelling scene from the novel 1984. Visually communicate the scene through art. Your work will be displayed at BHS. Step 1: Select a significant scene from 1984. On a sheet of paper or a Google Doc, summarize the scene. What specifically occurs in the scene? Why is the scene important/significant? Select two key quotes from the text. Proofread for clarity, content, and errors. Note: Five classes are creating images, so select a unique scene. Step 2: Discuss how to visually communicate the action and power of the scene through one image. On a sheet of paper, plan and sketch out how your image will look. Consider: placement, focus, foreground, background, movement, props, etc. (Consider how these elements are used in “War News from Mexico” and the Julius Caesar paintings). Step 3: On your sheet of paper or Google Doc, write a rationale for your image. Explain your choices for placement, foreground, background, location, props, etc. How does your image visually communicate the scene and connect to 1984 as a whole? Proofread for clarity, content, and errors. *Submit the summary, quotes, rationale, and sketch. Step 4: Photograph the image. Revise your rationale for the image. Note any changes to the original sketch/plan. Step 5: Destroy the image. Use a web-based program or app to edit the photograph (www.pixlr.com directions are on the next page). Your changes to the image are essential for communicating the scene. Your final image must have an artistic, unique quality. It should not look like a simple photograph. Consider: color, texture, symbolism, focus, etc. When displayed, will your artwork catch a passerby’s eye? Play with the program and save multiple images. Tip: ctrl+z is a great shortcut to undo an action in pixlr. Step 6: Artistic Rationale: How does your edited image visually communicate the scene? Explain your reasoning for color, symbolism, certain effects, etc. Proofread for clarity, content, and errors. Step 7: Place your work in the Word Template (on Symbaloo). Email it as a Word file to [email protected]

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Ratted Out in Room 101 1

Winston’s Rebellion 3

Traitor 5

To the Ministry of Love 7

Two Minutes Hate 9

The Beginning of the End 11

Room 101 13

Lost Hope 15

The Spark of Rebellion 17

Oblivious 19

Down with Big Brother 21

Chocolate Choices 23

Victory Square 25

Hidden in Safety 27

Party Ragers 29

The Commitment 31

Broken 33

It Meant Death 35

Ultimate Authority 37

Caught in the Act 39

Winston’s World 41

Man in the Mirror 43

Red 45

Go in as 1, Leave as 0, Betray 1 47

Consciousness 49

All Hope is Lost 51

The Truth Behind the Hands 53

A Love-Hate Relationship 55

Rats On Our Mind 101 57

Shattered Hopes 59

We See You 61

Actualization of Hope 63

April 4th 65

Where it all Began 67

Death at the Cliff 69

Shattered 71

Over-Watch 73

2 Minutes to Hate 75

Place with no Darkness 77

The Worst Thing in the World 79

After completing the project, students presented their work and evaluated the work of their peers.

Students evaluated the art for creativity, content, and originality. The following works received

recognition from students.

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1 1984 Photographic Art Projects| Vest Pre-AP English II 2014


Group Members:

Chase Hunter, Catherine Nettle, Kassandra Gutierrez

Summary:

The scene takes place in Room 101, where Winston has been taken. The room is underground, and large. There are two tables, and Winston is strapped into a chair, unable to move. O’Brien is using giant rats, Winston’s biggest fear, in order to make him love Big Brother. Eventually, Winston gives in and betrays Julia. As soon as he does this, he falls through the floor, and is released from the room. This scene is extremely important because it is the first time that Winston betrays Julia, and officially submits to the government. The use of Winston’s biggest fear to manipulate what he says and believes shows the character of the government. It is also a big scene because it is the final step in Winston becoming “dead.”

Important Quotes:

“Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world. The worst thing in the world varies from individual to individual” (Orwell 233). “Do it to Julia! I don’t care what you do to her! Not me! Julia!” (Orwell 236).

Creative Rationale:

We chose this scene because it is the first time that Winston betrays Julia. This scene shows the overall

idea of the book. We chose to place Julia outside of the window in order to symbolize how she knew that

she was being betrayed, and to give the appearance of her watching. This is the first time Winston and

Julia fully give themselves over to the government. The picture is a photo the Party took that did not make it

down the memory hole. We chose the black and white filter to show the contrast of the government, being

the dark, and the people, being the light. The dirt-like border around the edge gives the appearance of an

old photo.



Group Members:

Brenden Manivong

Nichole Wilson

Noah Pracht

Skyler Zaage

Summary:

The art that we are doing shows the first time that Winston has done anything rebellious. He writes in his

diary about the things that are going wrong, how lonely he is, and how much he hates Big Brother. This

scene is foreshadowing the things Winston is going to try to do such as take down Big Brother

Important Quotes:

On page 19, Winston writes down “Down with Big Brother” multiple times. The text also says “The thing that

he was about to do was to open a diary. This was not illegal (nothing was illegal, since there were no longer

any laws), but if detected it was reasonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least by

twenty-five years in a forced-labor camp” (Orwell 9).

Creative Rationale:

We chose the picture this way because Winston was the main point of the scene and the book. So, he is in

the center of the picture. We also have the government in the picture which is the telescreen that cannot

see him. In this scene, Winston is for the first time betraying the government by writing in his diary.



Group Members:

Killian Finn, Emily Horton, Tristan Cronk

Summary:

The scene is significant because earlier in the novel Winston was writing in his diary and having thoughts

that go against Big Brother and the government as a whole. This is something that is punishable by

“vaporization” or death. Then, , the children show up in the novel pretending to be Thought Police. The boy

and girl then start calling Winston a traitor and a spy as they pretend to shoot him. This scene shows the

social tolerance for being against the government.

Important Quotes:

“Winston raised his hands above his head, but with an uneasy feeling, so vicious was the boy’s demeanor,

that it was not altogether a game.

“‘You’re a traitor!’ yelled the boy. ‘You’re a thought criminal! You’re a Eurasian spy! I’ll shoot you, I’ll

vaporize you, I’ll send you to the salt mines!’”

Creative Rationale:

We made the Big Brother poster large to put emphasis on the idea of Thought Police, and made the

expression and face similar to the children, to show the severity and intense viciousness of the children.

The expression on Winston’s face is completely alarmed to show that he is terrified both of the children’s

intents, relating back to the control the Thought Police have over the citizens of Oceania.



Group Members:

Bushra Rahaman

Castle Kerr

Summary:

Our scene is of Winston’s path to the Ministry of Love where he will be tortured for treason after he is

caught by the telescreen behind the painting in the upstairs of an antique shop. It is a picture containing the

sketch of St. Clements in a gold frame with a camera peeking from behind. The picture is then spiraled to

infinity in a sort of “Twilight Zone” hallway with a cracked path leading into the distance. This hallway of

paintings represents Winston’s ascension into madness as he is infinitely reminded of his mistake and of

Big Brother.

