Why does Jerry Cruncher think his wife is praying against him and his son? The book also mentions that when Jerry goes to bed his boots are clean, but when he wakes up, they are muddy and since he gets so offensive about his wife praying, we know that he is doing something that he doesn't want his wife to know about because he is ashamed of it. He also has rust on his hands that didn't come from his normal day job and his son questions "Al-ways rusty! Where does my father get all that iron rust from? He don't get no iron rust here!" I think he is digging up graves or something because also, earlier, he says that if someone told him the message "Recalled to Life" he would be in trouble.
You can tell they are very brutal by the sentence they gave the criminal-half hang him then "sliced before his own face, and then his inside will be taken out and burnt while he looks on, and then his head will be chopped off." I don't understand chapter 2 except for he's at a trial. What's with the herbs, mirror? Manette and his daughter are there and they are witnesses against the prisoner.
What is chapter 4 talking about at the beginning? Someone was watching them talk, but why? Darnay is the person found innocent. When Carton and Darnay were at supper Carton flung his glass over his shoulder against the wall and it shattered...just as something else metaphorically has shattered, such as him giving up his crush on Lucie since Lucie likes Darnay? Carton says "Don't let your sober face elate you." This line seems important...maybe for later in the book? Carton is not very friendly because he says he doesn't care for anyone and no one cares for him. He is a jealous, low self esteemed man. When Darnay leaves Carton confesses to himself that he hates Darnay and is envious of him because Lucie Manette looked at Darnay with a sympathetic face.
We also learn Carton works for Stryver and does all his work to make Stryver look good when in reality it is Carton doing all the work. Why does Stryver call Carton Memory? Why is Carton refered to as a jackal and Stryver as a lion? Carton seems depressed, ashamed of himself. Then Carton denies Lucie Manette's beauty. Also, the scene at the end of the chapter is a cold, deserted area. Then it said "Sadly, sadly the sun rose; it rose upon no sadder sight..."(pg 82). Also at the end there is a repetition of the "s" sound to soothe the reader also.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
Week 8-1984
Winston's straps kept getting looser on the bed. I think this is because he's already past stage 1 and they know he's starting to get dumber and his mind is being taken over. O'Brien helped write the "Goldstein book". The description of the book is true but the program it sets forth is nonsense. Winston is going through great grief and despair, we can see this from when he thinks to himself, "What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives you arguments a fair hearing and simply persists in his lunacy?" O'Brien says the Party likes power for itself, they don't care about anyone else, which is ironic because O'Brien said they were trying to "cure" the peoples thoughts to make them sane.
O'Brien always seems to know what Winston is thinking, how? O'Brien states "We make the laws of nature." This is because they could say anything and the paroles have to believe it. He says Oceania is the world...I can't believe all these absurd lies, one even stated "the earth is as old as we are, no older. How could it be older? Nothing exists except through human consciousness." O'Brien is forcing doublethink on Winston every second.
O'Brien states "Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing." which is so wrong! The government is also making it so in the future there will be no friends and no wives. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. This torture and government power will never end. Winston's "crumbling" body resembles the paroles and society in general.
Winston then said that the only thing the Party hasn't done to him was he didn't betray Julia. Even though he told them all her faults, he never stopped loving her. O'Brien tells Winston he's a difficult case....why not just shoot him, is it because he wants him to suffer?
Now they are treating him nicer...why? Also, he is now satisfied in there...and dreams of happy things with his other, Julia, and O'Brien...why would O'Brien be in his "happy" dreams?
Winston now accepts everything about the Party. He thinks to himself "It doesn't really happen. We imagine it. It is hallucination," this illustrates he is brainwashed. The Party is making him healthy and now he "thinks" like the Party, but even though they are saving his body, they killed his soul.
Winston then said he hated Big Brother so they took him to room 101 and he is now strapped in a chair. Room 101 consists of the worst thing in the world, and for Winston that happened to be rats....Who watches all these people so closely to know what the worst thing in the world would be for them? Before O'Brien let the rats go on Winston, Winston told him to "do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don't care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!" which is sad because they have now stripped him of his feelings for her. He was going to release the rats until he said that and O'Brien knows he got to his feelings, so he didn't.
He says "white always mates" that must mean something, but I don't know what. He was released now, but I thought they killed everyone who went to jail, but they did pretty much kill them because they lost their own soul. He can't seem to stay on one thought in his mind for more than 2 minutes it seems. Therefore, it is hard for me to keep up with his racing mind. Why weren't Winston and Julia scared to be by each other? Winston now relies on gin to get him through the day so he doesn't slip into unwanted thoughts. He is on a committee that really has no idea what its doing because they cant keep a thought going for too long. He then had a childhood memory, which shows he does remember but then he told himself that the memory wasn't real. The Party even got him to think it was a struggle to "cure" him because the book stated, "He had won the victory over himself." He is now another toy for the Party to collect, which shows how over powering the Party or any government in general can be.
