https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a What is the effect of having the story broken into three, distinct parts? How do you see these parts contributing to the story as a whole? Which part stood out most to you? Why? en-us 2017-07-19 19:34:21 UTC 2017-08-19 17:03:16 UTC hello@padlet.com tfritz2 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/179065115 Be sure to read & follow the instructions on the G.C. page.]]> 2017-07-19 19:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/179065115 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/179197209 The effect of having 1984 divided into three, distinct parts is so that the reader can recognize the three stories that involve Winston as he progresses through the book. The first part of the book is about Winston's awakening and realizing the flaws with the Party. the effect of the first part of the book is to establish Winston's character and establish the false utopia around him, so he can spend the course of the rest of the book resisting its grip on his free will. During the course of this part, Winston still lives his life as normal, but he begins to see the hidden evils of the Party and looks for people like him. He begins his path towards defiance when he acquires the journal and writes "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" (Orwell 18). He has a moment where he and O'Brien connect when their eyes meet. He goes on to remember events of his past when he was a child and attempts to remember life before the revolution. When he struggles to recall his life before the Party, every document he finds implies that the Party was always present and the ways of the past were wrong. This leads Winston to the Prole quarter to find the answers where he questions an old drunk, and he runs into Mr. Charrington while considering to rent the room upstairs. As the book moves on to the second part, the story transitions to Winston and Julia's love affair and their joining of the Brotherhood. The effect of this second part is that human nature is something that can not be destroyed despite the best efforts of the Party. When given the opportunity, human instinct will prevail. It also proves that a true utopia does not exist as the Book points out the flaws and similarities between the superstates. During the course of this part, Winston and Julia will sneak away from the eyes of the Party, so that they can be alone and enjoy their company while defying the parties lifestyle through sexual acts. They will also make clear their hatred of the Party, and Winston mentions that O'Brien may be a trusted ally. After taking the risk of visiting O'Brien, Winston and Julia learn that he is in the Brotherhood, and O'Brien initiates Winston and Julia. He goes on to say that he will give Winston the book of Emmanuel Goldstein. The rest of the story is spent with Winston reading the book until they are caught and separated. The book then transitions into the the third and final part of the book. The effect of this part is to demonstrate that Winston was fighting a losing battle, and that the Party does have full control over the lives of its people. In this part of the book, Winston learns he was set up by O'Brien, and Winston is tortured for what he believes is months by O'Brien. Despite Winston's best effort, O'Brien does succeed in breaking him, and Winston turns into a mindless drone that will believe anything that the Party tells him. Winston loses all the humanity and character that was established in the first two parts of the book, and it proves that the Party ultimately won the war of suppressing free will and choice.]]> 2017-07-21 16:11:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/179197209 tfritz2 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/179200012 Collin - Wonderful responses. Thank you for your insights!]]> 2017-07-21 17:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/179200012 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180504812 The effect of having the story broken up into 3 parts is to show how much change and growth that happens with Winston. 
In the first  section Winston is exploring his own mind and thoughts and is trying to validate this way of living, but he can't seem to be able too. He desperately searches for anything that will provide any memory of the past as he recollects his own memories of his family and his life before the revolution. He even goes as far as openly asking another person who might be able to tell him about, "anything that might throw light upon the past [that] had been systematically altered" (Orwell 98). I think this is his moment of self discovery and he realizes that there is something better than the way that he's living right now and he is trying to use the past to help him discover just what it is.The second section stands out to me the most because now that he knows what he believes and is trying to discover a new way of living he finds someone else who feels the same way and he feels safer in his thinking. He meets Julia and he thinks that he hates her because the system he has been living in brainwashes the citizens from feeling love. He falls in love with her but because he doesn't know what love feels like he thinks it is hate. Winston finds himself doing things for this woman that he would never think of doing before. He sneaks around to meet with her and learn more about her. He finds himself confiding in her and getting excited when he knows that they are going to meet. He shares with her his thoughts and ideas about the party and discovers she is disgusted by the party as well. This gives him the confidence to go to O'Brien and seek his guidance on how to defy the party. He believes that O'Brien is the one who can bring down the party and create a new life for the citizens of Oceania. However, he was wrong. O'Brien tricked him and gave him a book of teachings that would explain the inner workings of the party and what all was wrong with it that he didn't even get to complete before he was arrested. The third section of the book is Winston's life in prison. He still hasn't given up hope because O'Brien warned him that this would happen. He watches day by day new cells mates come in and old one's go. He is starved and beaten until his interrogation where he confesses everything, but that still isn't enough. O'Brien betrays Winston's trust and makes him into just another citizen with out any thought of his own by means of torture and fear. ]]> 2017-08-09 17:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180504812 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180510877 