Important Quotes:

“Winston came across to examine the picture. It was a steel engraving of an oval building with rectangular

windows, and a small tower in front. There was a railing running around the building, and at the rear end

there was what appeared to be a statue. Winston gazed at it for some moments. It seemed vaguely

familiar, though he did not remember the statue.

‘The frame’s fixed to the wall,’ said the old man, ‘but I could unscrew it for you, I dare to say.’” (Orwell 82)

“‘It was behind the picture, ‘ breathed Julia.

‘It was behind the picture,’ said the voice. ‘Remain exactly where you are. Make no movement until you are

ordered.’” (Orwell 182)

Creative Rationale:

Our picture will consist of a very antique painting or drawing of a church surrounded by a golden antique

frame, to symbolize Oceania’s self-portrayal of wealth when in reality it is dull. The artwork is made crooked

to show off a corner of the telescreen with a camera pointing toward the pathway. The background is of an

ugly wallpaper to describe the outdated society of old. In this way, the image will describe how Big Brother

watches you at every moment, intruding on privacy despite being in what seems to be a time capsule. The

spiraling of this painting then shows Winston’s state of damnation. The cracked walkway shows his broken

life story as he continues to the end of life as he knows it.



Group Members:

Olivia Cameron

Austin Whitley

Mariah Madrid

Natalie Tullis

Summary:

In 1984, George Orwell depicts a harsh and violent society run by the Party and Big Brother. The people

are constantly watched by a telescreen and the Thought Police. One is never safe from the Party. The

past is destroyed and only the present is known. Anything negative written by the Party or Big Brother is

destroyed immediately. The scene we have selected is the Two Minutes Hate which is when all is in

complete chaos and people are building up with anger at any minute ready to pop. All this commotion is

caused by Big Brother and the Party.

Important Quotes:

“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” (Orwell 16).

“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 thought,

freedom of the press, freedom of assembly” (Orwell 14).

Creative Rationale:

The mood of the room is dark. There is a large shadow in the room showing the Party is over all the other

people and that the Party exists but is never actually seen. Goldstein appears larger than the others in the

room to show he is superior than everyone else. Some people are standing and shouting to show the

frustration and hatred. The people are standing in the front and sitting in the back to show how the tension

in the room is growing. The props that were used are foldable chairs, dark-haired lady throwing a book at

the telescreen. The people are in uniforms to show the unimportance of their existence and they mean all

the same to the Party. The people have no control over their life’s the Party controls them.



Group Members:

Sam Krusz, Caitlin Clark, Sydney Abbott

Summary:

The scene starts out with Winston walking down a dark corridor, when all of a sudden he sees a figure walking in the opposite direction not far in front of him. It turns out to be the girl who Winston suspected had been watching him. She was wearing a sling on her arm. Suddenly, the girl slips and falls flat on her face. Winstons rushes over to her and offers to help her up. She reaches for his hand, thanks him, and continues on her way. A few moments later, Winston realizes that the girl had slipped a note into his hand. This marks the beginning of the end of their lives.

Important Quotes:

“Nevertheless it had been very difficult not to betray a momentary surprise, for in the two or three seconds while he was helping her up the girl had slipped something into his hand.”

“They were perhaps four meters apart when the girl stumbled and fell almost flat on her face.”

Creative Rationale:

We decided to take this photo from the perspective of Big Brother. By taking it from a distance, we were able to make it look like someone is watching Winston and Julia. This scene plays a big role in the overall story of 1984. It is the beginning of Winston and Julia’s relationship, and also the beginning of the actual story itself. By implying that Big Brother is watching Winston and Julia at the very beginning of their relationship, one can infer that the two were being watched the whole time, and it was just a matter of time before they finally got caught.



Group Members:

Tyler Poole

Anslea Haikey

Gabby Miller

Morgan Kidd

Summary:

We chose the scene when Winston is in Room 101. We picked this scene because it shows how powerful

the government is in Oceania. The shadow represents Big Brother, the size represents how much power

and how great the government is compared to the commoners. "Big Brother is watching you" is portrayed

through this because even though Winston doesn't see the shadow, he is still being watched. The facial

expression on Winston's face shows that he is full of fear. The fact that he is looking down, and the shadow

of "big brother" is looking down on him, shows the power and hierarchy of the government.

Creative Rationale:

In our picture, we have Winston sitting at a desk under the watchful shadow of Big Brother. The placement

of Big Brother over Winston shows the hierarchy of power within this society showing how the government

has greater power of the citizens. With Big Brother not being visual in an actual telescreen yet visual with a

shadow, shows the expression “your shadow always follows you.” The picture is in black and white to show

the lack of color and creativity in this society.



Group Members:

Cierra Bair Vishal Vasan

Bailey Coffelt Steele Hibdon

Summary:

Winston has already been writing in his journal and thinking about taking down Big Brother. He is realizing

now that hope lies in the proles. He recounts a time when he thought the proles were uprising. It turns out

that all they were doing was fighting over one of the last cooking pans. At this point, Winston was standing

in the shadows of an alley watching a group of women screaming and shoving.

Important Quotes:

“They [the saucepans] were wretched, flimsy things, but cooking pots of any kind were always difficult to

get” (Orwell 61).

“And yet, for just a moment, what almost frightening power had sounded in that cry from only a few hundred

throats! Why was it that they could never shout like that about anything that mattered?” (Orwell 61).

Creative Rationale:

Winston is placed off to the side in the shadows to represent Big Brother overshadowing him. The proles

are placed in the center of the photo in the light because according to Winston, the only hope of rebellion is

within the proles. The proles in the picture are women, who are all fighting over pans. When Winston hears

the shouting and fighting, his first thought is that the rebellion is finally happening. The background is made

up of bricks to represents the street in the book, and the prop is a pan. This picture was salvaged from the

memory hole after the secret police took this picture when spying.



Group Members:

Josh Fipps, Anesu Karigomba, Karina Merlos

Summary:

In the scene, the main event is the Two Minutes Hate scene. The scene is important because it is the first

main event that shows the ruthless power of Big Brother. It’s a daily ritual where people are able to scream

in hatred towards enemies of the Party. The result of the Two Minutes Hate scene is for the citizens to have

less hatred towards Big Brother. The scene also represents the first time where Winston came into contact

with O’Brien, who he believes is against Big Brother.

Important Quotes:

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength” (Orwell 16).

“But in the same moment, drawing a deep sigh of relief from everybody, the hostile figure melted into the

face of Big Brother, black-haired, black-mustachio’d, full of power and mysterious calm, and so vast that it

almost filled up the screen” (Orwell 15-16).

Creative Rationale:

The original photo and the “destroyed” photo both depict a scene where the government shows its power to

the citizens of Oceania. The “destroyed” photo has a darker color tone that shows how ruthless and dark

Big Brother is. In the “destroyed” photo, the image of the INGSOC logo is on one of the telescreens. This

represents how the government has access to any ways of controlling the people. We destroyed O’Brien’s

face because it shows that Winston had a different viewpoint of him from the beginning of the book to the

end of the book.