O'Brien always seems to know what Winston is thinking, how? O'Brien states "We make the laws of nature." This is because they could say anything and the paroles have to believe it. He says Oceania is the world...I can't believe all these absurd lies, one even stated "the earth is as old as we are, no older. How could it be older? Nothing exists except through human consciousness." O'Brien is forcing doublethink on Winston every second.
O'Brien states "Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing." which is so wrong! The government is also making it so in the future there will be no friends and no wives. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. This torture and government power will never end. Winston's "crumbling" body resembles the paroles and society in general.
Winston then said that the only thing the Party hasn't done to him was he didn't betray Julia. Even though he told them all her faults, he never stopped loving her. O'Brien tells Winston he's a difficult case....why not just shoot him, is it because he wants him to suffer?
Now they are treating him nicer...why? Also, he is now satisfied in there...and dreams of happy things with his other, Julia, and O'Brien...why would O'Brien be in his "happy" dreams?
Winston now accepts everything about the Party. He thinks to himself "It doesn't really happen. We imagine it. It is hallucination," this illustrates he is brainwashed. The Party is making him healthy and now he "thinks" like the Party, but even though they are saving his body, they killed his soul.
Winston then said he hated Big Brother so they took him to room 101 and he is now strapped in a chair. Room 101 consists of the worst thing in the world, and for Winston that happened to be rats....Who watches all these people so closely to know what the worst thing in the world would be for them? Before O'Brien let the rats go on Winston, Winston told him to "do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don't care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!" which is sad because they have now stripped him of his feelings for her. He was going to release the rats until he said that and O'Brien knows he got to his feelings, so he didn't.
He says "white always mates" that must mean something, but I don't know what. He was released now, but I thought they killed everyone who went to jail, but they did pretty much kill them because they lost their own soul. He can't seem to stay on one thought in his mind for more than 2 minutes it seems. Therefore, it is hard for me to keep up with his racing mind. Why weren't Winston and Julia scared to be by each other? Winston now relies on gin to get him through the day so he doesn't slip into unwanted thoughts. He is on a committee that really has no idea what its doing because they cant keep a thought going for too long. He then had a childhood memory, which shows he does remember but then he told himself that the memory wasn't real. The Party even got him to think it was a struggle to "cure" him because the book stated, "He had won the victory over himself." He is now another toy for the Party to collect, which shows how over powering the Party or any government in general can be.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Week 7-1984
At the beginning of this reading he didn't know where he was now and the ceilings were high and the walls were glittering white porcelain. His room makes me think of a caged rat being watched on an experiment, which he is. He says "The Party prisoners were always silent and terrified, but the ordinary criminals seemed to care nothing for anybody" this is because the ordinary criminals are just paroles who don't have any idea what the government is doing and how powerful they really are.
What is up with the drunk woman in the prison with him? Why don't the paroles question why a party member would be there? He still believes O'Brien is on his side and he will hopefully get a razor. The prison was the place with no darkness from his dream. He never even could tell the time of day in the prison.
What does he mean when he says there is only one offense? Ampleforth said he was in jail because he used the word God in a poem, why not just throw the poem away, erase what he wrote, and not publish it so he doesn't get in trouble?
This prison Winston is in is making him crazy, we can see this from his mind when he starts to wander from subject to subject. When Parson's was prisoned he said that he was caught in his sleep yelling "Down with Big Brother" and then he said, "Between you and me, old man, I'm glad they got me before it went any further. Do you know what I'm going to say to them when I go up before the tribunal? 'Thank you,' I'm going to say 'thank you for saving me before it was too late.'" That shows how brainwashed they really are. He was even proud of his daughter for turning him in because "it shows I brought her up in the right spirit anyway."
After Parsons went to the bathroom the toilet didn't work which is ironic because they have to sit there smelling it and it shows how miserable everything around him is. The chinless man showed he was kind and humane when he tried giving the skull face man a piece of bread, but the cruel policemen, who were starving them, yelled at the chinless man when he tried. They then beat the chinless man.
What is room 101? The skull face man even said "You can take the whole lot of them and cut their throats in front of my eyes and I'll stand by and watch it. But not room 101!" (talking of his family) When he was hanging onto the iron leg it was like hanging onto his life. No one did anything because they didn't want to lose their lives too.
Why hasn't Winston been taken to room 101 yet? O'Brien came in and Winston found out he was a "bad guy" and a guard shot Winston in the elbow. Then the guard laughed. This is so inhumane and Winston says "Nothing in the world is so bad as physical pain."
When he wakes up it reminds me of a scary movie. During intervals of beatings, how come people came and looked at him and cleaned him up? He confesses to numerous crimes that he didn't do, but he had to confess something or they would keep beating him until they heard what they wanted to hear. He has pretty much lost it. What was up with the being swallowed up into the eyes....what did that symbolize? Is it that he doesn't have a mind of his own, he is just being swallowed up into the Party's way of thinking?
