Trials 1984

Question 1

Themes of 1984

Answer 1

• power
• control
• loss of individuality
• manipulation
• surveillance
• totalitarianism

Question 2

Rubric Key Terms

Answer 2

• anomalies
• paradoxes
• inconsistencies
• individual experiences
• collective experiences
• human behaviour and motivations

Question 3

Paragraph Topics

Answer 3

1. Restriction of Individuality and Freedom
2. Human desire to make social and emotional connections with others (pack mentality)
3. Manipulation of History

Question 4

Short Answer Question Tips

Answer 4

• Choose a particular Human Experience or emotion that you are referring to
• Use ‘Human Experience’ in every question
• Refer to rubric keywords if possible
• Mention the author’s purpose or effect on the responder

Question 5

Paragraph 1 Quotes

Answer 5

“Telescreen”, “Newspeak”
“War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength”
“It had become instinct – in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard”
“To mark the paper was the decisive act”
“Nothing was your own, except that few cubic centimeters inside your skull”
“We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves”

Question 6

Paragraph 2 Quotes

Answer 6

“Two minutes of hate”
“A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledgehammer”
“He felt as if he was wandering… He was alone”
“[Julia] had become a physical necessity”

Question 7

Paragraph 3 Quotes

Answer 7

“Who controls the present controls the past”
“A few lines of print and a couple of faked photographs would soon bring him into existence”
“The Party member…tolerates present-day conditions because he has no standards of comparison”