Novel

Courtesy Details   Author: Orwell, George Publication date: 1949 Set in: London 1984 Genre: dystopian, political fiction, social science fiction A time where televisions were entering homes → rise of technology Also very clearly opposed to totalitarian govns In today’s context, rather than against totalitarian govn, it can be read as a warning against our loss of privacy to our democratic society – the movement towards a totalitarian.  

Notes   "vile wind" => "gritty dust" "bright cold day" Victory Mansions ironic aura of grand and luxurious "boiled cabbage and old rag mats" Hate Week "fruity voice"  connotations of being sweet actually reading out figures about pig iron "smallish, frail" "meagreness" The Party political repetition of dust not well kept cared little about rejected simile: bluebottle police looking through windows no privacy as if were a criminal  tableaux freeze frame image party slogan oxymorons twist out values irony the ministries the names are an oxymoron Plot Winston: rebellious appearance dream Intro: diary - creative of fitting reality torture oppression meets Julia in defiance Characterisation Poing of View: Winston's POV thinks dreams rebels ST 3rd person limited tragedy and confusion

Ideas   The world is not right: "The clocks were striking thirteen." There's no thirteen o'clock   Control of language hence control of thoughts – introduction of newspeak [neologism] ‘Take ‘good,’ for instance. If you have a word like ‘good,’ what need is there for a word like ‘bad’?” We see the destruction of ‘bad’ – blurring the lines between good and bad People lose ability to express themselves – ‘make though crime literally impossible’ Distortion of understanding of words and concepts   ‘Orthodoxy means not thinking – not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness’ Orthodoxy – ‘adhering to the right creed’ – greek work Orthodoxia meaning ‘right opinion’    

Techniques/Conventions + Examples   ‘Who controls the past controls the future, who controls the present controls the past’ Anaphora – repetition of ‘who controls’ – emphasis on a single entity [person or group] with all the power [a totalitarian govn] Distortion of time and reality   ‘Until they [proletarians] become conscious they cannot rebel and until they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.’ Anaphora – repetition of ‘until they’ Catch 22 phrase – there is no escape, cannot do something until they have done it   Doublethink – belief in two opposing ideas simultaneously ‘War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength’ Loss of true meanings of the words ‘The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts. The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order.’ Peoples understanding of such words are distorted

Quotes   ‘Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four. If that is granted all else follows’ 'Who controls the past, controls the future and who controls the present, controls the past.'