BY:
GEORGE
ORWELL
Team members:
Jordan Ramm,
Raychelle King,
Steven Hokky, Aiden
Odonnell, Saif
Ottalah, Robert
Stacey
1984
PLOT OVERVIEW,
THEME, AND
SYMBOLISM
Brought to you by:
Raychelle King
BACKGROUND ON 1984
• The story takes place in what was once England, but is now Airstrip One
in Oceania, with a government that alters both the past and the present, as
well as suppresses all individuality in order to maintain power over it’s
people.
• Any original thought not administered by the Ministry of Truth, Love, or
Peace, is immediately a THOUGHT CRIME, and THOUGHT
CRIMMINALS are worse than prostitutes, the enjoyment of sex, and the
love of someone other than Big Brother.
• There are no laws in Oceania, just the knowledge that one must use
doublethink (the thought process in which one defies logic or reason to
agree with party views) or become vaporized.
• The Ministry of Truth is attempting to eliminate the possibility of
rebellion by erasing rebellious words from the language. This new
language that they are forming is NEWSPEAK.
• Emmanuel Goldstein is a figure which the ministries use to enforce the
hatred of thought crime and rebellion.
OPENING
• Smith has memories that disagree with the truth that Oceania puts out there.
• Smith believes O’Brian to be on his side, and the dark haired girl to be part of
the thought police.
• Smith has purchased a diary from an antique’s shop, and has written his
criminal thoughts within it.
• Smith remembers a dream voice of O’Brian’s saying “We shall meet in the
place with no darkness.”
• The dark haired girl writes Smith a note saying “I love you.” And their rebellion
ensues.
MIDDLE
• Winston Smith recalls his last sex act with a Prole Prostitute and writes it in his diary.
• Winston buys a glass paper weight with a coral piece inside.
• Smith begins sexual affair with Julia starting in the Golden Country.
• Then they have sex in the bell tower of a church.
• Finally they settle down in Weeks, which is owned by Mr. Charrington.
• O’Brian lures them in with Goldstein’s book, and the idea of a rebellion.
SYMBOLISM
• The glass paper weight with the coral in the middle is
symbolic of a world where nothing can get to your
insides.
This was important to Smith, because he felt that in the
room where he canoodled with Julia was safe from all
government interference.
END:
THEME
• You are always being watched.
Even when you think you are alone and that no one can find out what you
are doing, there will always be someone who can see you and knows what
you are doing.
There is no where in the world you are safe when the government has the right
to spy on you.
CHARACTER AWARDS!
• Winston Smith wins the Horn Dog of the Year Award. (J.Lenno)
EMMANUEL GOLDSTIEN WINS
GREATEST FIGMENT!
(BEN STEIN)
O’BRIEN WINS SECRET AGENT OF THE
YEAR!
(MARK WAHLBERG)
JULIA WINS THE MOST PROMISCUOUS
AWARD. (MELISSA P.)
PROLE PROSTITUTE WINS MOST
ATTRACTIVE!
(CARMEN DELL'ORIFICE)
SYME WINS BEST NERDY ACTOR.
(STEVE BUSCEMI)
MR. PARSONS WINS LOYALTY TO THE
PARTY AWARD.
(TOM HANKS)
MRS. PARSONS WINS MOST HARRIED
MOTHER OF THE YEAR. (JENNIFER
ANISTON)
PARSON’S GIRL WINS SNITCH OF THE
YEAR AWARD!
(SASHA PIETERSE)
PARSON’S BOY TO WIN PATRIOT OF
THE YEAR AWARD.
(NATHAN KRESS)
MRS. SMITH IS MOST ORTHODOX
WOMAN OF THE YEAR.
(MARIA DOYLE KENNEDY)
PROLE WOMAN WINS HOTTEST
SOUL SINGER IN OCEANIA. (ADEL)
CHINESE BULTER AWARDED MOST
SILENT AWARD.
(JEFFERY JI)
SMITH’S MOM WINS MOST LOVING
AWARD.
(JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT)
SMITH’S LITTLE SISTER… BEST
SUPPORTING CHILD ACTRESS.
(EVELYN GOMEZ)
AUTHOR STUDY – GEORGE ORWELL
• Born as Eric Arthur Blair
• In Motihari, Bengal, India
• June 25, 1903 – January 21, 1950
• First major literary work Down and Out in Paris and London
• Also wrote Burmese Days and Animal Farm
• Adopted a son with his first wife, Eileen O’Shaugnessy
• Was charged for treason during the Spanish Civil War
• Didn’t know his father well
Reviwes
SALES PITCH
Barack Obama –
“Very helpful and
inspiring for my
plans as president”
Miley Cyrus – “Most
arousing book I’ve
ever read”
Test Time!
1. Who is always watching?
8. What does the Ministry Truth do? Ministry of
2. What is Winston's dream about O’ Brian?
Love?
3. What item does Winston buy first?
9. Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?
A. A clock
10. In Oceania you can think freely. True or false?
B. A diary
C. A toothbrush
4true or false? Does Winston rebel?
5. True or false? Is Mr. Chairington thought police?
6. Are there any laws in Oceana?
7. Define double think.