Quotations - 1984, Julia Flashcards
Foreshadowing / irony of W and J betrayal
“If they could make me stop loving you - that would be real betrayal”
OB threat but resistance motto / foreshadowing
“We are the dead he said. We are the dead echoed Julia dutifully” - W and J
“You are the dead” - OB
Describes parties view on J
“Carried her out of the room like a sack”
Shows common life and worthlessness
Shows W being selfish whilst J was tortured
“He stood dead still. No one had hit him yet”
Short sentences showing urgency
W betraying J
“Do it to Julia”
Shows J character and page
P151
“Girls are always support to be so pure. Here’s one who isn’t”
Defiance, strong female character
Contrasts to Katherine - parties ideals
J reaction to K when W considers pushing her off a cliff due to behaviour
“Why didn’t you give her a good shove?”
Spirited, rebellious approach
J attitude to life
‘Carpe diem’ (sieze the day)
Vivacious in approach to life in society
“Then stop talking about dying”
Encouraged to see desire against death
Gives hope
Paperweight and page
P167 and 169
“The coral was Julia’s life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the Crystal”
Symbol of past and unity
After W and J betrayed each other, part and page
Part 3: P336
“I betrayed you”
Both recognised betrayal
Irony considering P2
Foreshadows W and J end and page
P192
“At the end we are certain to be apart”
Inevitability (thought police)
“Here comes a chopper to chop off your head” repeated motif, fate
W’s first impressions of J
“The girl from the fiction department - she would never be vaporised”
He gives the impression that J is the type of person that is made for survival. What
W is wary of J at start
Thinks she is thought police
“During two minutes hate, she had sat immediately behind him where there was no apparent need to do so”
- normally if someone sat behind you, you wouldn’t question it
“The amateur spy who was the greatest danger of all”
- W thinks J is part of TP
Important:
See how paranoid W is
