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GEORGE ORWELLAKA ERIC BLAIR
1903 - 1950
He considered himself a “truth writer”
What Orwell saw…
Context of 1984
Nazi GermanyEVER since I have been scrutinizing political events, I have taken a tremendous interest in propagandist activity. I saw that the Socialist-Marxist organizations mastered and applied this instrument with astounding skill. And I soon realized that the correct use of propaganda is a true art which has remained practically unknown to the bourgeois parties.
Mein Kampf by Adolf HitlerVolume One - A Reckoning
Truth?
What does this remind you of?
“How easy it was, thought Winston, if you did not look about you, to believe that the physical type set up by the Party as an ideal, - tall muscular youths and deep bosomed maidens, blond haired, vital, sunburnt, carefree –existed and even predominated”
Orwell considered himself a “truth writer”
GEORGE ORWELLAKA ERIC BLAIR
1903 - 1950
1984(sometimes written Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Why keep a diary?
Surveillance and Control
The Map
The Party
The “Four Freedoms”
Three Slogans of the Party:
"Work Makes Freedom"
The Ministries of OceaniaOceania's four ministries are
housed in huge pyramidal structures displaying the three
slogans of the party on their sides.
The Ministry of PeaceMinipax is the newspeak name for
the Ministry of Peace, which concerns itself with making war
The Ministry of PlentyMiniplenty in Newspeak, it is the ministry involved in maintaining ubiquitous poverty in Oceania
The Ministry of TruthMinitrue is the propaganda arm of the Ingsoc State. Winston Smith spends
his daytime hours “correcting” historical records in Minitrue.
The Ministry of LoveMiniluv is a gigantic windowless
building devoted to torture and brutality. The home of the thought police, it is
surrounded by a maze of barbed wire and machinegun towers.
Terms to Know
Newspeak = official language of Oceania, words are condensed and simplified for communication, resulting in less thought
Ingsoc = English Socialism, these principles guide the state of Oceania
Doublethink = believing two contradictory ideas at the same time
Telescreen = a two-way television screen
Main Characters
Winston Smith = the “everyman” who is amember of the Party; rewrites history,begins to rebel against the party
O’Brien = a man with whom Winston feelsa connection; member of “thebrotherhood,” an underground rebel group
Julia = a girl from Winston’s work that hebecomes infatuated with
Things to think about…
How does this novel connect with our ownsociety?
What is Orwell’s ultimate message about Societal apathy? The use of fear? Mass manipulation? Isolation and individualism?
Remember
Remember
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