I think the first paragraph is telling us how nervous he is and is running on adrenaline also. How can the whole society change their minds so fast and not wonder what or why it's happening, it's so weird that they can be that brainwashed! I notice that he drops the suitcase, keeps it by his feet and sleeps on top of it....it stays close the the bottom all the time, and hell is down so it could represent that the book is evil for him.
The book is black and worn, been through many hands, which means many citizens have gone through what Winston is going through right now. He also stopped reading the book and took time to appreciate that he wasn't being watched or listened to, which is ironic because he is being watched and listened to.
The book he is reading is pretty much telling us what we already know. It is telling us what is going on within the government and why it is doing it. It is stating that they sort of have their own "world" and don't really associate with outside countries at all. I now understand the "war is peace" slogan: it is because the Party members believe that if they are at war (pretending) they are safe from the real wars and it keeps peace and order in the proles, so they don't attack the Party members. A line that struck me in the book was "the more intelligent, the less sane" which makes sense because when you finally do understand it all, it makes you crazy because you can't change it or do anything about it.
Why does Winston find the woman in the yard beautiful? Is there a deeper meaning to that? Winston finally realized the end of the book; that the proles were the free ones.
Winston and Julia were looking out the window when the telescreen behind the picture started talking and pretty much repeated everything they were saying. They were surrounded and attacked and Julia was killed; they hit her and she rolled around on the floor gasping for breath. Winston finds out that Charrington was a member of the Though Police because he shows up in the room and is very different looking. He is also the one on the telescreen who said "Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to chop off your head." So he did know the end of the poem, just never told Winston. Why did he keep the ending of the poem from him?
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Week 5-1984
The beginning of chapter 6 scared me! I thought he was going to be taken and be vaporized, but it was only O'Brien who started talking to him, then took out a leather book and gave him his address...which is so against the rules...right? So why doesn't he get vaporized for doing such a thing? Also, why does he do this right in front of the telescreens?
He dreamt about his early childhood and how he was a selfish little boy who ate all the food and starved his mom and sister. How could he see them starving and still take more than he should have and demand it from his mother? This may also resemble how he gets the "freedom" with Julia, whereas other people don't get that, and he continues to get even more and more.
He keeps thinking to himself and says to Julia, "The proles are human beings...We are not human." Which is true because the proles are still living their own lives whereas the Party members are living the Governments life. I also agree with Julia when she says the Party can't strip away their true feelings and they can't get inside you. He also says that with all their cleverness they have never mastered the secret of finding out what another human being was thinking, which is ironic because they are saying their thoughts and beliefs outloud, and are being listened to.
Winston and Julia went to O'Brien's house at the same time, but different routes....how do they know they won't get in trouble for going there at the same time....since O'Brien never invited Julia? O'Brien's walls are white and cream which is ironic because white and cream are pure and he is a member of the inner party which is not pure. O'Brien turned the TV off! How and why do they get that privilege? Then Winston just came out and said his truths, I would be so scared O'Brien would turn me in! Then they drank to their enemy Goldstein, which is very ironic because they are working for Big Brother even though they don't like his beliefs.
In this chapter things are happening so fast and it is crazy to think that all of this is happening. They were now in the Brotherhood. They call it being vaporized for a reason....vapor is a form of water which always comes back in a cycle....just as the new identities they may have to take on, like a new name, new hair, new voice, etc. What I'm getting from reading this, the people in the Brotherhood are at war with their society, on Goldstien's side, but pretending to be on Big Brothers....then get caught someday but never have to confess who is all in the Brotherhood since that is unknown...and then killed. Members of the Brotherhood have to work two jobs pretty much, one for Big Brother, and one for Goldstien.
He dreamt about his early childhood and how he was a selfish little boy who ate all the food and starved his mom and sister. How could he see them starving and still take more than he should have and demand it from his mother? This may also resemble how he gets the "freedom" with Julia, whereas other people don't get that, and he continues to get even more and more.
He keeps thinking to himself and says to Julia, "The proles are human beings...We are not human." Which is true because the proles are still living their own lives whereas the Party members are living the Governments life. I also agree with Julia when she says the Party can't strip away their true feelings and they can't get inside you. He also says that with all their cleverness they have never mastered the secret of finding out what another human being was thinking, which is ironic because they are saying their thoughts and beliefs outloud, and are being listened to.
Winston and Julia went to O'Brien's house at the same time, but different routes....how do they know they won't get in trouble for going there at the same time....since O'Brien never invited Julia? O'Brien's walls are white and cream which is ironic because white and cream are pure and he is a member of the inner party which is not pure. O'Brien turned the TV off! How and why do they get that privilege? Then Winston just came out and said his truths, I would be so scared O'Brien would turn me in! Then they drank to their enemy Goldstein, which is very ironic because they are working for Big Brother even though they don't like his beliefs.