Group Members:

Angel, Kelsey, and Cassidy

Summary:

The scene takes place in the upper room of Mr. Charrington’s antique shop. The room is infested with

insects and rats. Julia is applying makeup in the corner for a surprise while Winston is sitting on the bed

worrying about their future together and what problems will arise from Julia’s carelessness. It is the first

time when Winston first starts to actually realize the fact that he will die, and that they cannot continue this

affair.

Important Quotes:

“‘In this room I’m going to be a woman, not a Party comrade“ (Orwell 119).

“He was standing in front of a wall of darkness and on the other side of it there was something

unendurable, something to dreadful to be faced” (Orwell 120).

Creative Rationale:

The original picture took place inside a room of the nurse’s office. We chose this scene because it seems

like such a miniscule moment, but it’s when Winston begins to face the reality of what’s going to happen to

them. We were going to add a rat to symbolize the desolation and loss of hope within society. We used a

picture of Big Brother instead of a mirror to show that they are rebelling right under the Party’s nose. This

room, as small and run down as it is, was the only “safe” haven they could find within the society. We gave

the picture its appearance to make it seem like a drawing that is preserved in time for the future

generations to be aware of the consequences of giving up their rights to the government.



Group Members:

Ben Sasine, Zoe Greene, Breanna Weiser

Summary: In 1984, there is a scene where Winston is sitting at the table in his apartment writing in his journal. Writing was strictly forbidden in the society of 1984 because it was an act of individuality and free will, ideas that were contrary to the Party. Behind him is a big image of Big Brother on his telescreen. This scene shows importance because it gives an example of how Big Brother is literally watching you through everything. Important Quotes: “For whom, it suddenly occurred to him, was he writing this diary? For the future, for the unborn.” This quote sums up not only Winston’s reasons for writing, but also, in a way, George Orwell’s reasons for writing 1984. “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER…” It is because it was a time of rising up and him writing about everything which is forbidden. He is standing up for what he believes in. Creative Rationale: We chose this scene because it is the first time Winston rebels against Big Brother. In a world where free

thought was restricted, to write down one’s thoughts was suicide. Winston knew he wouldn’t make it, but

he wrote anyway; he wrote for the future generations. The room is bare to symbolize the poverty all the

citizens had to live in. The picture of Big Brother on the telescreen is huge in comparison to Winston (who

is very difficult to find because of the effects used) to show how small and insignificant Winston’s rebellion

was in comparison to the power of the Party. It also shows the constant presence of the Party in the

citizens’ everyday lives.



Group Members: Kendall Holton, Aaron Gbedey, Kasey Ford, Andrew Roberts

Summary: In 1984, the Scene in which Winston leaves his family is the most significant scene. Even though that isn’t where the “book” starts, it is where the “story” starts and in some way ends. Winston’s earliest and only memory of the time before Big Brother and INGSOC . When he was only a boy of around 11, his father had left them, his mother was spiritless, and hunger drove them mad. Winston constantly begged and begged for more food and would steal food from his dying baby sister, and yell at his mother. But, one day, when they were rationed two ounces of chocolate, greed overpowered his love and he took his chunk and his sisters and ran out the door. Leaving his heartbroken mother and wailing sister behind. Though he eventually came back, they were nowhere to be seen ever again. This is important because the government wants to suck all the mental emotion out of you, make you dumb, selfish, easy to monitor, and this is the first time Winston let go of his mental concerns and simple thought of his current physical state and nothing else. So he betrays his family to save his own skin. Then at the end of the book, he does the same thing to Julia to save himself. Though he may have seemed to change throughout the book, his character always chooses himself over others.

Important Quotes: “She took it for granted that he, “the boy,” should have the biggest portion; but however much she gave him he invariably demanded more.” “He knew that he was starving the other two, but he could not help it; he even felt that he had a right to do it.”

Creative Rationale: Colors are a big part of this image, each person wearing a different color. The baby is wrapped in black to symbolize all the death that will come to the thing things Winston cares for. His mother is adorned in all grey, to set an example of how empty and emotionless the government wants you to be. When looking at her face she looks dull and unresponsive, almost oblivious to Winston leaving. Even though she knew in the book, the photograph is displaying how oblivious to things they want you to be. Then there is Winston, in green. The green symbolizes his greed and selfishness, in nearly every trial in the book, his first instinct is to save himself. If you look closely at the chocolate bar he’s running off with, it is wrapped in Big Brother’s photo. Displaying that not only did he abandon them for chocolate, but he chose over them the rash qualities the government wants people to be filled with hatred, not love. The chocolate bar is also much bigger than one little boy could eat to reveal how careless Winston was, the bar was made a dark red. The picture was also focused to the center line, and made to look like a poster. The scene is in a bedroom upstairs—just as it was in the book. You can see a rag on the table along with a sack lunch, so you know that Winston mom, even though spiritless still tries to care for them. The mother has tissues, so she is sick and sad, and Winston is running away in a haste.



Group Members:

Cortini Lane Mickey Serrano Natalia Vervack

Nathan Hicks Ben Arnold

Summary: This scene takes place in Victory Square, where Julia tells Winston how to get to the Golden

Country while there is an angry crowd around. The crowd is angry because there are prisoners walking

through the streets. The Golden Country is a reoccurring dream Winston has that he describes as “an old

rabbit-bitten pasture, with a foot track wandering across it and a molehole here and there. Somewhere near

at hand, though out of sight, there was a clear, slow-moving stream where the dace were swimming in the

pools under the willow trees.” This Golden Country signifies the full out rebellion of Winston Smith, and

Julia against Big Brother.

Important Quotes:

“He was next to the girl. They were shoulder to shoulder, both staring fixedly in front of them” (Orwell 96).

“With a sort of military precision that astonished him, she outlined the route that he was to follow”

(Orwell 96).

“It could have not been ten seconds, and yet it seemed a long time that their hands were clasped together”

(Orwell 97).

Creative Rationale: Winston and Julia are in the front to symbolize that they are the important characters.

The blurred out people are gray to show that they are like zombies. That Big Brother is them because they

think like Big Brother, and act like Big Brother. Big Brother is them. The Big Brother poster and the white fist

symbolize the power of Big Brother. That Big Brother is always watching, and that they control everything

from thoughts to placement of things. The picture is black, grey, and white to show that Oceania is basically

dead. That the citizens of Oceania think what Big Brother wants them to think. They have no mind of their

own. If they were alive, they would have color, but the oppression makes them colorless, lifeless. There are

three pictures to symbolize the timeline of Winston’s and Julia’s rebellion. Winston begins his rebellion

alone in book one. Winston’s face still has grey from the poster because he knows that Big Brother is

always watching and that he must be careful. In book II, Winston and Julia begin to further rebel, but

together, and the last picture is about book III. In book III, Big Brother wins when Winston betrays Julia. The

entire poster is included in the last picture to show that Big Brother won against Winston and Julia’s

rebellion. The last picture also has a horizon behind it symbolize that had Julia and Winston succeeded in

their rebellion against Big Brother, they would have had a new life with color, where they had a mind, and

were not oppressed.



