1984

Question 1

any such creature as a capitalist or any such garment as a top hat

Answer 1

zoomorphic- alienation from upper class
caricatural- simplifies them to a collective

Question 2

her voice floated upwards with a sort of happy melancholy

Answer 2

oxymoron- mixed feelings, envious of prole freedom but not understanding them, can never be one of them

Question 3

you did not have friends nowadays you had comrades

Answer 3

paradox- isolation of conformity under totalitarianism

Question 4

“The feeling of nakedness, with one’s hands behind one’s head and one’s face and body all exposed, was almost unbearable.”

Answer 4

The anaphora of the generic determiner ‘one’s’ magnifies the sensation of vulnerability felt by Winston stresses the demoralising, psychological impact of totalitarian power exerted on individuals
- How the party seeks to destroy the “self” through dehumanisation

Question 5

hideous ecstasy

Answer 5

This statement reveals the deep-rooted, primal aggression with which the two minutes hate infests the minds of the party members
Oxymoron reveals that the kind of ecstasy the party produces is artificial, unnatural and a perversion

Question 6

“Seemed to flow through the whole group like an electric current”

Answer 6

This comparison to electricity reveals how the riotous behaviour of the hate is transferred and spread en masse; how it’s contagious.

Question 7

Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious

Answer 7

anadiplosis- presents a paradox that by maintaining the masses ignorant, they will never know to rebel, hence party’s determination to destroy the individual

Question 8

“bright cold day in april”… “pools of golden light”

Answer 8

tripartite stucture/pathetic fallacy- discovery and rebellion revealed as an awakening

Question 9

“He disliked nearly all women, especially the young and pretty ones…

Question 10

It was almost normal for people to be frightened of their own children

Answer 10

Party takes advantage desire for collective (like family) by removing loyalty from the family and taking it for themselves

Question 11

Big brother

Answer 11

Familial language: party’s further breaking down of the family unit in favour of themselves

Question 12

Theory and practice of oligarchical collectivism: “undermines solidarity of the family…calls it’s leader a name which is a direct appeal to the sentiment of family loyalty”

Answer 12

Metafiction- literal theory behind the party

Question 13

Swallowed it easily, with the stupidity of an animal