1984 Memorisation

Question 1

Intro Main Points

Answer 1

• published in 1949
• Orwell draws on rise of totalitarian regimes surrounding date book was written
• Individuality and freedom
• Winston is an anomaly
• human desire to form emotional and social connections
  V for Vendetta similarities and symbolism of human experience

Question 2

First line of essay

Answer 2

In the dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell effectively highlights what it is to be human through his expression of collective and individual human experiences

Question 3

Paragraph topics

Answer 3

1: restriction of individuality and freedom
2: Desires to form emotional and social connections
3. relation to V for Vendetta

Question 4

Paragraph 1 Quotes

Answer 4

“telescreens” and “newspeak”
“war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength” - juxtaposition
“it had become instinct - in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard” - simple description
“to mark the paper was the decisive act” - internal dialogue
“nothing was your own, except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull” - symbolism for possession
“we shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves” - metaphor

Question 5

Paragraph 2 Quotes

Answer 5

“two minutes of hate”
“a hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledgehammer” - angry tone/emotive language
“he felt as though he were wandering in the forests of the sea bottom, lost in a monstrous world where he himself was the monster. He was alone” - sensory imagery/simile
“[Julia] has become a physical necessity”

Question 6

Paragraph 3 Quotes

Answer 6

“they say that life’s a game and then they take the board away” - metaphor

Question 7

Conclusion main points

Answer 7

• art of composer is to reveal us to ourselves
• v for vendetta and 1984
• reveal true desires and innate motivations of humanity
• ‘pack mentality’
• social connections and individuality