Group Members:

Madi Curtis, Gina Hernandez

Summary:

In this scene, Winston Smith sits in his room trying to write to write down his own personal thoughts. Since

this is against the law, he has to do this privately and secretly. So, he purchases the diary and goes back to

his home in Victory Mansions and begins to think. Winston has to do this act to the side of the telescreen

where he cannot be seen. He can be heard though, so he must be silent. Winston wants to express his

feelings which cause him to express anger as well. This is the life he lives: a secret life—at least until the

Thought Police find him..

Important Quotes:

“He could be heard, of course, but so long as he stayed in his present position he could not be seen”

(Orwell 9).

“The thing he was about to do was open a diary. This was not illegal, but if detected, it was reasonably

certain that it would be punished by death” (Orwell 9).

Creative Rationale:

The effects for this scene were created by using the “Omatic” setting. We wanted to make the picture look

as if it was dark and unsafe, because Winston was hidden in his home when that that should be a place of

safety. The image is blurred on the outer edges and clear in the middle to show as if someone was spying

on him through a little peephole.



Group Members:

Jace Hatton

Danny LaChance

Hayden Redfield

Alex Siemens

Summary:

The scene taking place in our photo is the Two Minutes Hate. At a specific time each day, the Party has all

Party members join together and watch the program provided. The Party members in attendance focus

their anger and rage towards the Party’s enemy, and although Winston is disgusted with this action, he

cannot sustain from joining in for fear of his life. Emmanuel Goldstein, supposed traitor of the Party, is the

focus of the people’s hate during the Two Minutes Hate.

Important Quotes:

“As usual, the face of Emmanuel Goldstein, the Enemy of the People, had flashed onto the screen” (Orwell

13).

“In its second minute the Hate rose to a frenzy. People were leaping up and down in their places and

shouting at the top of their voices in an effort to drown the maddening bleating voice that came from the

screen” (Orwell 15).

“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” (Orwell 16).

Creative Rationale:

Our group decided to choose this scene because of the immense amount of emotions captured in the

scene. This is also the first time Winston thinks against the Party. Our picture represents the members

joining for the Two Minutes Hate. We altered the photo from a basic picture to a black and white to show

the good and bad Winston sees but does not want to see. Black represents the evil influences of the Party,

while white represents Winston and the good inside him.



Group Members:

Luke Bennett, Vanessa Martin, Andrew Bottomley, Rachna Talluri

Summary:

In this scene, Winston writes in the book for the first time. Winston writing in the book is his first act of

rebellion of many against Big Brother. Big Brother is the controlling government that has a strong-hold on

Winston. Winston hides the book from Big Brother in a drawer with a piece of dust on top. At the end of the

book, Winston realizes that Big Brother knew about the book the whole time.

Important Quotes:

“He discovered that while he sat hopelessly musing he had also be writing, as though by an automatic

action” (Orwell 19).

“Do you remember writing in your diary, ‘I understand how; I do not understand why’?” (Orwell 215).

Creative Rationale:

In the original version of the picture, we chose to have an open book in a desk with the shadow of a hand.

In 1984, Winston put his journal in a desk, and we decided to open it to show that he was moving farther

into rebellion against Big Brother. The shadow represents Big Brother seeing every act he committed,

before he even started writing (hence why it is blank). In the edited version there is smoke, fire, and it was

singed on the ends of it. The smoke shows how he is unclear on whether or not he wants to commit this

act of rebellion, if it’s worth the risk. The fire and singed edges show how his world is about to go up in

flames, but it’s creeping up on him in the way the singed edges are in the picture. Big Brother will be on

him when he least expects it.



Group Members:

Wyatt D’Spain, Andrew Thompkins, Lacy Miller, Carter Brown

Summary:

Immediately following Winston’s and Julia’s capturing by the Thought Police, Mr. Charrington comes into the room and sees that the paper weight had been shattered on the floor. Mr. Charrington turns to one of the men in uniform and orders him to pick up the shattered pieces. The uniform man bends down and scoops up the broken pieces of the paper weight. This scene shows how much the Party relies on its citizens to “do the dirty work” that the Party does not want to deal with themselves.

Important Quotes:

“His [Mr. Charrington] eyes fell on the fragments of the glass paperweight” (Orwell 184).

“‘Pick up those pieces’, he [Mr. Charrington] said sharply” (Orwell 184).

Creative Rationale:

We wanted to choose a unique scene that displayed the underlying themes of 1984. We chose to have only one main element in our picture to draw attention to a single event rather than having multiple different ideas. Having a plain and simple background allows the focus to be on the hands placed in the middle of the picture. This picture communicates our scene because it shows the delicateness of the Party’s structure and their dependence on the citizens to clean up the Party’s mistakes. Our creative reasoning behind the edited picture was to make it look old and distressed. We wanted the hands to look old as if they were under stress and worn down. We put coral back into the paper weight glass to draw the eye into the shattered pieces and to represent the loss of innocence.



Group Members:

Maharshi Dubasi

Bobby Hill

Matt Bratspies

Jack Neal

Summary:

Our picture show the first time Winston wrote in the diary. This is a pivotal scene in the book because it is when he first writes in the book that he realizes he can rebel against the Party. This sets the scene for the rest of the book.

Important Quotes:

“Do you remember writing in your diary," he said, "that it did not matter whether I was a friend or an enemy, since I was at least a person who understood you and could be talked to? You were right. I enjoy talking to you. Your mind appeals to me. It resembles my own mind except that you happen to be insane.”

-George Orwell, 1984

Creative Rationale:

The picture is black and white because it represents how Winston writing in the diary was his own death. Winston’s old “life” is dead and a new era of his life has begun. The picture is mostly focused on the date because it is the first time he wrote in the diary.



Group Members:

Josh Wise, Katie McCloskey, Emily Townsend

Summary:

The scene depicts an aged poster plastered to a brick wall. In the background, dead trees linger in the early spring air. This is vital because it introduces Big Brother and also the environment that Winston is living in. The building that the poster is on is the Victory Mansions where the regular Party members live. The apartments are fairly simple leaving the focus on the massive posters placed around also showing that if it was not for Big Brother, all those under him would be left in poverty.

Important Quotes:

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen” (Orwell 5).

“At one end of it a colored poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. It depicted simply an enormous face, more than a meter wide: the face of a man of about forty-five, with a heavy black mustache and ruggedly handsome features” (Orwell 5).

Creative Rationale:

This picture, being one of the only left from this age, was miraculously saved and was kept over the years to remind us of the horrible age of 1984. The absolute control and surveillance of Big Brother is captured within this one click of time. Even though the picture was taken one of the most bright times of the year, one can still detect the air of gloom from the continent of Oceania.



