1984 Flashcards
Quotes
“To die hating them, that was freedom” – high modality, elevating freedom of thought over value of life
“He was alone. The past was dead, the future was unimaginable”
“DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER”
“War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength”
“He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother”
“We are the dead”
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
“In the face of pain there are no heroes.”
“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.”
“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”
1984 represents the conflict between the individual human experience and the collective
“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
“In the face of pain there are no heroes.”
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.”
1984 represents how the passivity of humans leads to the development of a deeply unequal society that restricts the freedom of the human spirit
“He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother”
“In the face of pain there are no heroes.”
“To die hating them, that was freedom” – high modality, elevating freedom of thought over value of life, contrasted to him losing at the end
“Now I will tell you the answer to my question. It is this. The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power, pure power.”
“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”
Orwell displays how fear, greed and hatred corrupt the individual and collective human experience and lead to the absence of freedom
basically the same
Orwell displays the fragility of the individual human experience and its inability to overcome the collective
basically the same
Orwell uses internal monologue to display the clear contrast between the individual human experience and the collective
basically the same
Orwell displays the inner workings of the human mind and how greed and fear corrupt and create a society absent of free will or expression
basically the same
Orwell displays how under the human spirit is crushed by the ever encroaching rise of totalitarianism
basically the same