In this chapter things are happening so fast and it is crazy to think that all of this is happening. They were now in the Brotherhood. They call it being vaporized for a reason....vapor is a form of water which always comes back in a cycle....just as the new identities they may have to take on, like a new name, new hair, new voice, etc. What I'm getting from reading this, the people in the Brotherhood are at war with their society, on Goldstien's side, but pretending to be on Big Brothers....then get caught someday but never have to confess who is all in the Brotherhood since that is unknown...and then killed. Members of the Brotherhood have to work two jobs pretty much, one for Big Brother, and one for Goldstien.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Week 4-1984
I am scared as he goes out to meet Julia because what if it's all a set up to get him vaporized? She gave him a taste of real chocolate which sparked his memory and she said she had gotten it from the black market...which I have no idea what the "black market" is for sure. The name "black market" is ironic because black is usually dark, gloomy, whereas all the good stuff comes from there...example was butter that the people on the train talked about.
The people in this book are the complete antithesis of birds. They can sing whatever they want and go wherever they want and it doesn't matter. The people however, can not say what they want or feel or do what ever they want to do. Winston says, "Who knew? Perhaps the Party was rotten under the surface..." which we know they are "rotten" people...but didn't he realize that too? Then he says, "I hate purity, I hate goodness. I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bone." and in reality everyone is corrupt even he is because he changes history which is very corrupt.
It is ironic that she works for the Junior Anti-Sex League and made porn and she likes to and does have sex for pleasure. When they meet and talk, until they see a telescreen or no noise, then they start right up where they left off, it reminds me of a robot, which is what they all pretty much are. He mentioned how he saw her after a bomb went off and he thought she was dead....could be foreshadowing?
One question I have about Julia is that if she doesn't remember anything before the war doesn't the government have her brainwashed? How does she like to have sex for pleasure when they were taught sex is bad? Then they explain that it is for rebellion...but still, how did she even know what pleasure was if it wasn't around her or taught to her at all?
Julia talked about how if sex were exciting no one would care about Big Brother, Three-Year Plans, and Two Minute Hate and I totally understand and it makes even more sense why they teach that sex is bad in the society they live in. Winston also says "in this game we're playing, we can't win," which is so true and it is sad.
I just thought of this so it's kind of random, but they met at a church to have sex....that is very ironic because it is against what churches teach.
I can't believe they went to the shop and rented the upstairs, so I know they're going to be caught because there's a telescreen hidden behind the painting. When the mouse appears, it's representing the Party members watching them like sneaky rats, sticking their nose in where it doesn't really HAVE to be. It's dramatic irony when she says she's going to clean the picture because we know that the telescreen is behind there.
Syme vanished, just like that, no one said much. I never thought of it just being Oceania dropping the bombs on themselves to keep everyone scared and alert and feel hatred toward their "enemies". I can't believe she doesn't really care that they're changing history and she says she just needs to know when to cheer and when to boo, which is so true. I think she doesn't care because she can't change what they are doing, she can't ever really get the truth back anyway....if she somehow miraculously did, she would be vaporized anyway. They also talk about everything the Party dislikes people to talk about and I want to be able to make them shut up because we know the Party is listening!!
The people in this book are the complete antithesis of birds. They can sing whatever they want and go wherever they want and it doesn't matter. The people however, can not say what they want or feel or do what ever they want to do. Winston says, "Who knew? Perhaps the Party was rotten under the surface..." which we know they are "rotten" people...but didn't he realize that too? Then he says, "I hate purity, I hate goodness. I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bone." and in reality everyone is corrupt even he is because he changes history which is very corrupt.
It is ironic that she works for the Junior Anti-Sex League and made porn and she likes to and does have sex for pleasure. When they meet and talk, until they see a telescreen or no noise, then they start right up where they left off, it reminds me of a robot, which is what they all pretty much are. He mentioned how he saw her after a bomb went off and he thought she was dead....could be foreshadowing?
One question I have about Julia is that if she doesn't remember anything before the war doesn't the government have her brainwashed? How does she like to have sex for pleasure when they were taught sex is bad? Then they explain that it is for rebellion...but still, how did she even know what pleasure was if it wasn't around her or taught to her at all?
Julia talked about how if sex were exciting no one would care about Big Brother, Three-Year Plans, and Two Minute Hate and I totally understand and it makes even more sense why they teach that sex is bad in the society they live in. Winston also says "in this game we're playing, we can't win," which is so true and it is sad.