Group Members:

Cameranne Winfrey

Daniel Sanchez

Olivia Wilson

Rebecca Stuckey

Summary:

George Orwell’s novel, 1984 depicts a repressed society in which citizens of Oceania can be caught and

tortured for any thoughts or actions going against the ideal “Big Brother” citizen. In our photo, Julia and

Winston have been caught by the Thought Police for the love they hold for each other. This is the last

moment that Julia and Winston are together, before they are separated and Winston is tortured to the point

of betraying Julia.

Important Quotes:

“They sprang apart. Winston’s entrails seemed to have turned into ice” (Orwell 221).

“He heard Julia snap her teeth together. ‘I suppose we may as well say good-bye,’” she said. (Orwell 222).

Creative Rationale:

Behind Winston and Julia, on table, sits Winston’s journal reading, “Down with Big Brother” and a bottle of

Victory Gin. The journal is in the fire, and is foreshadowing how Winston’s views on Big Brother will soon

disintegrate. The Victory Gin is partially in the fire, symbolizing the irony of the drink. It’s Winston’s gin, but

he is not at all victorious in this scene. The Big Brother poster in the background is also not on fire,

symbolizing the fact that Big Brother was winning. The fire encompassing Winston and Julia symbolizes

their burning passion for each other, as it’s shaped in a heart. Their love will soon disintegrate once they

are separated and Winston is tortured into hating Julia, and their love will be reduced into ashes.



Group Members:

Carmen Hedstrom

Jacey Elliott

Summary:

We have chosen the scene when Winston returns to the “junk shop” for the first time since purchasing the

diary. In the shop, his eyes are drawn to an old glass paperweight with coral inside. Winston is in awe of

the glass globe and thinks that it reminds him of a different world. He pays the shopkeeper four dollars for

the paperweight. This is significant because the paperweight comes to be a symbol of the world Winston

longs for, in which he can love the woman that he wants to love and do what makes him happy.

Important Quotes:

“What appealed to him about it was not so much its beauty as the air it seemed to possess of belonging to

an age quite different from the present one” (Orwell 81).

“The paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia’s life and his own, fixed in a sort of

eternity at the heart of the crystal”(Orwell122).

Creative Rationale:

For this photo, we chose to place our paperweight and props on an old shelf to symbolize the age and

antiquity of the globe as well as the junk shop. The globe is the main focus of the picture, being larger than

the surrounding items. The four dollars are smaller and out of focus to allow the globe to be the main focus,

but are represented to show the sacrifice that Winston made for the paperweight. We filtered the photo to

look aged, and to brighten the coral inside the paperweight. We blurred the dollar bills and placed focus on

the paperweight to show the importance of the paperweight. We also filtered the photo to look scratched as

foreshadowing to the destruction that would come to the paperweight as well as to Winston’s “world”. This

photo shows that the paperweight symbolized the world he longed for and was something that was of great

importance to Winston, but would ultimately be destroyed.



Group Members:

Dax Hale, Taylor Murray, Erin Dempsey

Summary:

During one of the sessions between O’Brien and Winston, O’Brien instructed Winston to take off his clothes

and stand in the three-sided mirror. Winston was shocked when he discovered his skin was grey, his ulcer

had returned, his body resembled a skeleton, and he had lost most of his hair. He was covered in dirt and

beaten down. His body was malnourished. After O’Brien made him realize what horrible health had come to

be in, Winston started to realize how powerless he was against the Party.

Important Quotes:

“At a guess he would have said that it was the body of a man of sixty, suffering from some malignant

disease” (Orwell 224).

“He was aware of his ugliness, his gracelessness, a bundle of bones in filthy underclothes sitting weeping

in the harsh white light; but he could not stop himself” (Orwell 225).

Creative Rationale:

We placed Dax in front of the mirror to represent Winston. Winston is in the foreground because he is the

protagonist and the scene describes his deterioration. We made the scene dark convey Winston’s emotion

of dismay and despair. We placed the skeleton in the mirror to show what Winston sees when he looks into

it. We kept Dax (Winston) the same to show how he believed himself to still look before he looked in the

mirror. It also shows the change over time that Winston’s body went through while he was in the Ministry of

Love.



Group Members:

Rachael Boysen, Elizabeth Perry, and Emily Rosenau

Summary:

We chose the scene in which Julia dresses up for Winston. In this scene, Winston observes Julia`s beauty

however, he only finds her physical aspects appealing. Julia, like many girls today, wants to be appreciated

for her talents and her inner beauty. Unfortunately, Winston does not see her as such. He sees her as an

object of artificial love. This plays a role in the image of love today because women are told beauty is only

skin deep.

Important Quotes:

“With just a few dabs of color in the right places she had become not only prettier, but more feminine.”

(Orwell 118).

“I hate purity.” (Orwell 104).

Creative Rationale:

Our photograph is showing the two different sides of beauty in today’s world and the world of 1984. One

side is showing the physical aspects that society would refer to as beautiful, while the other side is showing

true beauty. True beauty is letting others see your personality and all you have to offer. Although today’s

world might give the impression that beauty is only skin deep, our picture is trying to show that you can

break away from this misconception. In our first picture we draped red fabric over Elizabeth to show that

trying to meet today`s standards of beauty is a burden. Everything is black and white except for the red

drape and the red lips. Red is the color of love, envy, and passion. All of these words can be used to

describe the struggle to be good enough for society. In the second picture, Elizabeth is wearing a white

shirt to convey a sense of purity, light, and freeness. She is not being held down by the drape in this

picture. She has broken free from the weight of society and can finally be herself.



Go in 1

Leave as 0

Betray 1

Group Members:

Nathan Sellars

Mackie Gregory

Abby Louangchoumphonh

Kaitlyn Hatcher

Summary:

When Winston is taken to a mysterious room, Room 101, O’Brien uses fear to make Winston betray his

lover, Julia. Winston’s has a fear for rats. These enormous black rats are placed in front of Winston’s face

by O’Brien. As O’Brien is about to unleash the rats to Winston’s face, Winston betrays Julia. He shouts that

the rats should be unleashed onto Julia’s face rather than his. This symbolizes the Party’s usage of feat to

control the people of Oceania. The power of the Party and Big Brother are shown. The Party, in this scene,

is controlling Winston’s affection and thoughts.

Important Quotes:

“Power is in tearing human minds to piece and putting them together again in new shapes of your own

choosing” (Orwell 220).

“Confession is not betrayal. What you say or do doesn’t matter; only feelings matter. If they could make me

stop loving you that would be real betrayal” (Orwell 162).

Creative Rationale:

In this photo, Winston is faded to create an almost invisible visual effect. He appears this way to symbolize

his inferiority to the Party. However, you can still see him because he has had an effect on The Party and

who they view as an enemy. We made this by using an app called Blender. This app allowed us to make

Winston’s body opaque. Big Brother and INGSOC are highlighted because they are valued in Oceania and

portray significance and they show the citizens who is in charge no matter what is going on in Oceania.

