Chapter 1, Part 2 Questions:

1. What do you predict the result of the note will be?

I predict that the rest of the note will be something along the lines of, “I love you. I have
seen you and watched you for months now; hoping for you to notice me. I know what
you think of The Party and we share those thoughts, my darling. I wish to meet.” Or
something like that! Vague, but intimate? Allowing a tab bit of vulnerability in it but
staying obtuse enough not to worry about who reads it but knowing Winston will
understand.

2. What is the significance of Winston looking into the prisoners' eyes?

Winston is always saying who he thinks is going to get caught by the thought police,
and includes himself in the list of people. Winston turns to look at Julia but instead is
met with the eyes of the prisoner, this could perhaps be foreshadowing something that
will happen between him and Julia that will lead to him being caught by the thought
police and ending up in prison.
 1984 Chapter 2, Part 2

Tone Comparison of Part 1 and 2

Please complete all three steps of this, and then hand them in on Google Classroom. If you
choose a paragraph for step 3, please attach it. If you choose a drawing, please attach a picture of
it, or leave it in the inbox in class and add a private comment to let me know it is done on paper.

Step 1: Take a look at the chart below to see the description of the setting in the first paragraph
of these chapters. Look closely at the language choices and highlight the words that contribute to
the imagery used to explain the setting.

Step 2: Find 2-3 more quotes from the same chapters that also contribute to the tone change, and
paste them in the corresponding section of the chart below.

1984, Part 1, Chapter 1 1984, Part 2, Chapter 2

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks
were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin
nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the
vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors
of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough
to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering
along with him.” (Orwell, 3)
“Winston picked his way up the lane through
dappled light and shade, stepping out into pools of
gold wherever the boughs parted. Under the trees
to the left of him the ground was misty with
bluebells. The air seemed to kiss one’s skin. It was
the second of May. From somewhere deeper in the
heart of the wood came the droning of ring-doves.”
(Orwell, 123)

“Parsons, Winston’s fellow-tenant at Victory “..., but as he watched the strong slender body
Mansions, was in fact threading his way across moving in front of him, with the scarlet sash that
the room — a tubby, middle-sized man with fair was just tight enough to bring out the curve of her
hair and a froglike face.” (Part 1; Chapter 5) hips,...” (Part 2: Chapter 2)

“The other person was a man named O’Brien, a ‘With members of the Inner Party?’
member of the Inner Party and holder of some
post so important and remote that Winston had ‘Not with those swine, no. But there’s plenty that
only a dim idea of its nature. A momentary hush
passed over the group of people round the chairs WOULD if they got half a chance. They’re not so
as they saw the black overalls of an Inner Party
holy as they make out.’ (Part 2; Chapter 2)
member approaching.” (Part 1; Chapter 1)
Step 3:

1. At the beginning of the chapter, Winston is walking in a forest and the author uses
specific imagery to help move away from the dark tone that we felt in this first part of the
novel. For example, he writes about bluebells, and the sunlight shining through branches
like gold, etc. Instead of answering questions, there are two options for this chapter
activity:

Option 1: Write a paragraph, with evidence, (i.e. quotes) that compares how Orwell uses
imagery at the start of Part 1 and the start of Part 2 to shift the tone of the novel.

Option 2: Draw two pictures side by side with something from the beginning of Part 1 and
something from the beginning of Part 2 that represent the shift in tone. You must include a quote
that reflects each drawing. (Note: I am not marking on artistic ability, but colour, or the lack of
colour, should be considered).

Feel free to look up photos, but, this is what English Bluebell flowers and a ring-dove look like:
Chapter 3, Part 2 Question:
1. What is the difference between Julia’s purpose for rebelling, and the way
Winston’s purpose for rebelling? Consider Winston’s comment “We are the dead”
and Julia’s response “We’re not dead yet” to help you answer.
Winston doesn’t like the party and wants it to end because he feels held hostage by Big
Brother and the way the society lives; he feels everything is wrong and things aren’t as
good as they used to be, and everything has gotten worst.
Julia is bored of the rules and thinks everything is made to tramp on the people's fun. So
she breaks the rules as safely as she can and doesn’t think any further than that
because she doesn’t believe any rebellion will make a difference.

Chapter 4, Part 2 Question:

1. What beauty does Winston see in the red-armed prole woman?
Winston thinks there is beauty in the prole because she has taken a song of pure rubbish
and tuneless, unhuman makings and turned it into something worth singing.

2. What does the room above Mr. Charrington’s shop represent?

A ruleless place where you can be considered a man or woman, not a comrade. A place
where, among the proles, you are nothing more than a person doing daily activities. No
one watches you and no one wants to, because you are meaningless and with that
comes freedom of thought and purpose.

Chapter 5, Part 2 Questions:

1. What has changed about Winston since starting his relationship with Julia?
Winston has become more talkative about his grievances about The Party, also like he
has grown very quickly accustomed to no telescreen listening in and has forgotten that
there are still people listening.

2. How are Winston and Julia contributing to the government’s level of control?
Altering documents and being passive participants in hateful activities. Also, I find it
noteworthy that Winston should choose corn, because well many birds like it, corn can
be contaminated with aflatoxins. Which can cause hepatotoxicity, which affects the liver
- victory gin - and teratogenicity - which is the ability of a drug to cause fetal
 abnormalities and deformities. And Winston has commented that The Party is only able
to produce the same-looking person. Plus, it makes you wonder if this alludes to the
ethnic cleansing that Hitler did.

Chapter 6, Part 2 Question:

1. What does Winston learn about O’Brien through the mention of Syme vanishing?
Winston learns his hunch is right. O’Brien shares Winston’s opinions and has offered
him a show of friendship by giving Winston his address.

Chapter 7, Part 2 Question:

1. What does Winston’s dream reveal about his Mother?
Winston was a selfish and demanding child who, thanks to his mother always giving in,
had grown strong enough to live this long.
Winston’s mother loved him and his sister and his father. She couldn’t and was able to
give anything more than her love because the world had taken away the right to be alive
and instead told you to survive.

2. Do you think Winston and Julia truly love each other? Explain.
I think they care for each other. Love is different for everyone and the expectations you
have for it will differ depending on how you’ve lived. I don’t know if I would call it love,
but I know for certain that they are each other's escape. They have made a world where
no one can touch them and that it more important than love in The Society.
 1984 Chapter 8, Part 2

Please read the chapter and answer the questions below. There are two
options available here for how to read the novel. You can either click here for
the audio version or here for the text version.

Chapter 8 questions:

1. Provide two things that surprise Winston about his meeting with
O’Brien.
Winston is most surprised about the fact O’Brien can turn the T.V. off and the wine
O’Brien gives them to drink.

2. What is significant about Winston’s response to the question about

Julia?
Winston has found something worth staying alive for. Previously, Winston hadn’t cared
about what went on in a day as it was always the same, but now he has Julia. Winston
has become like his mother, with nothing else to give except love. He won’t part with
the very thing that makes him human.
 1984 Chapter 10, Part 2

Please read the chapter and answer the questions below. There are two
options available here for how to read the novel. You can either click here for
the audio version or here for the text version.

Chapter 10, Part 2 Questions:

1. What is behind the picture of the church in the room above Mr.
Charrington’s shop? And what does that mean?
A t.v. was behind the picture meaning Winston and Julia have been watched and
listened to this whole time.

2. What is revealed about Mr. Charrington at the end of the chapter?

Mr. Charrington is a member of the Thought Police. Also, he is not an old man but
middle-aged and in a position of power within the Thought Police.