I loved your explanation of the story especially your explanation of human nature and how the party can't take that away from them. I also loved your description of the third section of the book and how you revealed that all Winston's efforts didn't matter because the party ultimately succeeded. ]]> 2017-08-09 17:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180510877 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180660058 Breaking the book into three parts allows the story to evolve in a manner that is best described as organized and also allows for a more chronological order to the events within the book. Part one of the plot introduces the characters and shows the thought process of Winston and his rebellion against the society he was brought up in. He starts seeing the true motives of the Party. This is demonstrated when Winston makes a conclusion about the Party's past. This conclusion is that in three trials the Party lied about confessions that the men in the trials made. This revealed part of the extent of the Party's deception. This is all relayed to the reader with the words "There was only one possible conclusion: the confessions were lies" (Orwell 78). In Part two it is described in a romantic manor. During this section of the plot, Winston and Julia meet and start a romance forbidden by the Ministry of Love. This forbidden nature is restated throughout the second part foreshadowing the eventual climax of the second part of the book which is the capture of the two lovers. Part two starts with a note passed from Julia to Winston with the words "I love you" written on it. This note has an interesting effect on Winston which is described when the narrator says "he was too stunned even to throw the incriminating thing into the memory hole" (Orwell 108).This is definitely my favorite section of the plot because of the romantic aspect of things. They rebel and sacrifice everything for loving one another. Part three concludes the novel with the two lovers being ripped apart through brutal torture within the Ministry of Love that utilizes the character's biggest fears. The society feels that love is evil and thus, must be made obsolete. This goal is accomplished when Winston is pushed to say the words "Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don't care what you do to her" (Orwell 286) which signifies the end of the relationship, the rebellion, and the plot. ]]> 2017-08-10 20:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180660058 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180790194 I really liked how you explained the three parts of the book, subplots of the book, and the way you connected it back to Winston. My favorite part of your explanation is the way you described the second part of the book because of how you explained that Winston and Julia's love was forbidden, and that your connection with the forbidden nature leading to the climax was a great connection. One thing I do think that led to their eventual capture was how Winston and Julia relaxed more and more as they spent more time with each other. When they were first meeting up, they would take extreme measures such as meeting in a busy square and exchanging minimal communication to ensure they were not caught. However, as time passed, they began to take less and less precautions when they would meet, and they would just go to Mr. Charrington's room and stay too late. Their lack of fear of the Party was overshadowed by the feelings of love that Winston and Julia felt for each other, so it lead to their eventual capture. Tying in with you answer, I would also think part of the reason they were caught was because they were willing to make that sacrifice if it meant that Winston and Julia could spend more time together like you said. Then, the way you described part three was really interesting because you said it was about tearing lovers apart rather than making a mindless drone that would follow the party. I think that is a cool angle that is extremely true as O'Brien wanted Winston to betray Julia because O'Brien knew it would break Winston emotionally.]]> 2017-08-12 01:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180790194 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180868340 One of the effects of having the story broken into three different parts is to exemplify how Winston’s thoughts and actions almost become reversed. There are a few elements I observed that have this chiastic effect throughout the story. In the first part, Winston absolutely “hated” Julia and wanted to “flog her to death”, among other things (Orwell 16). This revulsion was an effect of his hate towards Big Brother and the Party, but, nevertheless, he could not help but to feel this loathing towards Julia. Winston even contemplates killing her when he learns that she had followed him. His feelings then took a complete 180° turn in the second part of the book. Once he learns of her love for him, Winston’s feelings for Julia almost immediately begin to change. After becoming closer with her and discovering even more feelings for her, Winston “wished that they were a married couple of ten years’ standing” (Orwell 116). After a change of fortune in part three, Winston and Julia are captured. Winston betrays Julia in one of the worst ways possible when O’Brien threatens him with rats. Winston begs O’Brien “Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her” (Orwell 236). This betrayal completely destroyed his relationship with Julia. What started with hate, lasted a while in love, but ended in utter ruin. This ironic reversal of feelings can also be seen in throughout the three parts of the book with Winston’s feelings toward the Party and Big Brother. Winston’s feeling of hate towards Big Brother is obvious in part one. The dislike is first evident when Winston writes “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” repeatedly in his journal (Orwell 19). In part two, I believe Winston’s feelings are augmented because all he wishes is for he and Julia to walk “through the streets… openly and without fear”, but Big Brother is clearly in the way of this dream (Orwell 116). In part three, Winston’s feelings are totally altered. This is most evident in the last line: “He loved Big Brother” (Orwell 245). Part three stood out to me the most because that is where I got to see the imperfections of Winston.  Because the book is split into three different sections, the changes of Winston’s feelings are emphasized. The irony of the whole situation reveals just how successful the Party and Big Brother are.

