Mike W. and Marc Flashcards

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Doublethink

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knowing that something is logically true, but blindly agreeing with the false truth that The Party states to be true

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Newspeak

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a “dumbed down” language

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Telescreen

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device that watches all Party members at all times and can never be turned off, except by Inner Party members for 20 minutes

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Memory Hole

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“evidence” is destroyed here – maybe; Winston assumes that it leads to an incinerator, but that may not be the case

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Ministry of Truth

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everything there is a lie

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Proles

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Proletariat members of Oceania that are very poor and ignorant; they are free like animals

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Room 101

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one’s greatest fear is inside

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Thoughtcrime

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thoughts agains Big Brother

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Thought Police

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members of The Party that carry out Big Brother’s beliefs and catch anyone who goes against The Party

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Victory Gin

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terrible tasting alcohol

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Mr. Charrington

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member of the Thought Police who pretended to be a shop owner and rented out the space above his shop to Winston and Julia

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Winston

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protagonist

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The Brotherhood

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a secret organization working against The Party

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Emmanuel Goldstein

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the enemy of The Party; the leader of The Brotherhood

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Syme

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a friend of Winston’s who was vaporized

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Martin

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O’Brien’s servant who is also supposedly a member of The Brotherhood

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Julia

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Winston’s lover; rebels against The Party for fun, “only a rebel from the waist down”