1984 part 2 flashcards

Question 1

when does Julia give Winston the note

Answer 1

after he walks out of the lavatory, where her arm is in a sling and she gives him a note after he helps her up

he og thought she was a spy

Question 2

what does the note say

Answer 2

ily

Question 3

throughout part 2 what can be said about Winston

Answer 3

• Winston begins to feel emotions: willing to take bigger risks for bigger results, i.e. exposing himself as a thoughtcriminal to be part of the Brotherhood

Question 4

• thoughtcrime

Answer 4

holding rebellious beliefs that are anti-Party
ex. 2+2=4

Question 5

facecrime

Answer 5

holding an unpleasant expression on your face: expressing disloyalty or dissent towards the Party

Question 6

doublethink

Answer 6

hold 2 contradictory beliefs and accept both to be true
ex. war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength

war is destructive and allows for unity

Question 7

crime stop

Answer 7

mental conditioning involving halting any thought that could lead to rebellion

Question 8

where does Winston talk to Julia, and who gets in the way

Answer 8

• talks to her in the canteen
• Wilsher gets in the way bc he wants to sit with Winston, and W+J have to talk fast bc of Ampleforth and how close he is to Winston

Question 9

where do W+J decide to meet

Answer 9

Victory Square

Question 10

what happens at victory square

Answer 10

Eurasian soldiers get tortured by crowd

Question 11

when does Winston open the note

Answer 11

at work

Question 12

how does Winston feel about Julia’s “impurity”

Answer 12

• Julia associated herself with Inner Party members
• Winston likes this as it makes him feel that he isn’t alone in his impurity and that the Inner Party members are also impure

Question 13

what does Julia say about the inner party members who engage with her

Answer 13

INNER PARTY MEMBERS: channel frusturations for their desires into anger

Question 14

Winston’s biggest fear

Answer 14

• rats
• foreshadow: In charringtons beginning of the end and in part 3 it leads him to betray Julia

Question 15

Winston’s interpretation of the paperweight

Answer 15

paperweight: room
coral: His and Julia’s life
glass: “fixed in eternity”

Question 16

St. Clemens song

Answer 16

• to remember the churches
• part of his past

Question 17

last lines of St. Clemens and meaning

Answer 17

“Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
And here comes a chopper to chop off your head!”

• the first line expresses how Winston temporarily experiences freedom and liberty, by meeting o’brien and being with Julia BUT the control the party has overcome that and he will meet his demise as shown by the second line

Question 18

What happens to Syme

Answer 18

vaporized

Question 19

Winston decides to do what to have more privacy

Answer 19

rent out Charrington’s room upstairs

Question 20

Winston meets O’Brien after O’Brien does what

Answer 20

talks to him about meeting him to discuss a new Newspeak dictionary (10th edition) at his apartment

Question 21

who does Winston bring to O’Brien’s place

Answer 21

Julia

Question 22

Winston vs Julia perception on rebellion and the party and the brotherhood

Answer 22

Julia is not as keen on rebellion and prefers to survive in the moment, not interested in joining the brotherhood but is anti-party, Winston looks long-term and wants to rebel against the Party to stop them forever.

Question 23

what does Winston tell O’Brien

Answer 23

• enemies of the party
• thoughtcriminals
• disbelieve in ingsoc
• is an adulter (extra-marital affair)
• want to join the brotherhood
• ready to do anything: murder, throw acid, etc. but Julia is unwilling to leave Winston

Question 24

what can O’brien do

Answer 24

turn off his telescreen

Question 25

who is with O'brien and what does o'brien say about getting caught

Answer 25

Martin his butler - bound to happen - but the faces of the members of the brotherhood will be different immediately

Question 26

what happens the next morning after reading the book

Answer 26

- charrington reveals himself as a member of the thought police as a tele screen was hidden behind the painting and says "You are the dead".

Question 27

some information on Emmanuel's book

Answer 27

The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism - power is held by the 1% while forcing collective conformity - "War itself is a weapon of man" - war is a tactic of control by the elite who aren't themselves not getting their hands dirty - keep the poor poorer so that its easier to keep them in power - proles can rebel, they are the only hope - oceania: British empire, lots of land - Eurasia: russia, large population + resources - East Asia: leftover countries joining as an allied force, tech strengths amongst people - the war is an orchestrated strategy employed by the ruling elite of each superstate to maintain control over their respective populations since all states have the same control mechanisms. - party is unhumanely controlling - critique of newspeak - examination of social hierarchy -discussion of resistance

Question 28

what does Julia get from prole community

Answer 28

- real coffee and chocolate - makeup: powder, lipstick, blush, and eyeshadow

Question 29

Symbolism of Prole woman that Winston hears singing and the song she was singing

Answer 29

- she has something to live for: her children and grandchildren and were living happily - optimism in the face of adversity, human nature can't be broken so easily - similar to when Julia said that they cant get inside you, and look at what you really think

Question 30

what happens when Julia and Winston get caught

Answer 30

the paperweight breaks symbolizes how small winston is

Question 31

painting was of

Answer 31

English cottage country house, St. Clemens possibly

Question 32

meaning of "we are the dead"

Answer 32

- agree that their suppression of Party ideology can land them dead, recognized by Charrington

Question 33

thrush symbolism

Answer 33

-freedom - it just sings out of pure desire not for attraction or purpose

Question 34

what does Julia say about bombs

Answer 34

- dropped by the party themselves, fear mongering technique

Question 35

chocolate dream importance

Answer 35

- Winston still needs growth, his humanity isn't fully there

Question 36

"war means no more than a continuous shortage of the consumption of goods, and the occasional crash of a rocket bomb"

Answer 36

- keeping that fear-mongering alive - deprivation and scarcity, manipulation to stay in power - focus on protection because of how fearful you are prevents security, and you rely on authority

Question 37

maslows hierarchy and 1984

Answer 37

- ppl are kept at physiological needs - deprivation causes desperation - control tactic - Winston moves up to self-esteem with Julia and O'Brien - safety and security is never met because of war

Question 38

two party problems

Answer 38

1) how to discover, against his will, what another human being is thinking (thought police can't) 2) how to kill several hundred million people in a few seconds without giving warning beforehand (ref. to nukes)

Question 39

Inner party accounts for...

Answer 39

less than 2% of people - not born into it, admission is required involving an examination at 16, proles can't and the smart ones are killed by the thought police, avoiding cross contamination

Question 40

changing the past is necessary because

Answer 40

1) safeguard the infallibility (inability to be wrong) of the party 2) the party member tolerates present-day conditions because there are no standards of comparisonso u control the present

Question 41

what does Winston NOT get

Answer 41

the goal of the party, WHY do they do this? aside from power and wtv.

Question 42

SANITY IS NOT STATISTICAL

Answer 42

basis for sanity: - what you think is right relative to the number of people the stats would the mean that: 1) o'brien, Julia, Winston, NOT SANE 2) everyone else, MAJORITY--SANE

Question 43

what did O'Brien tell Winston

Answer 43

- he will receive a briefcase containing Emmanuel's book by someone which Winston does

Question 44

Julia says what about the brotherhood

Answer 44

that she believes its fake and is another ploy by the Party to keep people in power

Question 45

Katherine

Answer 45

- Winston considers throwing her off a cliff - they were away from others, Winston found it curious and Katherine found it unorthodox

Question 46

who gave Winston the briefcase?

Answer 46

a man sent by o'brien before the events of hate week