They are always there. The Rats are bigger than Winston and any other object because it shows the power

and control fear that is performed by the Party. Our group went to Pet Smart to take pictures of rats. Since

the pictures were not in a cage, we combined the rats and a picture of a cage from the internet. The picture

of Big Brother and INGSOC are screen shot from the 1984 movie. The title is Go in 1 Leave as 0 Betray 1.

We chose this title so the numbers create Room 101. Winston goes into Room 101 as himself and then

loses this dignity as well as betraying Julia.



Group Members:

Madilyn Needham, Jordan Hingoo, Hannah von Bose

Summary:

In the scene we chose, Winston realizes that the only hope to overthrowing the Party is in proles. The proles are the undesirable class of the Party. The proles live in poverty, in a secluded part of town. Interaction between the proles and Outer Party is not exactly forbidden, but it is discouraged. In an attempt to make the proles realize their power, Winston makes a trip to the proles’ community. Once there, Winston came to the conclusion of the proles’ ignorance of rebellion.

Important Quotes:

“Proles and animals are free.” “Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” “If there was hope, it lies in the proles” (Orwell Chapter 7).

Creative Rationale:

Winston is not going to be a main focus of the picture. There will be a balance between Winston and the

proles to symbolize the reader’s point of view at this time in the book. The reader believes that by writing,

Winston may be progressing toward taking down the Party. Of course, once the book is finished, the reader

knows that is untrue. In order to include the last impression, Winston will be placed in a shaded area as if to

communicate that he is the hopeless character. The proles will be the focus and more vibrant because from

Winston’s point of view, they are the answer. The edges of the photo are shaded to symbolize the Party’s

presence in the society.



Group Members:

Taylor Morse, Ali Golden, Lauren Gardner

Summary:

In this scene, Winston, the main character, has just come back from his detainment in the Ministry of Love,

and all of his hopes for a rebellion against the all-encompassing political Party Big Brother are lost.

Important Quotes:

“I betrayed you.” She said baldly. “I betrayed you.” He said” (Orwell 293).

“But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself.

He loved Big Brother” (Orwell 298).

Creative Rationale:

We decided to make the picture of Winston as he is walking down an alleyway look very bleak, with the

background very dim and blurred, with the corners burning to symbolize that all his hopes for rebellion, and

in turn the future of the human race, are completely lost. He had lost the fight against Big Brother, and had

lost his individuality. The burning represents the end of Winston’s individualism. His back is turned on the

camera and he his walking toward the crowd to symbolize his turning his back on rebellion and returning to

the flow of the rest of society.



Group Members:

Ben Warfield, Rachel Mauchline, Kyra Arnold

Summary:

This creation is the scene in the book, 1984 by George Orwell. It recreates the scene where Winston was

being zapped into confusion and not being able to tell how many fingers are being held up. It’s significance

is that this moment was the turning point in the entire book where Winston realizes that Big Brother, the

totalitarian government, makes people see what the government wants them to see. At this part of the

book, Winston believes anything can be real, or just a figment of his imagination.

Important Quotes:

“The fingers stood up before his eyes like pillars…unmistakably four.” (Orwell, 206)

“,,,four, five, six, in all honesty I don’t know.” (Orwell, 208)

Creative Rationale:

Combine your rationales for the original photo and the “destroyed” version. Proofread this entire page for

errors, clarity, and strength of content. Many people will see this, so show off your best work.



Group Members:

Ashley Murch

Emily Carroll

Summary:

This is a scene on the black market. Winston ventures by and the journal catches his eye. He buys this

journal even though writing down individual thoughts has been outlawed by the Party. He begins to write

his feelings about the government in secret. This is a completely outlandish concept for him. The journal is

an artifact from the past. As he writes, he begins to realize he is preserving the present for the benefit of

the future. This journal is the artifact that shows Winston has begun to question the Party’s reign. On a

later trip back to the junk shop, the glass paperweight is noticed. By this time he has fallen in love with

Julia. This glass paperweight symbolizes his perfect world, just as Julia is the center of his world a small

piece of red coral is the center of this paperweight. The “I Love You” note is from Julia. This note

symbolizes that both Winston and Julia still want to find love and compassion in this loveless society.

Important Quotes:

“For several seconds he was too stunned even to throw the incriminating thing (love note) into the memory

hole. When he did so, although he knew very well the danger of showing too much interest, he could not

resist reading it once again, just to make sure that the words were really there (Orwell 90).”

“Winton saw that he had left the diary open on the table. DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER was written all over

it, in letters almost big enough to be legible across the room. It was an inconceivably stupid thing to have

done (Orwell 20).”

Creative Rationale:

The journal is the biggest because it is the first act of rebellion and most important. The note is on the

journal because it happened after the journal was bought. The note is close to the globe because the globe

symbolizes his perfect world and the note is from his perfect girl. The love letter is the brightest object in

the picture because in the Oceania society, everything is dark and gloomy. However, the letter from Julia

provided Winston with a glimmer of hope and light.



Group Members:

Sarah Thomas, Nathan Ley, Nic Eichler

Summary:

Winston gets sent to Room 101 at the Ministry of Love, inside “room 101 is the worst thing in the world.”

(pg. 233) Which in Winstons case, “the worst thing in the world happens to be rats.” (233) While O’Brien is

getting the cage set up on Winstons head, he screams “do it to Julia”. (236) After Winston was set free from

the Ministry of Love, Julia comes into the room to receive the torture session. Winston in the end follows

Big Brother and The Party.

Important Quotes:

“In your case” said O’Brien, “the worst thing in the world happens to be rats” (Orwell 233)

“Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the

bones. Not me! Julia! Not me” (Orwell 236).

Creative Rationale:

Our group’s reasoning for the photo was to show that there was an attempt to destroy the photograph. We

wanted a water damaged look and a faded look to represent the Party hiding the events of Room 101 so

that there is no evidence of them doing any wrong doing, so the government tried to get rid of the photo.

We put “Winston” and “Julia” side by side to portray the scene of Winston begging O’Brien to have Julia

takes his place. ‘Room 101’ was stamped at the bottom to mark the room so it would look like authentic

picture evidence.



Group Members:

Kaden Chapman, Mindy Viera, Adrian Shuler, Alexia Hernandez

Summary:

The Importance of this scene is that Winston and Julia end up after all getting captured by the Thought

Police. When Winston and Julia discover that their secret apartment has a telescreen immediately they

hear a voice from the screen it was the shopkeeper, Mr. Charrington, simultaneously the Thought Police

break in and seize Winston and Julia while the paperweight smashes to pieces. The paperweight

resembles Winston and Julia’s relationship and the shattering shows how their lives will forever be

separated.

Important Quotes:

“The coral was Julia’s life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity in the heart of the crystal” (Orwell 114).

“There was another crash. Someone had picked up the glass paperweight from the table and smashed it to

pieces on the hearthstone” (Orwell 114).

