Henry Ford motif

Question 1

Henry Ford

Answer 1

the early 20th century industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company

Question 2

God

Answer 2

he is substituted for God

Question 3

religion

Answer 3

has been replaced by reverence for technology, specifically the efficient, mechanized factory production of goods that Henry Ford pioneered

Question 4

History

Answer 4

“that beautiful and inspired saying of Our Ford’s: History is bunk”

Question 5

mass production

Answer 5

by developing his Ford Motor Company, he invented mass production by means of the assembly line and workers who have one single and specific job

Question 6

WS is an assembly line

Answer 6

based on Henry Ford’s ideas

it pumps out people conditioned to fit into a single specialized caste and job

Question 7

link to 1984

Answer 7

both novels dismiss the past - “history is bunk”

the richness of human history is cast aside - in 1984 the past is constantly rewritten to conform to the requirements of the present - history and truth are what the party says it is