Quotes - Nineteen Eighty-Four Flashcards
Suggest a quote that could be mentioned when talking about youth indocrination in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
1984
“want to see the hanging”
George Orwell said when talking about his book and newspeak: “If ____ corrupts _________, then ____ corrupts _________.”
1984
George Orwell said when talking about his book and newspeak: “If thought corrupts language, then language corrupts thought.”
“When once you had ———— to ————, it was ——— that by a given date you would be —-“
1984
Winston talks about the danger of thought crime.
“When once you had succumed to thoughtcrime, it was certain that by a given date you would be dead.”
Suggest a quote that shows that the the children in Nineteen Eighty-Four have been desensitised.
1984
Parson’s children in Nineteen Eighty-Four have been desensitised. This is shown obvisouly when they “want to see the hanging”
Name a quote that shows Survellance in Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
“Big Brother is watching you” - this ominous statment all over posters reminds everyone that they under constant surveillance.
What is the last sentence of Nineteen Eighty-Four?
“He loved Big Brother”
The last two lines of Nineteen Eighty-Four are ironic. Why?
“He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”
1984
“he had won the victory over himself” is highly ironic because he has won no victory except in the Party’s eyes, for the Party now controls him. Winston himself has suffered a personal defeat, for he is no longer an independent thinker. His love for Big Brother is also ironic, for it is not true love, which requires freedom, but rather fear and submission.
A quote that shows Julia using sexuality to rebel
1984
“a rebel from the waist down”
“Who control the ____controls the _____: who controls the _____ controls the ____”
1984
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”
“ if there was hope, __ ___ ___ ___ ___”
“If there was hope it lay in the proles”
Love and loyalty destroyed and replaced with the party
1984
“There will be no loyalty except loyalty to the party. There will be no love except the love of Big Brother”
O’Brien
Constant body language, even body langauge can give you away.
1984
“even a back can be revealing”
An obvious surveillance quote
1984
“BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”
Winson’s rebellious diary entry
“DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER”
Finish the quote:
“If there was hope, ……”
1984
“If there was hope, it must lie in the proles”
Winston writes in his diary
Freedom of the mind
