Quote
"It was my little daughter,...she listened throught the keyhoole. Heard what I saying, and nipped off to the patrols the very next day. Pretty smart for a nipper of seven,eh?" (233).
Significance
I chose this becuase it shows a perfect example of how much the Party has poisoned the minds of its members. This man's feeling of social justice and loyalty to Big Brother, that he feels his own child turning him in is an honor. The worst fact is he had no idea he was doing it, he committed thoughtcrime in his sleep. Yet, he was turned in (by the life he created,mind you) all the same as someone protesting against Big Brother. This is exactly like the children spies of Hitler in World War II.
Words
racketeering(v)-the practice of conducting or engaging in a racket, as extortion or bootlegging
pedant(n)-a person who makes an excessive or innapropriate display of learning
Sunday, March 8, 2009
1984 Part 2, Chpt 4,5
Quote
"He [Winston] wondered vaguely whether in the abolished past it had been a normal experience to lie in bed like this,..., a man and a woman with no clothes on, making love when they chose...Surely there could never have been a time when that seemed ordinary"(143).
Significance
I chose this because I feel this shows a real change in Winston. He begins to think about the past and how it could be different from the future in anyway(like lying in bed for example) but then he changes his mind and thinks it couldn't have been that way. This also shows the Party prevailing through Winston. They have warped his mind so much that he think making love could never have been normal.
Words
eccentricity()-
trivialities()-
"He [Winston] wondered vaguely whether in the abolished past it had been a normal experience to lie in bed like this,..., a man and a woman with no clothes on, making love when they chose...Surely there could never have been a time when that seemed ordinary"(143).
Significance
I chose this because I feel this shows a real change in Winston. He begins to think about the past and how it could be different from the future in anyway(like lying in bed for example) but then he changes his mind and thinks it couldn't have been that way. This also shows the Party prevailing through Winston. They have warped his mind so much that he think making love could never have been normal.
Words
eccentricity()-
trivialities()-
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
1984 Part 2 Chpt 3
Quote
"There was a direct,intimate connection between chastity and political orthodoxy"(133).
Significance
This is a great revelation for not only the characters in the book (an idea already though by Julia), but for the readers, too. This gives up a glimpse of how the Party was able to take the nature spirit out of all human beings. Now that we the readers, and they the characters know how they started it, they can begin to figure out how to stop it.
Words
credulity(n)-willingness to believe or trust too readily
privation(n)-lack of the usual comforts or necessities of life
"There was a direct,intimate connection between chastity and political orthodoxy"(133).
Significance
This is a great revelation for not only the characters in the book (an idea already though by Julia), but for the readers, too. This gives up a glimpse of how the Party was able to take the nature spirit out of all human beings. Now that we the readers, and they the characters know how they started it, they can begin to figure out how to stop it.
Words
credulity(n)-willingness to believe or trust too readily
privation(n)-lack of the usual comforts or necessities of life
1984 Part 2 Chpt 1
Quote
"in the darkness, where you were safe even from the telescreen"(109).
Significance
I found this to be a strange passage when juxtaposing it to the quote from O'brien about the darkness. He and Winston would only speak when they were out of the darkness, or where there were no telescreens. But here, the darkness is a safe place. It is a strange contradition.
Words
shirk(v)-to disregard, avoid, or dodge
fatuous(adj)-foolish or insane
"in the darkness, where you were safe even from the telescreen"(109).
Significance
I found this to be a strange passage when juxtaposing it to the quote from O'brien about the darkness. He and Winston would only speak when they were out of the darkness, or where there were no telescreens. But here, the darkness is a safe place. It is a strange contradition.
Words
shirk(v)-to disregard, avoid, or dodge
fatuous(adj)-foolish or insane
Friday, February 13, 2009
1984 Ch. 5-6
Quote
"His cigarette had gone out and he laid it carefully on the endge of the table...but a cigarette end must not be wasted" (62).
"and the remaining tobacco fell out of Winston's cigarette" (63).
Significance
Here, I feel that the cigarette is a metaphor for something. This is because authors don't do things on accident. The fact that the cigarette was brought up at all means it has some sort of importance. I feel that he is trying to say that something that happened in that room was a waste because he says it is a cigarette end is a terrible thing to waste, and in the end, the tobacco fell out, rendering it useless. Perhaps it was his patience, maybe it was his mind. Hopefully, I will find out later.
Words
tacitly (adv)-understood but not expressed; implied
saccharine(adj)-like sugar
"His cigarette had gone out and he laid it carefully on the endge of the table...but a cigarette end must not be wasted" (62).
"and the remaining tobacco fell out of Winston's cigarette" (63).
Significance
Here, I feel that the cigarette is a metaphor for something. This is because authors don't do things on accident. The fact that the cigarette was brought up at all means it has some sort of importance. I feel that he is trying to say that something that happened in that room was a waste because he says it is a cigarette end is a terrible thing to waste, and in the end, the tobacco fell out, rendering it useless. Perhaps it was his patience, maybe it was his mind. Hopefully, I will find out later.
Words
tacitly (adv)-understood but not expressed; implied
saccharine(adj)-like sugar
Thursday, February 12, 2009
1984 Ch. 4
Quote
"It struck him as curious that you could create dead men but not living ones" (47).
Significance
I'm not exactly sure why I feel this is significant, this line just really stuck out to me. I guess it is because here, Winston is thinking for himself. He is not using doublethink and thinking what the Party wants him to.
Words
singlemindedness (adj)-dedicated;resolute
pedantic(adj)-overly concerned with minute deals
"It struck him as curious that you could create dead men but not living ones" (47).
Significance
I'm not exactly sure why I feel this is significant, this line just really stuck out to me. I guess it is because here, Winston is thinking for himself. He is not using doublethink and thinking what the Party wants him to.
Words
singlemindedness (adj)-dedicated;resolute
pedantic(adj)-overly concerned with minute deals
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
1984 Chpt 2-3
Quote
"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness." (25)
Significance
I feel that "darkness" is a metaphor in this statement. I think that darkness means "big brother". This is because Big Brother is seen as a figure that looms over everything, creating a dark shadow. So here, whomever is speaking this line (be it O'Brien or otherwise) is telling Winston that the only time they will be able to speak and confirm their secret loathing of Big Brother.
Question
Has Winston had these thoughts about his dreams before, or is the diary the only reason he is thinking about his past and dreams?
"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness." (25)
Significance
I feel that "darkness" is a metaphor in this statement. I think that darkness means "big brother". This is because Big Brother is seen as a figure that looms over everything, creating a dark shadow. So here, whomever is speaking this line (be it O'Brien or otherwise) is telling Winston that the only time they will be able to speak and confirm their secret loathing of Big Brother.
Question
Has Winston had these thoughts about his dreams before, or is the diary the only reason he is thinking about his past and dreams?
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