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Focus Questions for 1984

Focus Questions for 1984

Focus Questions • Who is the protagonist in the story? • How is Winston’s

Focus Questions • Who is the protagonist in the story? • How is Winston’s opening diary entry existential? • What was ironic about asking for razor blades?

Focus Questions • How is the setting of the story symbolic about the nature

Focus Questions • How is the setting of the story symbolic about the nature of totalitarianism? • What is Winston’s function at the Ministry of Truth and why is his job ironic to his situation in life? • What Newspeak words are used?

Irony Focus Question • What events occur that are ironic for Winston, Parsons, and

Irony Focus Question • What events occur that are ironic for Winston, Parsons, and Syme?

Focus Question • In what section of town does Winston consort with a prostitute?

Focus Question • In what section of town does Winston consort with a prostitute? • What’s Big Brother’s notion regarding sexual intercourse?

Focus Question • Ironically, what do the Proles have that members of the party

Focus Question • Ironically, what do the Proles have that members of the party do not? • What is symbolic about the Coral that Winston purchases?

Focus Question • What are Winston’s initial thoughts about the girl from the Fiction

Focus Question • What are Winston’s initial thoughts about the girl from the Fiction Department? • What is the goal of Big Brother in relation to sexuality?

Focus Question • What does the note say that Julia gives Winston? • What

Focus Question • What does the note say that Julia gives Winston? • What is Julia’s role in the Fiction Department? • To what group does Julia belong?

Focus Question • How is Winston and Julia’s affair metaphorical? • How is their

Focus Question • How is Winston and Julia’s affair metaphorical? • How is their affair a political act?

Focus Question • Why does Winston hate purity? • What is artsem, and what

Focus Question • Why does Winston hate purity? • What is artsem, and what is it’s purpose?

Focus Question • What does Winston realize about the prole woman singing in the

Focus Question • What does Winston realize about the prole woman singing in the alley? • How has Winston and Julia’s relationship changed since their first encounter?

Focus Question • How does Winston define freedom? • How is his notion of

Focus Question • How does Winston define freedom? • How is his notion of freedom existential?

Focus Question • What is significant about Ogilvy winning a posthumous medal of honor?

Focus Question • What is significant about Ogilvy winning a posthumous medal of honor? • What’s ironic about Julia’s red sash?

Focus Question • What is Winston surprised to discover when he arrives at O’Brien’s

Focus Question • What is Winston surprised to discover when he arrives at O’Brien’s residence?

Focus Question • What is Goldstein’s theory regarding continuous war? • What moment represents

Focus Question • What is Goldstein’s theory regarding continuous war? • What moment represents the plot’s climax?

Focus Question • Why does Big Brother repeat everything Winston and Julia say? •

Focus Question • Why does Big Brother repeat everything Winston and Julia say? • Where is Winston taken, and what’s ironic about the name of the facility?

Focus Question • How does Parson’s response represent doublethink? • What doesn’t Winston realize

Focus Question • How does Parson’s response represent doublethink? • What doesn’t Winston realize about O’brien?

Focus Question • What is the purpose of Winston’s torture? • How do Big

Focus Question • What is the purpose of Winston’s torture? • How do Big Brother’s methods of torture differ from the Nazi’s and the Soviet Union?

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