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Nineteen Eighty Four
By George Orwell
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SANGUINE: RED FACED, FLUSHED
SCRUTINISED: TO EXAMINE THOROUGHLY
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ARCHAIC: OLD FASHIONED OR OUT OF DATE
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ADHERENTS - SOMEONE WHO SUPPORTS A
POLITICAL PARTY
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CLANDESTINE: TO KEEP SECRET, ILLECIT
YOU ARE TO:
1. DEFINE THE
WORD
2. FIND
SYNONYMS
AND
ANTONYMS
FOR THESE
WORDS.
3. THEN USE
THIS WORD IN
A SENTENCE.
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Let’s look at Winston define his personality in
one word?
From your reading of Part One, Chapter I write down at least fifteen details
that show how unpleasant life is in the Party’s London. The first has been
done for you.
1. The smell of boiled cabbage and old rag mats.
2. Seven flights of stairs but the elevator didn’t work; there was no power.
3. Little eddies of wind were swirling dust and torn paper.
4. Bombed sites where plaster dust swirled.
5. Sordid colonies of wooden dwellings like chicken-houses
6. Telescreens marked every move and command the whole room
7. He disliked all women, and especially the young and pretty ones as they
were the most bigoted adherents of the Party.
8. The horrible Two Minutes of Hate – they all yelled at Emmanuel Goldstein
an enemy to the people.
9. He sat back in his chair ashamed of himself;
10.Your name was removed from the registery and your existence forgotten;
abolished, annihilated: vaporized.
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Do you believe that Winston is fearful? Is it possible for
someone to have no fears in his/her life? Why or Why not?
4. What do you think is the best way to overcome fears?
5. When we think of Winston do you think he is searching
for happiness or is he living for the sake of living? Justify
(provide evidence)
 Winston
Smith
 Julia
 O’Brien
 Big
Brother
 Mr Charrington
 Shyme
 Parsons
 Emmanuel Goldstein
Chapter Analysis:
The first chapters of 1984 are devoted to introducing the major characters and
themes of the novel. It also serves to familiarise the reader with the harsh and
oppressive world in which the novel’s protagonist, Winston Smith, lives. It is from
Winston’s perspective that the reader witnesses the brutal physical and
psychological cruelties imposed upon the people by their government. Orwell’s
main goals in 1984 are to depict the frightening techniques a totalitarian
government (in which a single ruling class possesses absolute power) might use
to control its subjects, and to illustrate the extent of the control that government
is able to exert. We observe how Winston, who has been subject to Party control
all of his life, finally arrives at the idea of rebellion and freedom.
Themes: Control and Power
FAMOUS QUOTE: WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Winston works for the ruling class Party and from his window
he sees:
 Ministry of Truth: (where he produces) propaganda altering
historical records to match the Party’s official version of
past events.
 Ministry of Peace: wages war on everyone.
 Ministry of Plenty: plans economic shortages.
 Ministry of Love: the centre of the Inner Party’s loathsome
activities.
 The
Dangers of Totalitarianism
 Psychological Manipulation
 Power and Control
o Physical Control
o Control of Information and History
o Language as Mind Control
 Technology
 Rebellion
vs Loyalty
You may think of more as you continue reading so
keep reviewing the list.
QUOTES FROM
CHAPTER 1 – POWER
“Winston kept his back
turned to the telescreen.
It was safer, though, as
he well knew, even a
back can be revealing.”
“Fear runs so deep in
Winston that he fancies
that, by turning his back
on a telescreen, his
rebellious spirit may be
sniffed out.”
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THEMES WORKSHEET:
WHAT ARE DREAMS? HOW MIGHT DREAMS BE SIGNIFICANT TO THIS STORY?
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Discuss the significance and nature of Winston’s dreams.
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Deconstruct the dream wherein O’Brien claims that they
“shall meet in a place where there is no darkness” (pg22),
and the dream in which Winston’s mother and sister
disappear (pg26).
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Write: What are the underpinning of these dreams? What
deeper meanings do they hold? Why do you think the
author devotes as much time as he does to Winston’s
dreams?