That's weird someone (O'Brien) had been watching him for 7 years! Was that a dream when he saw the men in white coats, O'Brien, Julia, and Mr. Charrington shouting with laughter down the corridor? It is hard to know what's the truth since Winston is so out of it. How can O'Brien get in Winston's head, even his dreams?
O'Brien, now, has the power to pull Winston's ligaments apart with a dial. This part is scary, it reminds me of something the movie Saw would do. O'Brien then says "You are mentally deranged" which is ironic because right now O'Brien is the mentally deranged man. If O'Brien had a copy of that picture, they must keep copies of everything, right?
It is so ironic again when O'Brien says "It's not easy to become sane." Winston is the sane one and O'Brien is not. Why does Winston say O'Brien is his friend, and it's not just because he stopped the pain. Is it because he is now brainwashed and thinks O'Brien is right? O'Brien says they don't care about the crimes they committed, they just want to cure their thoughts.
O'Brien is saying so many crazy, cruel statements about how he will never live and he says "We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves." Simply, the Party can never be beat.
They did some sort of explosion on Winston and he is now even more brainwashed. Winston got to ask questions next and found out that Julia was tortured, and Big Brother exists as the embodiment of the Party but he will never really know if he is a living human being. He then asks if Big Brother exists the same way as he exists and O'Brien says, "You do not exist." which is true, his emotions have been stripped away. The chapter ends with O'Brien telling Winston he knows whats in Room 101, is that because he's in it?
What is up with the drunk woman in the prison with him? Why don't the paroles question why a party member would be there? He still believes O'Brien is on his side and he will hopefully get a razor. The prison was the place with no darkness from his dream. He never even could tell the time of day in the prison.
What does he mean when he says there is only one offense? Ampleforth said he was in jail because he used the word God in a poem, why not just throw the poem away, erase what he wrote, and not publish it so he doesn't get in trouble?
This prison Winston is in is making him crazy, we can see this from his mind when he starts to wander from subject to subject. When Parson's was prisoned he said that he was caught in his sleep yelling "Down with Big Brother" and then he said, "Between you and me, old man, I'm glad they got me before it went any further. Do you know what I'm going to say to them when I go up before the tribunal? 'Thank you,' I'm going to say 'thank you for saving me before it was too late.'" That shows how brainwashed they really are. He was even proud of his daughter for turning him in because "it shows I brought her up in the right spirit anyway."
After Parsons went to the bathroom the toilet didn't work which is ironic because they have to sit there smelling it and it shows how miserable everything around him is. The chinless man showed he was kind and humane when he tried giving the skull face man a piece of bread, but the cruel policemen, who were starving them, yelled at the chinless man when he tried. They then beat the chinless man.
What is room 101? The skull face man even said "You can take the whole lot of them and cut their throats in front of my eyes and I'll stand by and watch it. But not room 101!" (talking of his family) When he was hanging onto the iron leg it was like hanging onto his life. No one did anything because they didn't want to lose their lives too.
Why hasn't Winston been taken to room 101 yet? O'Brien came in and Winston found out he was a "bad guy" and a guard shot Winston in the elbow. Then the guard laughed. This is so inhumane and Winston says "Nothing in the world is so bad as physical pain."
When he wakes up it reminds me of a scary movie. During intervals of beatings, how come people came and looked at him and cleaned him up? He confesses to numerous crimes that he didn't do, but he had to confess something or they would keep beating him until they heard what they wanted to hear. He has pretty much lost it. What was up with the being swallowed up into the eyes....what did that symbolize? Is it that he doesn't have a mind of his own, he is just being swallowed up into the Party's way of thinking?
That's weird someone (O'Brien) had been watching him for 7 years! Was that a dream when he saw the men in white coats, O'Brien, Julia, and Mr. Charrington shouting with laughter down the corridor? It is hard to know what's the truth since Winston is so out of it. How can O'Brien get in Winston's head, even his dreams?
O'Brien, now, has the power to pull Winston's ligaments apart with a dial. This part is scary, it reminds me of something the movie Saw would do. O'Brien then says "You are mentally deranged" which is ironic because right now O'Brien is the mentally deranged man. If O'Brien had a copy of that picture, they must keep copies of everything, right?
It is so ironic again when O'Brien says "It's not easy to become sane." Winston is the sane one and O'Brien is not. Why does Winston say O'Brien is his friend, and it's not just because he stopped the pain. Is it because he is now brainwashed and thinks O'Brien is right? O'Brien says they don't care about the crimes they committed, they just want to cure their thoughts.
O'Brien is saying so many crazy, cruel statements about how he will never live and he says "We shall squeeze you empty, and then we shall fill you with ourselves." Simply, the Party can never be beat.
They did some sort of explosion on Winston and he is now even more brainwashed. Winston got to ask questions next and found out that Julia was tortured, and Big Brother exists as the embodiment of the Party but he will never really know if he is a living human being. He then asks if Big Brother exists the same way as he exists and O'Brien says, "You do not exist." which is true, his emotions have been stripped away. The chapter ends with O'Brien telling Winston he knows whats in Room 101, is that because he's in it?
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