essay 3 1984 Flashcards
what is the essay question
Discuss the way in which your understanding of context has influenced your interpretation of at least one text.
what is the 1 paragraph about
The nuclear war between USA and soviet Russia
context behind the first paragraph
After the world war their was a period of tension between America who represents capitalism and soviet Russia who represent communism as either of them wanted the other to have complete control over the world and neither liked the way the other one ran their government.
Both these country’s after the world war 2 began a cold war, where they was no real conflict between the country’s but instead the thought and fear that these two country’s would engage in a nuclear war.
Both countrys start to build nuclear weapons to heighten that fear
This put fear into the citizens of each country as the thought of a apocalyptic world started to become more common
the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941, brought the United States officially into World War II. In the surprise attack, Japan sunk several ships, destroyed hundreds of planes and ended thousands of lives. The Japanese goal was to cripple the U.S. Pacific fleet, and they nearly succeeded.
The USA retaliated by dropping the world’s first anatomic bomb on the morning of August 6, 1945, over the city of Hiroshima.
it razed and burnt around 70 per cent of all buildings and caused an estimated 140,000 deaths by the end of 1945, along with increased rates of cancer and chronic disease among the survivors.
1 quote for paragraph 1
“the bomb had demolished a group of houses 200 m up the street, a black plume of dust, hang in the sky and below it a cloud of plaster dust in which a crowed was already forming round the ruins
2 quote for paragraph 1
“The hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. . . . Even at the best of times [the lift] was seldom working, and at present the electric current was cut off during daylight hours.
what is the 2 paragraph about
Paragraph 2: propaganda
what is the context of paragraph 2
During WWII, the German propaganda would exaggerate the strength of the Germany army and depicted the Allied Powers as cowardly and misguided. Russian tropes were depicted as mindless beasts who did not fear death.
Hitler was typically glorified, and Jewish people were shown with negative stereotypes.
During this time, radio became more affordable so Nazi ideology can be more easily heard, introducing Nazi Party celebration rallies and introducing groups like the Hitler Youth.
1 quote for paragraghh 2
“Day and night the telescreens bruised your ears with statistics proving that people today had more food, more clothes, better houses, better recreations—that they lived longer, worked shorter hours, were bigger, healthier, stronger, happier, more intelligent, better educated, than the people of fifty years ago.”
2 quote for paragraph 2
And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.
what is the 3 paragraph about
Paragraph 3: censorship
context for paragraph 3
In 1934, it became illegal to publicly critique the Nazi government, even small jokes were considered treachery. Anti-Nazi companies were shut down, and books that Nazis considered “un-German” were burned and banned.
It was illegal to listen to any other broadcast from another country.
quote 1 for paragraph 3
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered”
quote 2 for paragraph 3
“And when memory failed and written records were falsified—when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, and never again could exist, any standard against which it could be tested.”
what is paragraph 4 about
hitler
context of paragraph 4
Hitler smashed the nation’s democratic institutions and transformed Germany into a war state intent on conquering Europe
The book burnings took place in 34 university towns and cities. Works of prominent Jewish, liberal, and leftist writers ended up in the bonfires. The book burnings stood as a powerful symbol of Nazi
intolerance and censorship.
People that would speak against big brother were killed, much like in world war two when people would speak against Hitler.
Winston speaks about the rewriting of books and news articles to suit the governments opinions this is similar to the book burning that occurred when Hitler came into power were books were burnt due to not suit the opinions of the government.
