We & Nineteen Eighty-Four by Kayaan Udachia https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we a critical analysis of human experiences en-us 2018-11-22 01:08:41 UTC 2025-12-30 10:06:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/282109090/a9482b3a639dfe66be05ace31843c5da/lock.png Zamyatin | We kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/306881166
  • Consists of a walled, fortified city built entirely of glass, engendering mass surveillance

    • Everyone dons uniforms and performs actions in carefully calculated schedules

    • Citizens are given four character names. A-Z, 0-9

    Shows UNITY in conformity
    ]]>     2018-11-22 01:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/306881166     Orwell | 1984 kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/306881313
  • Consists of segregated superstates, each with perpetually changing ideals and mechanical societies

    • Airstrip One - cold, harsh metropolis 

    • Revolves around the annexation of the entire world

    Shows HARMONY in conformity
    ]]>     2018-11-22 01:17:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/306881313     Identity and individuality is hindered in the presence of corrupt principles kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/306881570 2018-11-22 01:19:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/306881570 Surveillance https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307149130 2018-11-23 02:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307149130 Loss of identity https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307149376 2018-11-23 02:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307149376 Loss of identity https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307149432 2018-11-23 02:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307149432 GLASS WALLS 👤 kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307152371 Otherwise, we live in broad daylight inside these walls that seem to be fashioned out of bright air. 

    IMAGERY
    • "bright air" and "broad daylight" juxtapose the dark intentions of the glass walls: mass surveillance and thus, a breach of privacy and freedom.
    ]]>     2018-11-23 02:39:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307152371     kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307169647 2018-11-23 05:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307169647 kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307169670 2018-11-23 05:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307169670 kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307169709 2018-11-23 05:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307169709 TELESCREENS kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307169988 CAUSE: Breach of privacy

    EFFECT: conformity and obedience

    LEADS TO: loss of individuality
    ]]>     2018-11-23 05:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307169988     “That’s because no-one is one, but is only one of.” kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307225381 The populace is does not consist of free individuals; instead it consists of prisoners/sardines in a can.]]> 2018-11-23 10:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307225381 NEWSPEAK kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307693628 CAUSE: removal of free thought and expression

    • illustrates how ethics have been abandoned for total control
    ]]>     2018-11-26 10:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307693628     TABLE OF HOURS👤 kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307693832 Locks everyone into a calculated schedule that prevents anyone from having free time or have trivial interactions.]]> 2018-11-26 10:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307693832 QUOTE kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307694417 “remained within the field of vision the metal plaque commanded, [they] he could be seen as well as heard”

    Despite there being no instantaneous punishment, the telescreens command obedience just through their omnipresence. 

    Mass surveillance for the greater good
    ]]>     2018-11-26 10:33:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307694417     QUOTE kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307695036 “It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place, or within range of a telescreen. the smallest thing could give you away...In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face was itself a punishable crime.”

    INDICATIVE MOOD/FORESHADOWING

    The narration foreshadows Winston and Julia being caught via telescreen. It is hidden behind their painting indicative of the
    ]]>     2018-11-26 10:35:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307695036     QUOTE kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307696544 “Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you...asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in bath or bed - no escape”.

    PERSONIFICATION
    "eyes" and "voices"

    Due to the telescreens' omnipresence, even the possibility of being denounced keeps people's behaviours in check with the ideologies of Big Brother.
    ]]>     2018-11-26 10:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/307696544     NONFREEDOM kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308033773 The people live in a state of life that maximises 'happiness', by undoing the "primitive state as freedom" ]]> 2018-11-26 21:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308033773 QUOTE kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308034584 "Happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness"

    INVERTED PHRASE
    • This ultimatum does not make sense; it is a corrupt principle. The OneState dictates that one can only exist in the absence of the other. The people live in a state of life that maximises 'happiness', by undoing the "primitive state as freedom" 
    ]]>     2018-11-26 21:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308034584     QUOTE kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308088639 "It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words"

    Newspeak is a control mechanism manufactured to impair individuals - in accordance with the Party's INGSOC ideologies.
    ]]>     2018-11-27 01:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308088639     QUOTE kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308089817 "Don't you see the whole point of Newspeak is to limit the range of thought"

    Newspeak is solely used to remove any free thought or expression.
    ]]>     2018-11-27 01:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308089817     kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308092499 2018-11-27 02:00:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308092499 kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308092908 2018-11-27 02:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308092908 QUOTE kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308093878 "The very same minute, we get up, millions of us, as though we were one. At the same hour, millions of us as one, we start work. Later, at the same second, millions as one, we stop"

    Everyone is part of something greater; there are no individuals. The removal of independence and free will are manifestations of how the individual is inhibited by corrupt principles. 
    ]]>     2018-11-27 02:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308093878     kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308094977 Individuals are part of a mathematical efficiency machine. They are not human; rather they are parts of a ruthless annexation of the world.]]> 2018-11-27 02:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308094977 kayaanu https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308095355 The Table of Hours locks people into a schedule they can never get out of; a metaphorical cage that represses their individuality and identity.]]> 2018-11-27 02:16:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kayaanu/we/wish/308095355