Creative Rationale:

We blurred the picture to indicate that Winston and Julia are fading away from the security of their lives. We

also showed the smashing of the paperweight to show that Winston and Julia’s perfect lives were shattered

and would be separated for the rest of their lives.



Group Members:

Landen Jarvis, Alex Jennings, Spencer Battaglia, Miguel Contreras

Summary:

Our scene is where Winston and Julia meet for their first conversation in the cafeteria. Winston and Julia

were both surrounded by cameras and people, forcing for their meet to be in secret, yet it was the

beginning of both their relationships with each other and the start of their rebellious activities with O’Brien

and the brotherhood.

Important Quotes:

“And between spoonfuls exchanged the few necessary words in low expressionless voices.”

“He did not look at her. He unpacked his tray and promptly began eating”

Creative Rationale:

The photo is taking place in a cafeteria just as in the book. The two people focused in the Center are

supposed to portray Winston and Julia having their conversation in the cafeteria. They are highlighted

because we are trying to show that Big Brother is focused on them. The black and white color is there to

help symbolize the world Winston described in which there is no color. Finally the torn old look in the photo

is to help show that it was not supposed to be seen by anyone.



Group Members:

Sydney Sharp, Kirstyn Tureman, John Oakley, Max Hamilton

Summary:

In the Two Minutes Hate scene, in 1984, many Party members become united in a hate of Goldstein, who

is against Big Brother. This event ends with Big Brother's face dominating the screen with the people

praising and loving him. During this scene, O’Brien and Winston make eye contact showing that they

understand how one another feels towards the government. As Winston goes through the Two Minutes

Hate he observes the people around him through his mind and how they are reacting to the screen's

showing. He feels urged to join the chanting against Goldstein and the praising of Big Brother even though

he doesn't agree. This scene is important because it introduces many of the character's appearances

before we get to know them specifically. It also introduces O’Brien and Winston’s relationship and gives

Winston hope of a different future.

Important Quotes:

“In a lucid moment Winston found that he was shouting with the others and kicking his heel violently against

the rung of his chair. 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” (Orwell 16).

“Winston had seen O’Brien perhaps a dozen times in almost as many years. He felt deeply drawn to him,

and not solely because he was intrigued by the contrast between O’Brien’s urbane manner and his prize-

fighter’s physique. Much more it was because of a secretly held belief--- or perhaps not even a belief,

merely a hope--- that O’Brien’s political orthodoxy was not perfect” (Orwell 13).

Creative Rationale:

We chose to put Big Brother's face on the screen and place a group of people near the screen. We turned

off the lights to make it seem darker. People are also facing to the left towards the screen to show negative

movement going backwards. Within the crowd two people make eye contact representing Winston and

O’Brien. We also used a red sash for Julia since that became a significant component of Julia's identity.

This visually communicates the scene because it shows the Party members reaction to Big Brother on the

screen and how Winston first realizes there are people who think like him. For the “destroyed” version of

our photo, we darkened the edges of the photo to make it look older and darker making it look burnt and

rustic. We also made the screen brighter to put more focus and attention on the screen. We gave the

photograph more texture to give it more depth and blurred certain areas to put more emphasis on the

O’Brien and Winston’s eyes meeting. We also blurred the screen and people near it to show that they were

in a cloud of ignorance and uncertainty without even knowing it.



Group Members:

Courtney Bell

CJ Gormly

Austin Rhodes

Summary:

In this scene, Winston is first writing in his journal. This is difficult for him because one, they don’t usually

write, and two, he doesn’t know what to say to impact the future generations. We chose this because it is

the first time he rebels against Big Brother.

Important Quotes:

“Last night to the flicks. All war films. One very good of a ship full of refugees being bombed somewhere in

the Mediterranean” (Orwell 11).

“Audience much amused by shots of a great huge fat man trying to swim away with a helicopter chasing

after him” (Orwell 11).

Creative Rationale:

We chose to do this in a dark room because the world around Winston is dark. The book is light because it

symbolizes the first sign of hope in his life. We put the shadow in the picture to represent Big Brother

“watching over him”. We blurred the words on the book to symbolize Winston’s thought process. He isn’t

sure what to write, but he writes what he can. We chose the background because it makes the photo look

worn. We chose to blur it because, Winston doesn’t know what he’s going to write about, but he knows he’s

going to write.



Group Members:

Ashley Koska

Simran Joshi

Laura Hurst

Jameson Jones

Summary:

The scene we are doing is when Winston goes to the antique shop. The antique shop is significant because

this where Winston makes the choice to turn against the government by purchasing a paperweight coral.

Later on, Winston and his lover get caught by a Thought Policeman and are forced to be tortured at the

Ministry of Love for going against the Party. This is where his journey begins and ends. Winston is standing

outside the shop just gazing in contemplating the choices he is going to make in the future. There is no

turning back for him.

Important Quotes:

The shop-“The tiny interior of the shop was in fact uncomfortably full, but there was almost nothing in it of

the slightest value”(Orwell 80).

The coral paperweight-“The fragment of coral, a tiny crinkle of pink like a sugar rosebud from a cake, rolled

across the mat” (Orwell183-184).

Creative Rationale:

The antique shop takes up most of the picture because it represents Winston’s world away from the eyes of

the Party. The shop also takes up most of Winston’s life. There is a picture of Big Brother in the shop

window to show how Winston disregards all the rules even though there is potentially a chance of him

getting caught. The coral represents a piece of the world that he can take with him everywhere to help him

remember in what he is fighting for. The coral is pink to symbolize how peaceful he feels finding out the

truth. His back is turned towards the camera because he has to keep his identity a secret. He has to hide

from the eyes of the Thought Police, but little does he know that a Thought Policeman is waiting inside for

him. The picture is in black and white to show that the color is leeched from the lives of the citizens of

Oceania. Red signifies the rebellion because it is like blood is being shed. This connects to 1984 as a

whole because this is where Winston’s entire life changes.



Group Members:

Emily Martin

Emma Berndt

Jordan Wineland

Summary:

In this scene, Winston is on a hike with his wife, and when they are separated from the group momentarily, Winston discovers two fascinating flowers that are different colors. His wife is eager to get back to the hiking group, but Winston calls her over to look at the flowers. In order to look at the flowers, she needs to lean close to a cliff. In this moment, he realizes that he could push her over the cliff and be free from her, but he doesn’t. This scene is important, because it shows that Winston still has humanity, and that he wasn’t completely taken over by Big Brother. It is also significant, because it prevented Winston from having a legal relationship with Julia, because his wife was still alive, and that was one of the factors that led Winston to be tortured. Important Quotes:

“At this moment it suddenly occurred to him how completely alone they were” (Orwell 112). “I would have, if I’d been the same person then as I am now. Or perhaps I would- I’m not certain” (Orwell 112). “‘Are you sorry you didn’t?’ ‘Yes. On the whole I’m sorry I didn’t’” (Orwell 112). Creative Rationale:

There are two flowers, representing the scene, and also representing Julia, and Winston’s wife. Julia is the flower on the right, because he feels that she is right for him, and that she would be a better choice. Winston’s wife is on the left, because their love is forced and not genuine. Julia’s flower is golden, because Winston has seen her in the Golden Country, and also because she is valuable to Winston. Winston’s wife is represented by a red flower, because Winston wants to kill her. They are in dead grass, which represents the death of freedom, and love. A shadow covers the side with the red flower, because Winston doesn’t know where his wife is, and his thoughts are dark. Julia’s flower is also taller and leaning over Winston’s wife’s because she dominates over her, and she has more influence in Winston’s life. Our scene shows 1984 as a whole, because it shows Winston’s lack of making a decision, when almost every decision was controlled by Big Brother. The grass could also represent Winston’s hope for Big Brother, that it will stop growing,

and then die.



