GEORGE ORWELL'S 1984 Answer questions using complete sentences on your paper.
1. Explain why The Party used these 3 slogans: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
2. What value does The Party get by using institutions such as the Ministry of Love to deal with war? Give some examples in current use of this type of redefinition of terms.
3. In Oceania, what was the ideology of the economic system? How was this working out for the population? Did any segment of the population benefit from this system?
4. There are no "laws" in Oceania. Who benefits from this? Why?
5. Why would the govt show movies of war horror, such as the bombing of the refugee ship?
6. What is the value to the govt of the Two Minute Hate and a villain such as Goldstein?
7. What was the name of the underground dedicated to the overthrow of the State? Was O'Brien a member?
8. What is Thoughtcrime? Is America going toward a Thoughtcrime society? Explain. How does political correctness facilitate a society ruled by Thoughtcrime?
9. What Earthly govts had (or still have) similarities to life in Oceania? What is their political system?
10. Explain the value to the govt of this: "Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." Has this principle already been happening in America?
11. What is meant by "Rule of Law?" Did Oceania have Rule of Law or Rule of Man? Which one is essential for personal liberty?
12. What is the aim of Newspeak?
13. On page 52, there3 is a sad discourse on the standard of living in Oceania. What kind if economic system do you think Oceania has?
14. What is a Facecrime?
15. Who are the Proles?
16. Explain why the Party used capitalists as the enemy of the people.
17. What was the Party's most essential command?"
18. What does it mean when you are goodthinkful?
19. Why would the Party actively work to turn children against their parents? Has this occurred already in our world?
20. Did the Inner Party live like the rest of the Party? Why this policy?
21. Why do you think the Party had the Hate Week?
22. Who do you think fired the rocket bombs on London?
23. What happens when a person become an unperson?
24. On page 1481 during the Hate Week Oceania is suddenly at war with Eastasial not Eurasia. Why did the Party do this?
25. What was the Part's direct economic purpose for war?
26. According to doubkIethirk, what is the primary aim of modern warfare?
27. What are the two arms of the Party?
28. According to "The Bock", what are the three kinds of people in the world?
29. Pg 170 Explain: 'it had long been realized that the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism."
30. Pg 173 Explain: 'All the beliefs, habits, tastes, emotions, mental attitudes that characterize our time are realty designed to sustain the mystique of the Party and prevent the true nature of present-day society from being perceive.' Do you see that in America today? Give an example.
31. What is meant by crimestop? By blackwhite? By doublethink? Do you see any of these in America today?
32. Describe how Julia and Winston were separated.
33. According to O'Brien, why are people brought to The Ministry of Love?
34. Why does O'Brien say the Party seeks power?
35. What do we all believe is in room 101?
36. What causes Winston to totally betray Julia?
37. Most would think that living in the world of 1984 would be horrible. Yet there are ideologies (Nazism, Communism) THAT SOUGHT THIS TYPE OF WORLD, AND THERE ARE INFLUENTIAL Americans that strive for more and more state (party) control. Could 1984 ever come to America? Explain.