1984 General Knowledge Flashcards
(25 cards)
Who is Winston in 1984
Protagonist
Everyman
Hates totalitarian control
Member of outer party
Dehumanises women
Totalitarianism definition
System of government centralised and requires complete subservience to the state
Where is 1984 set
Airstrip one
Oceania
George Orwell context
democratic socialist
reluctantly political
distrusted authority
fought in Spanish civil war
What was room 101
a room where you was tortured with whatever your fears was
When was 1984 published
1949
What is the importance of Emmanuel Goldstein
He wan Jewish and at the time many where being killed in concentration camps
What is the importance of Big Brothers appearance
he looks like Hitler and Stalin
What is the punishment for thoughtcrime
death or 25 years in a labour camp
What is the aim of Newspeak
to limit the speakers ability to form any ideas that go against the party
What is facecrime
any facial expression that hints at a subversive attitude
What is the party’s opinion upon sexual acts
that it shouldn’t be done for pleasure but to make children
What says on the note Julia hands to Winston
“i love you”
What attracts Julia to Winston
something in his face that doesn’t belong, he is against the party
What are the three stages of Winston’s reintegration
learning
understanding
acceptance
What does Winston find out about the book O’brien gave him
That O’brien wrote it
What is in room 101 when Winston goes in it
Rats
Where do Winston and Julia first arrange to meet properly and what is significant about it
in nature, the one place that the party cannot control
What continued after the war’ up until 1954
rationing
What was founded in 1948 that is still around today
NHS
What was many of 1984 inspired by
Hitlers Germany
Stalin’s Russia
What is corporate control
One or more large corporations control society through
products, advertising, and/or the media.
What is Bureaucratic control
Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through
a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government
officials
What is technological control
Society is controlled by technology—through
computers, robots, and/or scientific means.
