Nineteen eighty-four Flashcards
Big brothers political agenda:
to have the entire population of oceania blindly follow orders and eliminate the possibility of anyone opposing his regime to resume a totalitarian dictatorship.
“Don’t you see that the whole aim of ___ is to ___ the ___ of thought” -Syme
TECHNIQUE:
newspeak
narrow
range
INVERTED LEXICON/IRONY
“In the end we shall make ____-___ literally ____ because there will be no ____ in which to express it”- Syme
TECHNIQUE:
thought-crime
impossible
words
IRONY (thought shouldn’t be impossible)
“the ____ of the party will change.. how could you have a ____ like ‘freedom is slavery’ when the ____ of freedom has been abolished.. there will be no ____” - Syme
TECHNIQUE:
literature slogan concept thought IRONY
“They cannot get _____ of you. If you feel that staying ____ is worth while, even when it can’t have any ____ whatever, you’ve ____ them” - Winston
TECHNIQUE:
inside human result beaten IRONY
“___ was yours, except the few ___ _____ inside your skull.” - Winston
TECHNIQUE:
nothing
cubic centimetres
DRAMATIC TONE
“You are a ____ learner winston” - O’brien
‘how ___ i help it? … two and two are four’ - Winston
“.._____ they are five” - O’brien
TECHNIQUE:
slow
can
sometimes
AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE
on the table after being relaxed winston traces “+= 5” in the dust.:
2 + 2
“he ____ big brother”
loved
“_____ WITH BIG BROTHER
_____ WITH BIG BROTHER
_____ WITH BIG BROTHER”
TECHNIQUE:
DOWN
DOWN
DOWN
REPETITION