1984 - critics Flashcards
(10 cards)
howell, 2016
in the end, orwell expresses some optimism in the possibilities of resistance and people’s ability to use language for their own, more subversive ends
brown, 2010
through winston smith, orwell shows how the ability of the individual to think freely in a society that attempts absolute control is empowering
paden, 1984
there is little surveillance
o’duffy, 2014
winston seems resigned to the world in which he resides and it affects the language he uses, detaching emotion from thought, for example when he contemplates murder
al-subaihi and ismali, 2020
the party controls everything; it has the power and all power
gupta, 2020
the brilliance of the novel is orwell’s prescience of modern life-the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language-and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell
rook, 2016
the body is a contested site in 1984. the party tries to seize control of it
yeo, 2010
the reader is first introduced to surveillance not as an instance of actual surveillance but of propaganda about surveillance, propagating the belief necessary for panoptic surveillance
batra, 2014
calling a residence in which inhabitants were constantly monitored and restricted “victory mansions” is highly ironic as the residents are not victorious and free but enslaved by a system of actual control
passage, 2018
in 1984, the idea of love is represented as the core element which contributes to the existence of rebellion as the main conflict in the novel
