Quote: "They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird"(156).
Significance: This quote is significant because it once again shows how the Party has basically brain-washed all of the people into believing what they say. No one really knows the whole truth about anything because they aren't even given the chance to believe anything other than what the Party tells them is right. Even if the people did want to try to find out about the past, there is no trace of anything that happened before that time. What they are told now is all that ever was, basically.
Define 2 words:
bolster (136): n. - a pillow or cushion
deprecating (151): v. - to express disapproval of; deplore
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
1984: Book 2, Ch. 1
Quote: "At the sight of the words i love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid"(109).
Significance: This quote is significant because this shows a big change in Winston's life. Earlier in the novel, Winston tells us that he disliked women, but now he says the complete opposite. There is one woman that he wanted. first he wanted to smash her head into something, now he cannot stop dreaming about her body. I think that if Winston and this woman end up having something between the two of them, this could mean trouble for Winston in the end.
Define 2 words:
intermittently: stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
fatuous: foolish or insane
Significance: This quote is significant because this shows a big change in Winston's life. Earlier in the novel, Winston tells us that he disliked women, but now he says the complete opposite. There is one woman that he wanted. first he wanted to smash her head into something, now he cannot stop dreaming about her body. I think that if Winston and this woman end up having something between the two of them, this could mean trouble for Winston in the end.
Define 2 words:
intermittently: stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again: an intermittent pain.
fatuous: foolish or insane
Sunday, February 22, 2009
1984: Ch. 7 & 8
Quote: " In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy" (80).
Significance: I chose this quote because I think it is another example of how the Party can basically do whatever they please whenever they please. This quote occurs when Winston is looking at the children's history books that show some things that Winston doesn't know if he should believe or not. If the universe exists only in the mind, and the Party controls the mind, then the Party controls the universe. 2 + 2 = 5 becomes a motif linked to the theme of psychological independence. Later in the book, Winston writes that “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows"(81).
Define 2 words:
indoctrinate(71)- v. to imbue with learning
stratum(78)- n. a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another
Significance: I chose this quote because I think it is another example of how the Party can basically do whatever they please whenever they please. This quote occurs when Winston is looking at the children's history books that show some things that Winston doesn't know if he should believe or not. If the universe exists only in the mind, and the Party controls the mind, then the Party controls the universe. 2 + 2 = 5 becomes a motif linked to the theme of psychological independence. Later in the book, Winston writes that “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows"(81).
Define 2 words:
indoctrinate(71)- v. to imbue with learning
stratum(78)- n. a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
1984: Chapter 4
Quote: "Comrade Ogilvy, who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar" (47-48).
Significance: Through this quote, we not only see how other people have control of the present, but that Winston is involved. Since Winston is a part of altering the past, he in turn has control of the future too. Coming up with the person, Comrade Ogilvy, shows us that Winston now has the power to manipulate what the people think or should think. The people could now think that this man may or may not haev existed before because there is no proof of him whatsoever until now.
This seems to be leading to a forshadowing of Winston maybe becoming a part of the Party.
Define 2 Words:
pneumatic: adj. - of or pertaining to air, gases or wind (37)
multifarious: adj. - having amny different parts, elements or forms (43)
Significance: Through this quote, we not only see how other people have control of the present, but that Winston is involved. Since Winston is a part of altering the past, he in turn has control of the future too. Coming up with the person, Comrade Ogilvy, shows us that Winston now has the power to manipulate what the people think or should think. The people could now think that this man may or may not haev existed before because there is no proof of him whatsoever until now.
This seems to be leading to a forshadowing of Winston maybe becoming a part of the Party.
Define 2 Words:
pneumatic: adj. - of or pertaining to air, gases or wind (37)
multifarious: adj. - having amny different parts, elements or forms (43)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
1984: Chapters 2-3
Quote: "Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past" (34)
Significance: This slogan of the Party shows how they use manipulation and false history to make everyone believe something else. Since there is no record of anything that has happened, no one really knows what happened in the past. The Party has taken complete control over what people think about that past,present and future. The people have no other choice but to believe what they hear and assume that they are doing the right thing.
Define 2 Words:
Demeanor: n.- conduct or behavior (23)
Dominion: n.- the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority (26)
Significance: This slogan of the Party shows how they use manipulation and false history to make everyone believe something else. Since there is no record of anything that has happened, no one really knows what happened in the past. The Party has taken complete control over what people think about that past,present and future. The people have no other choice but to believe what they hear and assume that they are doing the right thing.
Define 2 Words:
Demeanor: n.- conduct or behavior (23)
Dominion: n.- the power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority (26)
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