1984 ch. 1-8 Flashcards
what is the name of the apartment buildings Winston Smith lives in?
victory mansions (ironic name)
why does Winston walk up 7 flights of stairs?
-the elevator never works
-electricity is out during daylight currently
what is physical evidence of the fact that winston walks a lot (on his body)?
-varicose ulcer about his right ankle
what is on every floor of the apartments once you exit the elevator?
-a picture of big brother
who is big brother/what does he look like and represent?
-man with black mustache
-leader of the government
-his eyes are always watching you
what is the telescreen?
-a tv that can never be shut off
-plays propoganda, news, etc.
-used for surveillence on citizens
what does winston wear?
-overalls
-uniform of the party
where does winston work?
-the ministry of truth
what city does winston live in?
-london in oceania
colonies of what sprung up in places where bombs had cleared space?
-wooden dwellings like chicken houses
what are the three slogans of the party?
-war is peace
-freedom is slavery
-ignorance is strength
ministry of truth function
-news
-education
-entertainment
-fine arts
ministry of truth newspeak name
-minitrue
ministry of peace function
-war
ministry of peace newspeak name
-minipax
ministry of love function
-maintaining law and order
ministry of love newspeak name
-miniluv
ministry of plenty function
-economic affairs
ministry of plenty newspeak name
-miniplenty
what word does the party not like people using to address someone?
-mrs./ mr.
-gives them other identity than person in the party
what word does the party want people to use instead ot address others?
-comrade
-places identity in party and nothing else
what is the inside of the parson’s house like?
-bigger than winstons
-lots of games
-dark
-chaotic
-dingy
what type of person makes the party stable?
-stupid
-ex. mr. parsons
what kind of smell followed mr. parsons around?
-smell of sweat
what were the parsons children upset about?
-they couldn’t go to the hanging
how are children frightening to their parents?
-they spy on their own parents and turn them in for being thought criminals, foreigners, etc
what did someone say to winston in his dream he remembers?
-we shall meet in the place where there is no darkness
who says the phrase to winson in his dream?
-o’brien
-fellow comrade and worker at minitrue
what are the three tenets of INGSOC?
-newspeak
-doublethink
-mutability of the past
what are the coins like in oceania?
-3 slogans of party inscribed
-big brother is on it
what did winston have on his hands that might be a clue to someone he is commiting a crime?0
-ink
what probably happened to winston’s mom and dad?
-killed in oen of the first great purges by the party
winston dreams a landscape so often that he names it…
golden country
what does the girl with dark hair do in winston’s dream?
-take off her clothes (almost rebelliously)
why does winston not have pajamas?
-they cost too much
what does winston do every morning from 7:30-7:40?
-physical jerks
-basically required physical exercise
what is the party slogan?
-he who controls the past controls the future
what is oldspeak for the newspeak word “doublethink”?
reality control
what is oldspeak for the newspeak word “ingsoc”?
-englsih socialism
what significant thing had winston once held in his hands?
-proof the party had falsified a historical fact
what is the function of memory holes?
-place where people put documents due for destruction
why was it necesary that winston rewrite a PARAGRAPH ob big brother’s speech?
-he had to rewrite a part that mention the FFCC and Withers which had been vaporized/dissolved
what is ampleforth’s job in the ministry of truth?
-to produce garbled versions of poems that they felt had become offensive
what are different jobs that are in the records department?
-making fake photos
-reconstructing the past
-supplying citizens with newspapers, books, etc.
what kind of information does the ministry of truth provide the proletariat?
-the information that the party wanted people to know
explain the guy winston writes about when replacing the part in bb’s speech.
-comrade ogilvy
-made up guy
-perfect representation of the party and its values
what department does syme belong?
-research department
what project is syme working on?
-11th edition of the newspeak dicitonary
what doe ssyme ask winson for?
-razors/ razor blades
what did syme go see yesterday?
-the hanging
what does syme say his chief job with the new edition is?
-destroying words
how does newspeak eliminate synonyms and antonyms?
-each word contains its opposite and synonyms within itself
-add “un” for antonyms
-add “double,” “plus,” or “doubleplus” to synonyms/ to make it stronger
how will newspeak eventually eliminate thought crime?
-all of the words to do it will be eliminated
-there will be no words to express ti
how does syme define orthodoxy?
-unconcousness
-not needing to think
what is winston convinced will happen to syme one day?
-he will be vaporized
what does winston mean when he thinks that the man who is speaking is not talking with his brain but with his larynx?
