https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9 A book profile by Rodrigo Dominguez en-us 2019-05-03 17:06:45 UTC 2019-05-10 19:31:32 UTC hello@padlet.com rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/356691134 2019-05-03 17:11:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/356691134 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/356694722 Winston
The main character of the book. He believes that the Party should be overthrown because the Party has made people lose their humanity. He hates the Party and wants to join the Brotherhood.
Julia
She is another main character. She is Winston's lover, and part of the junior anti-sex league. She also hates the Party and rebels by having sex with Party members.
O'Brien
He is a member of the Party who tricks Julia and Winston into thinking that the Brotherhood is real and that he is part of the it. He ends up torturing Winston in the Ministry of Love.
Mr. Charrington
He owns the shop that Winston buys the paperweight from. His shop also has the room with no telescreen in sight, which is very rare. He is secretly part of the Thought Police. ]]> 2019-05-03 17:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/356694722 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/357648180 The year is 1984 and the book starts out with Winston entering his apartment building and walking up to his floor. He is a minor member of the Party in Oceania. Winston doesn't remember much of his past or even the past in general. However, Winston likes to think and one day buys a journal so he can write his thoughts down. It is illegal to think against the Party and to write your ideas down on a book. This how Winston begins to rebel and later on he finds a girl that helps him rebel. They are turning their backs against the Party and decide to join the Brotherhood which eventually leads to their capture and punishment.]]> 2019-05-07 14:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/357648180 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/357654352 You should read this book because it has many twists and turn that make you think twice about everything. One moment you think you can talk to anyone and then the next you're house is being rushed by SWAT.  This books takes you to 1984 and makes you feel like you're a part of this dystopian novel. This really makes you think about what will happen in the future. You begin to question yourself if things like global warming or nuclear wars will dramatically affect the future of our world.]]> 2019-05-07 14:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/357654352 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/357654929 We can learn many things from 1984. One thing I learned is to never completely trust your government. 1984 showed us that whatever your government says is true, may not be true at all. The Party said that Big Brother is always watching, but he doesn't even exist. This also teaches us the danger that totalitarianism can pose to society if it is ever successful. This book shows us the many cons that totalitarianism can bring to any society.  ]]> 2019-05-07 14:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/357654929 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/357655629 I love dystopian and utopian type novels. These books tend to make me feel a little nervous for the future. Reading about the future can be fun, but once you're in this future I find it to be somewhat scary. I like learning about possible outcomes for the future. The only thing I didn't like was the ending of the book. It was kind of a simple ending. I was expecting something more interesting for the ending. However, I liked that in the beginning, it made me feel like I was actually in 1984. The description of what life was like in 1984 was spot on. ]]> 2019-05-07 14:54:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/357655629 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/357680255 1. Without the differences that make me, me and you, you then we wouldn't have our own identity or personality.
Evidence: The Party makes people wear the same clothes, eat the same food, and live in the same apartments. There is no diversity between citizens, nothing that makes them stand out, no one is unique. 
Example: When the Party is making Newspeak simpler so there's almost no need for people to think about what they're saying. This limits people's ideas and therefore everyone has the same personality and identity.
2. Propaganda was created to gain the support of the public, however, whatever you tell the public may not have to be true for them to believe you.
Example: The Party uses propaganda to tell its citizens that Big Brother is always watching when in reality Big Brother doesn't even exist.
Example: When the Party says that they're always in a war whether its Eastasia or Eurasia, when they're not fighting anyone and its just the Party who is bombing the proles.
3. Social inequality can be found many times throughout history and it has a negative effect on the entire community.
Example: In 1984, the proles are very poor when compared to the members of the Party who live in luxurious houses and the Proles live in houses that are falling apart. The members of the Party also get exclusive things like victory coffee. 
Example: The Party members are safe from the bombings that are caused by the "war" with Eastasia/Eurasia. However, the proles are safe because they're poor and useless so the Party decides that nothing bad will happen if they only bomb the proles. ]]> 2019-05-07 15:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/357680255 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/358153363 I connected this book to an article about the freedom that North Korean citizens have. Just like in 1984, citizens in North Korea have no freedom of movement, speech, or information. They have no connection to the rest of the world, so the only information they get is from the government itself, just like in 1984. There are also food and supply shortages in North Korea.
https://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/learn-nk-challenges/]]> 2019-05-08 17:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/358153363 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/358153494 I connected this book with the book Breathe. The book is a dystopian novel where air isn't free anymore and people have to buy it from the government. In Breathe, the government also closely monitors its citizens since the only legal way to buy air is from them, and any other way is illegal. This book also has its "proles" and "members" of the Party. People can be premiums, who have an unlimited amount of air, or an auxiliary, who are always worrying about having air. Just like in 1984, people who go against the government are punished and sometimes are left outside the domes without air tanks to die.

]]> 2019-05-08 17:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/358153494 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/358568496 This is what Winston buys in Mr. Charrington's shop. Winston says that he hasn't seen a paperweight in a while since there practically no use for them anymore. However, Winston feels like this item takes him to a different world, a world where the Party didn't exist and everything was different.]]> 2019-05-09 16:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/358568496 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/358895890 We learn that Winston is scared of rats when he and Julia encounter a rat in the room in Mr. Charrington's shop. This was the first time that we knew that Winston had a weakness, mentally. When O'Brien is torturing Winston, he places a cage full of rats on Winston's head so that they would eat his face. Winston ends up breaking and turning against Julia.]]> 2019-05-10 14:31:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/358895890 rodrigofjh https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/358951652 The telescreen represents the idea that the government closely monitors its citizens. The telescreens would see anything you did and what you said if it was loud enough. This telescreen represents all the iPhones, Alexa, and siri. They can also pick up everything that you say at any time even if you don't want them to. ]]> 2019-05-10 16:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rodrigofjh/5t2hcaigw7s9/wish/358951652