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Question 1

ST intro

Answer 1

Commenting dangers Facism + Communism, Orwell’s 1984 alerts readers (about tot reg + tendency degrade indiv). While O not only highlights those in power manip reality to X personal thoughts, indiv resist by asserting obj truth

Question 2

BP1 Big brother quote evidence

Answer 2

W looks out of apart window, notices pervasive presence of all pwerful figure BB in posters that captioned “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU” + felt “the dark eyes looked deep into [his] own”

Question 3

BP1 big brother analysis

Answer 3

• direct address highli omnip BB everyone targeted by perpet surv
• dehum effect monitoring W feel “dark eyes [looking] deep” his own as BB penetr W mid.
• stifling omnip BB X sense privacy + saftey citizens –> vuln to auth –> surrendering Part orthord

Question 4

BP1 nothing was your own evidence

Answer 4

Standing room looking out dyst city, W drowns in despair abt BB + exclaims “nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters inside your skull”

Question 5

BP1 nothing was your own analysis

Answer 5

• w felt “nthn was [his] own” tot rules of reg X them rights 2 personal freedom
• space self exp limited “few cubic cm” = gov control only leaves minisc space
• omnis BB = X control over anythin, erasing sense of self

Question 6

VVS BP1

Answer 6

Showing ease auth fig dehum citizens, O warns not only dehu ppl through persistent surv, erodes sense of ident.

Question 7

Topic sentence BP1

Answer 7

O illust auth gov maintain control by syst erasing hum ident, leaving X space self-exp or autonomy.

Question 8

TS BP2

Answer 8

Despite opp forces seeking X ind-usim + indep thoughts, O emph imp taking action 2 resist obj reality.

Question 9

BP2 heresy evidence

Answer 9

W reads ch hist book in apart, try comprehend how Party manip truth, thinks how “the heresy of heresies is common sense.”

Question 10

BP2 heresy analysis

Answer 10

• “heresy” fram BB god-like figure makes reality in their image.
• Leaving X space indep thought, basic fund ability to form judgm. , “common sense”, denied.
• ++, W trying ques reality is seen act of rebel. b/c gov X want citizens have own thoughts, t4 ult seen crime against Part

Question 11

Bp2 party not comrade evidence

Answer 11

J, W 💗get ready + put makeup in room above Mr Char shop, she proudly tells W “In this room I’m going be a woman, not a party comrade”.

Question 12

BP2 party not comrade analysis

Answer 12

• “comrade” exp themsv to be, obeying gov + acting uniformly.
  -F4, “this room” perceived private space, W+J allow themsv exp true self + exp freedom w/o fear of the autho watching.
• J desire reclaim fem + right to self-exp reveals deeper awaren. what means be hum.

Question 13

BP2 VVS

Answer 13

Ult, O pursues idea that even in opp, small acts of defiance make great change, preserving hum ident. + personal exp

Question 14

BP3 TS

Answer 14

Although O illus pwr + imp hum spirit, he ult highl fragility + potential for destruction

Question 15

BP3 never again capable of etc evidence

Answer 15

As O’B, Party’s rep, tortures W w/ greatest fear of rats, tells him that “never again will [he] be capable of love, friendship or joy of living” because the Party shall “fill [him] up with [themselves]”.

Question 16

BP3 never again capable etc analysis

Answer 16

• Party “shall squeeze” humanity from ppl, attempting to X any aspects normal hum traits. - The princip of “love, friendship, joy” that essent good hum life are ult X by the abs contr pwr of state, makes life meaningless. - ++, opp citizens makes em incapable of exp any hum emo, leaving them feeling worthless

Question 17

BP3 picture of future evidence

Answer 17

Having already broken by tort. , O’B outlines goals of INGSOC + regime, telling him, “If [he] wanted a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever”

Question 18

BP3 picture of future analysis

Answer 18

-the ‘picture of the future’ is life citizens living in soon, be in full hands of the Part,
- mver, indiv soon feel utt worthless, as subj would feel like a “boot stamping on a human face”.
- citiz stripped of all contr over their lives, their existence pointless.

Question 19

BP3 VVS

Answer 19

ult O implores readers recog that freedom + values X indestruct. + must kept alive by consc. effort.

Question 20

full essay conclusion

Answer 20

Ult, O reveals how gov can restrict citiz percep to maintain pwr, hver, emp imp of the truth. Retaining its relevance today, O 1984 forces readers confront the idea hum mind fragile + can crushed by pwrful inst