Group Members:

Sierra Wagner and Derek Norby

Summary: In this scene, Winston and Julia are being arrested by the Thought Police. Before, Winston had bought a glass paperweight, inside which is a small piece of coral. It interested him and he felt drawn to it, although it was illegal to purchase things of its nature. It reminds him of the past, of times with his mother and her love for him, and in turn, his love for Julia. In the process of their arrest, though, one of the police destroys the paperweight, exposing the coral. This is significant as it signals the end of Winston and Julia’s opposition to Big Brother, the end of the past, and the destruction of free will. Important Quotes: “There was another crash. Someone had picked up the glass paperweight from the table and smashed it to pieces on the hearthstone” (Orwell 183). “The fragment of coral, a tiny crinkle of pink like a sugar rose bud from a cake, rolled across the mat. How small, thought Winston, how small it always was!” (Orwell 183-184). Creative Rationale:

We placed Winston holding the pieces of the shattered paper weight in the foreground to display their

importance. He is on the ground holding the pieces to show how significant the breaking of the glass was to

him, and he is also turned back looking towards Julia as if showing the pieces to her. She is shocked, but

the paperweight’s breaking has a deeper meaning of the end of their love and therefore, their rebellion to

the Party. This rebellion is represented by the red of her sash, which draws the eye the most. Notice also

that their eyes are bright blue which symbolizes their life and vibrancy. The area which is blue is very

small, though, to show how the life is being crushed out of them. They are about to give in. They are

shattered.



Partners

Trey Ramm, Seirra Franky, Ruby Magna

Summary

Winston is hunched against the cold entering Victory Mansions. A poster of Big Brother is overlaid against

the whole image.

Quotes

“Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the poster that were plastered everywhere” (Orwell 2).

“Winston Smith, chin nuzzled into his breasts in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through

the doors of Victory Mansions” (Orwell 1).

Rationale

Winston is small in the middle; he is less commanding. A poster of Big Brother is larger against the

background. His face is above Winston to show the commanding power of Big Brother. The picture slowly

decreases in color from warm to white. Winston is in white to symbolize his purity in the face of Big Brother.

The color on the top is warm to help show the pain that all the people below the Big Brother.



Group Members: Christopher Nepomuceno Rhett Brandon Nick Slaughter Summary: Winston and O’Brien participate in Two Minutes Hate. Important Quotes: “In the Two Minutes Hate he could not help sharing in the general delirium, but this subhuman chanting of ‘B-B!...B-B” always filled him with horror’” (Orwell 18). Creative Rationale: Our Rationale behind this picture was to depict an image of Winston and O’Brien for the point of view of a telescreen. The image appears dirty and messed up due to the lack of cleaning of the telescreen.



Group Members:

Monica Hernandez, Megan Harvey, and Selena Doak

Summary:

“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.” The idea of 1984 is the government controls everything and keeps the people in the dark, so Winston wants to find the light. The idea that society is kept in the dark and the truth of freedom can only be found in the light. Winston could believe that in the light he will meet other people like him who see the world for what it really is, a lie. The light could also represent a place where the Party can no longer control its people. This quote is important to the book, also because it foreshadows how Winston and O’Brien meet in the MiniLuv, where Winston turns his back on the ideals he used to believe in.

Important Quotes:

“We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness.”

Creative Rationale: According to the novel 1984, Orwell is lead to the area where there is no darkness. The black coloring on the 1984 picture foreshadows the area where Winston tries to find a solution to try to overthrow the Party. The black coloring also foreshadows Winston’s trust with O’Brien which may lead Winston to his doom. The white coloring is showing light. Lighting is used to foreshadow that Winston wants to be lead to the light but O’Brien is leading him to where there is no darkness.



Group Members:

Brianna Dick, Sterling Lane, Gio Perry

Summary:

O’Brien and Winston enter into Room 101, which is determined to contain the worst thing in the world, which is different for everyone. For Winston, it happens to be rats, which will be used to eat his face to his death, unless he can figure out how to stop it. Moments before the rats are released to pounce on his face, Winston concludes that by placing another person in his situation, he can be saved. After shouting that his punishment should be transferred to Julia, the cage is closed and he is released from imprisonment. Important Quotes:

“‘You asked me once,’ said O’Brien, ‘what was in Room 101. I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room 101 is the worst thing in the world.’...’In your case,’ said O’Brien, ‘the worst thing in the world happens to be rats’” (Orwell, 233). “‘I have pressed the first lever,’ said O’Brien. ‘You understand the construction of this cage. The mask will fit over your head, leaving no exit. When I press this other lever, the door of the cage will slide up. These starving brutes will shoot out of it like bullets. Have you ever seen a rat leap through the air? They will leap onto your face and bore straight into it. Sometimes they attack the eyes first. Sometimes they burrow through the cheeks and devour the tongue’” (Orwell, 235). Creative Rationale:

Placement / Location: The cage with the rats is placed on “O’Brien’s Table” with a fancier baize compared to Winston’s under-class table, symbolizing the elite status of the Party and Big Brother. Winston is placed behind the run-down table, conveying the helplessness of Winston and his failure to comply to the standards of society. His fear is also very obvious. The “Room 101” sign signifies who is in control (the Party) during Winston’s situation. O’Brien is standing to the side of the “fancy baize” table with his hand on the cage handle, depicting his authority over Winston. Foreground: Winston is nearest to the camera, though not the focus, depicting his terror of the rats. The focus is on the rat cage, because the rats represent the end of the world for Winston. O’Brien is near the rat cage, symbolizing that O’Brien IS the end of the world.

Background: The background is a black wall, signifying no escape or way out for Winston. Props: The main prop is the rat cage, because it is the focus of the scene. The other props are the tables, Winston’s chair, and the Room 101 sign. Color: The table cloths (baize) are green, as stated in the book. The rats are brown, revealing their old age. The black wall portrays Winston’s anxiety concerning his impending doom, along with suggesting that Winston feels intimidated by the Party. The partition of the cage is red, symbolizing blood, and also the figurative death of Winston.


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