Quotes ext. texts Flashcards
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‘Parlour…
walls’ Fahrenheit 451
relates to surveillance and is very similar to the ‘tele-screens’ from 1984
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‘Science is…
dangerous; we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled’ BNW
links well to the control of knowledge in 1984, such as the ministry of truth and Winstons quote saying he ‘did not know with any certainty that this was 1984’
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‘The money she earned for…
his private accounts’ Native Tongue
A key quote on gender within dystopia, links well to the flashback in HT where we see Offred have everything taken from her and given to her husband.
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‘The optimum…
population is modelled on the iceberg’ BNW
Links well to hierachy and class divide in dystopia, specifically the Proles in 1984 and the Martha’s in HT
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‘All citizens of the female gender shall be…
declared legally minors’ Native tongue
Links well to gender within dystopia, specifically to the flashback in HT where we see Offred have everything taken from her and given to her husband like a child.
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‘As if they were a…
public utility’ Native Tongue
relates to gender roles and heirachy (patriachy) within dystopia.
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‘Community, Identity, …
Stability’ Brave new World
relates to indoctrination, links well to the slogans of the party in 1984 (“War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery and Ignorance is Strength”)
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‘One believes things because one has been…
conditioned to believe them’ BNW
links well to indoctrination and control of the masses in 1984, talk about ‘the spies’ (the children that have been conditioned by the party to betray their parents)
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‘All the trees in the world are going to fall sooner or later…
but not on us’ The Road
relates to trust and faith in nature within dystopia, links to the ecene in the golden country where WInston and Julia fist meet, specifically the quote “surrounded by tall saplings that shut it in completely” (protective nature)
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‘A love of nature keeps no…
factories busy, it was decided to abolish the love of nature’ BNW
A key quote presenting nature as a force against ‘civilisation’ and the priority of dystopian regimed
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‘Rich dreams now which he…
loathe to wake from. Things no longer known in the world’ The Road
Links well to Winstons dreams in the Ministry of love, simply another example of this coping mechanism within dystopia where the protagonist tries to escape
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‘I got the notice today and…
I’m reporting for duty’ We
links to sex within dystopia, specifically the word ‘duty’ is used within 1984 when Orwell talks about his wife referring to their sex life as ‘their duty to the party’
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‘Everyone belongs to…
everyone else’ BNW
very similar concept to in HT where Offred literally belongs to which ever powerful family wants her.
note however it is the oposite of 1984 where everyone bellongs to the party instead and any other relationship is discouraged.
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’The following day I, D-504, reported to the Benefactor and told him all I…
knew about the enemies of happiness’ We
theme of betrayal, links well to when Winston betrays Julia in room 101 (“do it to Julia not me”) and when offred gives up on rebellion to stay with Nick.
Note that this is different however as D-503 undergoes a forced operation in order to betray whereas in the other 2 texts they do it of their own agency. More optimistic approach to betrayal in dystopia.
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‘Data that the hospital might want from her was easily available from…
the tattoos in her armpits’ Native Tongue
Theme of control, specifically of the body, links well to Offreds tattoo that she is given to ensure she never escapes the regime (cant get rid of it). This quote is simply a good example of this in another text.
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‘He did a considerable amount of repeating himself. It was the…
whiskey’ Native Tongue
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‘D-…
(name)
503’ We
ties into lack of identity within dystopia. very similar to ‘6079 Winston, Smith’ which how Winston is referred to by the regime (said by the tele-screen)
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‘Two thousand million inhabitants of the planet and only…
ten thousand names between them’ BNW
ties into lack of identity within dystopia. Talk also about ‘6079 Winston, Smith’ which how Winston is referred to by the regime (said by the tele-screen)
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’She’s switched to the familiar for of…
‘you’ - an ancient forgotten form’ We
links to the restriction of language within dystopia. also ties into the control of individualism as ‘you’ is very personal (acknowledges someone as an individual apart from the regime)
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‘To be fused, to lose their twelve…
separate identities in a larger being’ BNW
ties into controlled catharsis in dystopia (this is taken from a scene where there is a large patriotic event held where everyone takes this drug) link it to the 2 minute hate from 1984 and the execution from HT (when they all beat a man to death for supposedly being a rapist)
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‘The fervent emphasis that the government placed on…
traditional christian values’ Native Tongue
ties into religion and links to the theocracy and emphasis on christianity in HT
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‘Barren, Silent…
Godless’ The Road
here they feel that have turned from god, this is the opposite of the theocracy in HT as they have been driven from god by their situation.
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‘When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d…
reach out to touch the child’ The Road
links to family within dystopia, tie this into the scene where Parsons kids snitch on his for ‘sleepwalking’ against the regime. Also cover when O’Brien says ‘We have cut the links between child and parent’
