Article Summary

Joy-Well I personally think that looking at everyones status is wrong, because everyone doesn't want certain people to know there business. Facebook is just fine with me because you are sharing things with people you know not with people you don't.





Sean- This article in my perspective is strangely odd. What type of website lists ALL post, articles, and updates? I think its very disrespectful and it should be against the law to see all of this personal information. I think it is alright under certain conditions as long as you have the other person's consent. Until you get this consent you should not be allowed to see anything; not even who the person is.

Winston's Work Part 2

In Winston's work environment everything was falling apart, the heater wan't working, and the nroof leaked.


How does Winston's work and work environment affect him?
-He got agressive and hallucinated.

1984

Big Brother is watching you-We think this means whatever you do, Big Brother is watching you.

WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH-We think this means war in their point of view is peace to them and its something they are used to. Freedom is slavery means that when your free you are more liable to do something wrong. Ignorance is strength means that what when were ignorant, we can receive more information.

Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past-If you control your past you can decide where you want to be in the future, you can determine how people look at you from your past.

Chapter 1 Winston's house analysis/discription

Step 1:Review Chapter 1of 1984, paying particular attention to setting. Identify three or more specific descriptions or details about Winston's home at Victory Mansions Apartments as presented in Chapter 1 of the novel. For each detail, explain the mood or atmosphere created for the reader.
"...hallway smelt of boiled cabbage and old rag mats."- trying to describe the house as old and in bad condition
"It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times, it was seldom working..."- the house was not upkept
"...there seemed to be no color in anything"-plain and lifeless

Step 2: How does this setting affect Winston psychologically?
It affects Winston because he thinks of it in an optimistic way.

George Orwell Bio Info

1. Which personal events seem to have affected Orwell most? Explain your reasons.
Corporal punishment seemed to affect him the most. It pressured him to ecxel.

2. What three wars had a powerful influence over Orwell? In which war did he actually fight?
-Spanish Civil War
-World War II
-Huesca

3. Which fascist dictators rose to power during Orwell's lifetime?
ITaly, Spain, Russia

4. Which novel by Orwell is a direct satire about Stalin and his political practices?
Animal Farm

5. Which "totalitarian" event occurred in the United States during World War II?
The Japanese Internment Camps

6. Which essay gives evidence that Orwell's experiences at boarding school developed in him a sympathy for the poor and a lasting dislike for social status and power based on wealth?
"Such,such were the joys"
7. Into what social class was Orwell born? Was Orwell ever truly poor?
lower upper middle class; no he was never truly poor

8. Looking at the themes and topics of Orwell's novels, is Hopkinson's statement above valid? Why or why not?
Yes because he used his own experiences in his work

9. Which world event do you think had the most profound influence on Orwell as he wrote 1984? Why do you think this?
The World War II

10. Was Orwell ever married? Did he have any children?
Yes he was married; yes he had children

11. Why didn't Orwell fight against the Nazis in World War II?
Because he died

12. What did Orwell decide to do after he graduated from a prestigious preparatory (high) school? Why di you think he disliked this job?
He worked at the Indian Imperial Police; I think he disliked this because it was the same thing that his father did

13. Was Orwell's first book based on his own experiences? Explain.
Hotel X, it barely made him able to eat because nobody purchased it

14. In what book did Orwell express a concern for the poor working class in England?
The Road to Wigan Pier

Dictatorship

Question 1: Could a totalitarian society exist in this country? Why or why not?

no because America have too many free thinkers
Question 2: Does a totalitarian government need a leader (or figurehead)?
yes

Question 3: Is a totalitarian society with no crime/poverty better than a free society plagued with crime and poverty?
no