Ninety Eighty Four 1:

Question 1

what does Orwell analyse?

Answer 1

analyses the manipulation of language to control its society by destroying their ‘consciousness’ to resistance

Question 2

what does the ideas he represent reflect his context?

Answer 2

reflecting his subversive, contextual attitudes towards Fascism and Communism.

Question 3

what does Orwell’s totalitarian regime seek seek to do?

Answer 3

Opposing social unification sought by Lang, seeks the absolute subjugation of the individual

Question 4

how does Orwell signifies the party’s perpetual ambition for power over human psyche ?

Answer 4

through verbal irony, “Freedom is slavery. Has it ever occurred to you that is it reversible? Slavery is freedom.”

Question 5

what does manipulation of language reinforce?

Answer 5

reinforce Orwell’s paradoxical observations of the totalitarian societies of his time, in which criticism of gov would become linguistically controlled

Question 6

what is human rights exchanged for?

Answer 6

for state stability and security

Question 7

how is exchange of human rights represented?

Answer 7

through the breaking down of Winston’s psychological perception of his morals and identity

Question 8

accumulation of his “crimes…murders…sexual pervert…”?

Answer 8

“He confessed… He confessed… It was easier to confess everything…”

Question 9

what does accumulation of his wrongs identify ?

Answer 9

identifies the numerous ways the individual subconscious is eroded by torture,capturing the subversive terror of regimes such as the Nazis, and the cult of personality created by Stalin in his dictatorship

Question 10

difference between Lang and Orwell?

Answer 10

While Lang’s film constructs need for co-existence and harmony, Orwell’s satire reflects political turmoil of his time in which gov prioritize authority over individual freedom