1984 Flashcards
BP1 TOPIC
The totalitarian nature of The Party can be seen in its destruction of the objective truth and external influence on society, destroying the possibility of rebellion by positioning itself as the solution to the collective human experience of desire for freedom.
- destruction of truth- destruction of motive to rebel
BP1 Q1
A lonely ghost uttering a truth nobody would hear
- winston diary
- ghost metaphor depicts death and materiality of rebellion attempt
BP1 Q2
history was a palimpset
- paradoxical statement shocks reaer into realising the control
BP1 Q3
scraped clean… reinscribed as often as necessary
- assonance highlight normality
- expressionless tone depicts weakened human condition
BP2 TOPIC
The dehumanisation of the human experience is manifested by the removal of resistance, reducing the individual and collective to a condition void of individual emotion and thought.
- dehumanisation, removal of resistance
BP2 Q1
had seen a severed hand and had kicked it into the gutter as though it had been a cabbage stalk
- vivid imagery contrast with simplistic tonr depicts dehumanisation
- simile further dehumanises coz a hand is a cabbage
BP2 Q2
Embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a political act
- paradox
- highlights void of emotion
BP3 TOPIC
The failure of the attempts at rebellion in 1984 is depicted in the final part of the narrative, a culmination of The Party’s triumph over individuality, and the triumph of the collective human experience of oppression.
- party triumph over rebellion
BP3 Q1
bowed, grey-coloured-skeleton was coming towards him
- objectification dehumanises
- imagery of skeleton depicts winston psychological death
BP3 Q2
I betrayed you, i betrayed you… All you care about is yourself, all you care about is yourself
- contrasting of I/You creates emotional divide
- repetition outlines failure
whats the main syllabus terms
INDIVIDUAL
COLLECTIVE
QUALITIES
EMOTIONS
ANOMALIES
PARADOXES
INCONSISTENCIES
STORYTELLING