-he is not thinking for hmslef
-just blabbing out nonsense
why is the chesnut tree cafe an ill-omened place to hang out?
-old disrcredited leaders of the party, thought criminals, and musicians/artists hang out there
why did parsons daughter think the man she saw was a criminal? what happend to him?
-he had shoes she had never seen before
-he was executed after she turned him in
what does winston notice about the news about the chococlate rations?
-the ration said it had been raised when it had aftually been reduced
what kind of bug does winston think most people in the ministries look like?
a beetle
what is comically ironic about parsons asking for razor blades after his reaction to the news from the ministry of plenty?
-he is upset because they aren’t available
-he think the ministry of plenty is doing a great job
who does winston notice is sitting at the table next to him?
-the girl with dark hair
what is the name of the crime of wearing an improper expression on your face?
-facecrime
why had parsons children set a woman’s skirt on fire before?
-she was wrapping up sausaged with aposter of BB
what experience does winston write about in his journal at the beginning of chapter 6?
-his sexual encounter with a prostitute
wat example does winston give that provides evidence for the thought that your worst enemy is your nervous system?
-the man who he passed whose face twitched involuntarily
why might the party encourage prostitution?
-help control instincts that could nto be suppressed
-discourage promiscuity betwen party members
-keep sex loveless and meaningless
what is artsem? how doe sit fit with the ideaology/goal of the party?
-artificial insemination
-ther is no sex or love or emotional attachment
-only reproduction
-no loyalty to someone else
who is katharine?
-winston’s wife who he is separated from
what is winston’s nickname for his wife?
“the human soundtrack”
why did winston give katharine that nickname?
-she would spit out and believe party slogans
what was “our duty to the party”?
-the way katharine would refer to trying for a baby
when winston turns on the prostitute’s lamp what does he realize about her?
-she is old
what urge has winston been supressing the whole chapter?
-to scream bad words/ be violent/ have an outburst
what percentage of the population do the proles make up?
85%
waht methods are used ot keep proles in control
-thought police spread false rumors’0monitor
-eveyrthing they do and say
for the health of the party the prole do not need ot have strong politcal feelings, only…
-primitive patriotism
what does winston copy from into his diary?
-excerpts from a children’s history book he borrowed from mrs. parsons
what doe seht book have to say about capitalism?
-capitalists were oppresors
-it caused terrible poveryt for most
what is jus primae notcis?
-capitalists had the right to sleep with any woman in their factory
what kind of work did rutherford use to do?
-caricatrues/cartoons
what does winston notice about aaronson and rutherford’s faces?
-they both have broken noses
what concrete evidence did winston once hold that confessions are forced lies?
-a picture of rutherford, aaronson, and other guy on the date they confessed to being in eurasia
what is one thing that is hard to control in fron of the telescreen that can get you arrested?
-heart rate
what does winston say a lunatic might be?
-a minority of one
what is the important axiom that winston writes?
-freedome is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. if that is granted, all else follows
what does winston’s axiom mean?
-freedom is being free to say truths that you believe without changing them
what does winston skipin chapter 8 in the evening?
-an evening event at the community center
wher edoe swinston go walking?
-a prole neighborhood
what is a steamer?
-prole slang for a rocket bomb
what does winston find among the pile of plaster after the steamer lands?
-a severed hand
what truth about the lottery does winston know?
-the big prizes are given away to fake people
-only small prizes are actually igven out
why wer ther not many people from the older generation?
-they wre all wiped out n the great purges of the 50s-60s
what is the old man aking for ath the bar that the barman has never heard of before?
-a pint
where do winston’s feet end up taking him?
-the store he bought the antique in
what does winston buy? waht about this object is appealing to him?
-paperweight with coral in it
-seems to be from a different time
before winston leaves the store what does the old man show him?
-apartment, furniture, painting
what is the deal with the bookshelf in the old man’s apartmnet?
-all the books were destroyed (all other copies0
-no one from printed before revoultion
what is the picture that is fixed to the wall?
-building winston recognized
-used to be a church
what is different abou tmoney now as opposde to before revoltuoin?
-pounds —> dollars
-worthelss basically
what did winston think the shopkeepers name was?
-weeks
what is the shopkeeper’s real name?
-charrington
who does winston pass on the street?
-the dark haired girl
what does winston wish to do to the perosn he passes on the street
-kill her
what is the significance of the use of knell at the end of chapter 8?
-foreshadows death
-death bell