]]> 2017-08-14 02:52:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180868340 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180978416 Taking the novel into three parts gives the plot a more dramatic approach and an individual climax for each part. I agree that when the story ia broken up, you can see Winston's progression in the book.]]> 2017-08-14 19:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180978416 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180984097 At the end of your comment you said that when Winston confessed and scapegoated Julia that that was the end if the plot. That had never accured to me but that is so true! All this time Winston hated this girl then lived her and now finishing the job, ditches her off to the side! ]]> 2017-08-14 20:39:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/180984097 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181029364 I agree with your analysis about how having the story broken up into three parts allows the audience see how much changes within Winston. I also like how you mentioned that your favorite part is part two because he is trying to discover a new way of living and he feels safer in his thinking. I think this is what ultimately leads to Winston's downfall because he becomes a lot less cautious in this part of the book. Winston is blinded by his wants and desires, and he ultimately believes that he and Julia are going to get anyways, so he becomes reckless. This part just highlights the shortcomings and flaws of the characters. ]]> 2017-08-15 04:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181029364 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181030097 There are many different answers to this question, and I think yours is great because it's just as simple as organization and flow. Character development and setting are so essential in this story, and Orwell did great because he started to evolve them first before anything else in the plot. I love how you directly tied Winston's actions at the end in with the end of the rebellion.]]> 2017-08-15 04:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181030097 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181142783 I found it interesting how you mentioned the imperfections of Winston and how the Party succeeded. Although Winston was developed to resemble a heroin, Orwell showed the human aspects of the character. I also like how you threaded his thought process throughout the plot, explaining how he fell in love, which ultimately became his weakness. Furthermore his love for Julia ultimately resulted in ruin, and the Party not only used rats to torture Winston, but his own love for her. What he thought to be his strength, turned into his weakness.]]> 2017-08-15 19:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181142783 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181151356 Your analysis of the three sections of the book was really well thought out, and I agree with it. I thought your description of the second part was really well done as you really explain what must have been going through Winston's mind as he was processing what was occurring to him. I think what was great about the second part was that it truly humanized Winston and Julia both as they have their own faults like the rest of the world. In this case, These faults led to a relationship between two people that were experiencing love, an emotion that was heavily forbidden by the Party. Relationships were classified as duties to the party in order to produce more party members for later generations. So for Winston and Julia, this was a thrill to disobey the party and achieve happiness even if it was only for a limited time. as their emotions for each other led to their capture, it really helps encapsulate the idea that human flaws can led to dire consequences even though love is a natural instinct. However, it is the flaw of becoming blind with love that borderlines on lust that caused Winston and Julia to be captured as they became less cautious with each meeting.]]> 2017-08-15 20:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181151356 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181152884 I agree with what you said about Part 2 of the book. This section is my favorite as well, and I enjoy what you said about Winston falling in love with Julia, thinking it was hate. I also like how you went on to elaborate the reason behind his confusion of emotions, because of the extreme control and total brainwashing the Party has forced on the people of Oceania. Although he falls into deep love with her, he can't recognize it, but he starts doing things and he doesn't know why. This puts an emphasis on his feelings for Julia, and proves what he felt for her was completely raw and true.]]> 2017-08-15 20:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181152884 https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181163452 I like how you mentioned his complete flip of feelings for the Julia and how Big Brother got in the way of that in the end. I liked this because it showcases just how much control the party has over the mind and feelings of each citizen and how they can't ever outrun them. ]]> 2017-08-15 22:26:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tfritz2/4l1vlc5rac9a/wish/181163452