Lesson #5 Introduction to

1984
Writer’s Prompt:
•How important is privacy to
you?
•How private is your Facebook
account?
•Should financial records,
download history, and cell phone
records be available for public
viewing?
•Why or why not?
 Assignments
• Read the rest of Part One - Due
September 30, 2009
• 1984 Research Paper
– Outline Due - TBA
– Rough Draft Due - TBA
– Finished Paper Due – December 8 or 9,
2009
QUIZ – CHAPTER ONE AND
TWO 1984
 Four New Rules
1. All students over 5 feet tall, will sit in the back row of
the room and observe anyone wearing glasses by
taking notes of their behavior during class.
2. All students with blond hair will remain completely
silent during the class.
3. All purses will be placed in a box located on the right
side of the room.
4. All students must stand when asking questions.
 1984
• Story of the life of the intellectual Winston Smith, his job
in the Ministry of Truth, and his degradation by the
totalitarian government of Oceania, the country in which
he lives.
• Has been translated into sixty-two languages, and has
deeply impressed itself in the English language.
• Nineteen Eighty-Four, its terms and language, and its
author are bywords in discussions of personal privacy
and state security.
 1984
• The adjective "Orwellian" describes
actions and organizations characteristic of
Oceania, the totalitarian society depicted
in the novel, and the phrase "Big Brother
is watching you" refers to invasive
surveillance.
• In turn, Nineteen Eighty-Four has been
seen as subversive and politically
dangerous and thus been banned by
libraries in many countries.[1]
 1984
• It is among the most famous dystopias in
literature.
• In 2005, Time magazine selected it as one
of the 100 best English-language novels
since 1923.
1984
George Orwell
The Movie
(1984)
 George Orwell
• Born Eric Blair in Bengal, India in 1903.
• Educated in England at Eton.
• Using pseudonym, George Orwell, began
writing magazine articles.
• A committed socialist, he fought in the
Spanish Civil War in 1936.
• His final book was influenced by his
failing health and his disillusionment with
the kind of socialism in his home country
of England.
• 1984 was written in 1948 and published
in 1949.
• Orwell died of tuberculosis in 1950.
 Orwell’s World – the 1940’s
• Adolph Hitler rose to power in Germany
creating the Nazi party through propaganda
and force
• Soviets Detonate A-Bomb
• Communists Control Czechoslovakia
• Berlin Blockaded
• South Africa Apartheid
• State of Israel Declared
• Communist Victory in China
1984 Themes to Explore
 Orwell Quotes

Those who control the present

control the future.
Those who control the
future control the past.
 Orwell Quotes
If you hate violence and
don't believe in politics,
the only major remedy
remaining is education.
Perhaps society is past
praying for, but there is
always hope for the
individual human being.
 Orwell Quotes
For the ordinary man is passive.
Within a narrow circle (home life,
and perhaps the trade unions or
local politics) he feels himself
master of his fate, but against
major events he is as helpless as
against the elements. So far from
endeavoring to influence the
future, he simply lies down and
lets things happen to him.
 Major Characters in 1984
• Winston Smith – The main protagonist of Orwell’s
1984. He resents the authoritarian regime of the Party
and tries to rebel, but is finally crushed in body and
soul.
• Julia – Winston’s girlfriend. She also starts out with a
strident anti-party stand and is suppressed in the
same way as Winston is.
• O’Brien – a prominent member of the Inner Circle of
the Party. He traps Winstoninto betraying his
unorthodox views and presides over his torture and
degradation.
•
 Major Characters
• Mr. Charrington – a member of the powerful
thought police, who disguises himself as a
“prole” and entraps Winston.
• Ampleforth – One of Winston’s colleagues
at the Ministry of Truth, whose job is to
“rewrite” old poems in keeping with Party
ideology. He is arrested for thoughtcrimes.
• Parsons – Another colleague of Winston’s
who despite stupid and unquestioning
adherence to the Party line is still arrested.
 Major Characters
• Symes – Colleague of Winston’s who is executed.
Jones, Aaronson and Rutherford – three original leaders of the
Party who were later denouncedas traitors and executed.
• Emmanuel Goldstein – The number One Enemy of the People
according to the Party. He is believed to have written a
subversive book and to head a mysterious anti-party
organization called The Brotherhood.
• Big Brother – the symbol of Party dominance. Big Brother’s
precence is everywhere on posters, on cigarette covers, on coins
and on telescreens.
Orwell’s First Draft