Activities 16 17 1984 Hallie Sullivan Cheyenne Bergstrom

Activities 16 & 17: 1984 Hallie Sullivan Cheyenne Bergstrom Marielena Casas

Setting It is a cold day in April in the year of 1984 when the reader is first introduced to the setting. From the start, the reader is given a sense of cold and melancholy: -grey -uniformed -propaganda everywhere -silence -fear

Characters • Winston: - Works in the Administry of Truth - Paranoid - Hates women including Julia - Hates Julia because she is so beautiful and “sexless”. - 30 years old • O’Brien: - Is a member of the inner party - Also works in the Administry of Truth - Agent of the Thought Police • Julia: • - Works as a mechanic • - about 16 years old • -

Problem Solving • Winston has to overcome his paranoia in order to survive and be able to live through the horrible situation of Oceania.

Newspeak • This is a language that the party wants to gradually become the only thing the people of the ocean speak. Winston’s friend, Symes, says that Newspeak language would discourage “thought crime’ since it would delete words commonly used by thought criminals.

Do you? • Do you think that it is possible to create an artificial language that will control what people think? I do think it is possible to create an artificial language that will control what people think because in foreign countries, they actually have this kind of stuff so it seems legit.

Bad Ideas • If we eliminate the words for bad ideas, will that eliminate the ideas? This unfortunately will not eliminate the ideas because the ideas are still remaining, so therefore it won’t be eliminated and the ideas are etched into everyone’s brains already.

Section One summarized • In book one of 1984, this is where we meet Winston, Julia, and O’Brien and learn a bit about each of them and how they live. We also learn about their lifestyle and the many ridiculous restrictions they have. The beginning of this book (Book One) is definitely an attention grabber because it jumps right into the world of this entire story.

Questions? 1. Why did Winston hate Julia? 2. Would you rebel during that time if you had the opportunity? 3. Why do you think Winston chose to fall in love with Julia and rebel against Big Brother? 4. What makes O’Brien “the bad guy” towards Winston? 5. Where did Winston work? Why is the name so contradicting?

Works Cited 1. http: //www. goodreads. com/work/quotes/153 313 -nineteen-eighty-four 2. http: //www. shmoop. com/1984/book-1 chapter-1 -summary. html