I just thought of this so it's kind of random, but they met at a church to have sex....that is very ironic because it is against what churches teach.
I can't believe they went to the shop and rented the upstairs, so I know they're going to be caught because there's a telescreen hidden behind the painting. When the mouse appears, it's representing the Party members watching them like sneaky rats, sticking their nose in where it doesn't really HAVE to be. It's dramatic irony when she says she's going to clean the picture because we know that the telescreen is behind there.
Syme vanished, just like that, no one said much. I never thought of it just being Oceania dropping the bombs on themselves to keep everyone scared and alert and feel hatred toward their "enemies". I can't believe she doesn't really care that they're changing history and she says she just needs to know when to cheer and when to boo, which is so true. I think she doesn't care because she can't change what they are doing, she can't ever really get the truth back anyway....if she somehow miraculously did, she would be vaporized anyway. They also talk about everything the Party dislikes people to talk about and I want to be able to make them shut up because we know the Party is listening!!
Monday, September 8, 2008
Week 3-1984
When Winston over hears the two women talking it's ironic because one said "It's easy to criticize,' I says, 'but you ain't got the same problems as what I got." when in reality everyone has the same problems...with government, life in general.
When the bomb went off he got up after it like it was a usual, normal thing that happens. He didn't even seem scared or disturbed by it or the hand that he "kicked in the gutter".
If everyone can remember all these lottery numbers, why can't they remember their past? That is so crazy to think they make up the people that win the "big" prizes....it makes you wonder, what if all this happens now, at this present time....?
Winston tries getting answers from an old man who lived before the Revolution, but he was too old to remember or even understand the big picture.
That rhyme about the church was weird....maybe some significance later? I would be scared to be doing all the things he keeps doing, especially when it seems that a woman has been following him...but we later find out that she has a secret crush on the man when she slips him an "I love you" on a scrap piece of paper when he helped her up after she fell. When they go and meet at the town square I think that when the crowd rushed to look at the prisoners and they had to push through it is as if he is going through the government to see the girl. They actually get to hold hands briefly, but never exchange glances.
When the bomb went off he got up after it like it was a usual, normal thing that happens. He didn't even seem scared or disturbed by it or the hand that he "kicked in the gutter".
If everyone can remember all these lottery numbers, why can't they remember their past? That is so crazy to think they make up the people that win the "big" prizes....it makes you wonder, what if all this happens now, at this present time....?
Winston tries getting answers from an old man who lived before the Revolution, but he was too old to remember or even understand the big picture.
That rhyme about the church was weird....maybe some significance later? I would be scared to be doing all the things he keeps doing, especially when it seems that a woman has been following him...but we later find out that she has a secret crush on the man when she slips him an "I love you" on a scrap piece of paper when he helped her up after she fell. When they go and meet at the town square I think that when the crowd rushed to look at the prisoners and they had to push through it is as if he is going through the government to see the girl. They actually get to hold hands briefly, but never exchange glances.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Week 2, 1984
It's scary to think they can just burn history whenever they want to erase it. How could the workers for the government agree to do this? I know they will be killed if they don't....but why not join together and overthrow the government?
Does Syme think that their language getting smaller every year is actually a good thing? Everyone would be like walking zombies if they didn't get to have their own thoughts. I think when they show how the kids act it is also referring to how we now learn, a lot of our beliefs are the same as our parents, friends, and teachers. That's what they are being taught, so that is all they know because they have no prior life to relate to, this is their life.
That would be scary when you do things unconsciously, like talking in your sleep, and not knowing what you might say or do and have the government hear it and possibly be "vaporized".
The children's book he was copying from said it described before the Revolution, but it sounded like what was happening after the Revolution. The description of Rutherford "breaking up before one's eyes, like a mountain crumbling" is just like the society is falling apart.
When he is talking on page 80, he really makes some good points and makes me question a lot of our history and what our government is capable of.
Does Syme think that their language getting smaller every year is actually a good thing? Everyone would be like walking zombies if they didn't get to have their own thoughts. I think when they show how the kids act it is also referring to how we now learn, a lot of our beliefs are the same as our parents, friends, and teachers. That's what they are being taught, so that is all they know because they have no prior life to relate to, this is their life.
That would be scary when you do things unconsciously, like talking in your sleep, and not knowing what you might say or do and have the government hear it and possibly be "vaporized".
The children's book he was copying from said it described before the Revolution, but it sounded like what was happening after the Revolution. The description of Rutherford "breaking up before one's eyes, like a mountain crumbling" is just like the society is falling apart.
When he is talking on page 80, he really makes some good points and makes me question a lot of our history and what our government is capable of.
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