https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo Sarah Hauser en-us 2018-05-02 15:06:28 UTC 2026-02-09 04:07:27 UTC hello@padlet.com hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257290422 written by George Orwell ]]> 2018-05-02 15:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257290422 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257291050 I give this book a solid 3 out of 5 stars. I like the book, but I think since I've read it before, it isn't as good as it was. I was super excited for this book, but it somewhat let me down. I'm also not a fan of having to stick to a reading schedule. I think that is better than the other books we have read this year, but it wouldn't make my top 10 books of all time.]]> 2018-05-02 15:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257291050 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257292696 I picked this picture because it looks like it is the two minuets of hate. This also includes the big theme of manipulating people with words. In this picture you can see two of the three slogans that they have, which are doublespeak.]]> 2018-05-02 15:11:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257292696 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257292780 I picked this picture because of the symbolism behind it in the book. In the book Winston finds a glass paperweight and it ties in his fascination about the past. ]]> 2018-05-02 15:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257292780 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257292820 I picked this picture because now days, this is our version of a memory hole. This ties to the protagonist, Winston Smith, in the fact that he works in the Ministry of Truth and he uses memory holes to destroy history. Which is a little ironic in the fact that he tries his best to remember things from the past. ]]> 2018-05-02 15:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257292820 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257294605 https://www.cnn.com/2013/08/03/opinion/beale-1984-now/index.html

This article connects to the book 1984 because it basically goes through topics in the book and compares them to things we have now, here in our lives. It is crazy to see the similarities between the book and our life. I didn't realize how similar they were, and it's not exactly the same, but there are key things that make you wonder if the world you're living in really is great, or have you been told since you were a child that you live in a great place. ]]> 2018-05-02 15:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257294605 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257294778 The Circle by Dave Eggers has some similar themes that 1984 by George Orwell does. In the book, The Circle, you have people that are fully for the surveillance of people with cameras, but there are some that are against it. Similar to 1984 in the way that Big Brother is always watching, and there are some people who decide to stay out of view of the telescreen. In The Circle, there are two company heads that create so much surveillance, but put themselves above everyone else. Then comes Mae who brings them down, the rebel, who decides that everyone should be on the same level and that there shouldn't be any secretes. Also in The Circle, there is a lot of doublespeak that is hidden by the fact that it actually sounds right, but it is false because the company isn't following what it said it would do. Also in the book The Circle, Mae decides to go around with a camera on her and have people watch her every move, this is similar to the book 1984 by the way of tele screens that spy on their citizens.]]> 2018-05-02 15:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257294778 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257295171 You should read this book because it is the what the author, George Orwell, thought the world would turn into if we weren't careful. There is a romance and betrayal, but don't take the book as one of those sappy love stories. There is fighting. There is war on the daily. There is a government that keeps a close eye on their citizens, and there is a lot of things that the reader can't imagine happening. It is similar to our world in the fact that political people lie to the citizens. You follow a man named Winston who doesn't know how he feels, and you will find out real quickly if he is with or against the government.]]> 2018-05-02 15:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257295171 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257295264 We learn that our world actually came out as some of these people have predicted. Maybe not as bad, but pretty similar. Similar enough with the fact that there are direct reactions from our world to the books. We can learn from the characters Julia and Winston about the fact you can't trust everyone you meet. They got their hopes up to much, and in the end, they got betrayed and screwed. 

I think that the message behind the book is that there are things that we should be afraid of in our world, things that we should try to prevent. The book shows us a world where almost all freedom is lost. Where citizens think that they are free while they are basically enslaved. They think that they are at peace because they have gotten used to the idea of war everyday. A world that has lost all humanity. A world that seems so foreign but really isn't. 

I think that Orwell's message is that we should fix our world before it turns out like this. The technology we have, the surveillance we use, the fact that we have history class, but leave out all the bad from our country. We teach about how bad Hitler was, but we, the United States of America, did the exact same thing to the Japanese. Orwell was writing a warning to all of us. A warning that a bad future could soon be upon us if we don't change our ways and protect our rights. That we could be stripped of our basic human rights.]]> 2018-05-02 15:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257295264 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257712471 I liked how the book threw a curve ball at you with Mr. Charrington and O'Brien were actually completely against the Brotherhood. I liked that fact that there was a person that helped Winston to rebel, but I would've preferred a protagonist that would rebel on his own. I liked how the book really did connect to our world. Even though the technology wasn't all correct, but the fact that we have politicians that use doublespeak and we social media that basically watches our every move. We also have the Patriot Act which allows the government to watch and monitor everything we do, just like the telescreens in 1984.]]> 2018-05-03 15:34:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257712471 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257712570 I didn't like the fact that some points in the book were a little much. I enjoy the beginning because it was a bunch of information thrown at the reader and I understand why the author did that, but I don't prefer a book that does that. I honestly don't have much that i didn't like about the book. Most of it was well written and quite enjoyable.]]> 2018-05-03 15:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257712570 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257719828 Winston Smith:
    Winston is the protagonist in the book. He is 39 years old. He works in the Ministry of Truth, and he is the person that you will follow through the book. He is really quite good at his job. In the book, you will find out if he is for or against the Party.

Julia:
    Julia is a girl that works in the Ministry of Truth, but not with Winston. Julia works in the Fiction Department with machines. Julia wears an anti-sex junior league sash which is a red color. In the book you find out an exact age of 26, but what's funny is you are never given a last name.

Big Brother:
    Big Brother is the so called leader of Oceania, the setting of the story. It's weird because we are never told if he is actually a person. He is the head of the Party that has full control over all the people who live in Oceania. His name is a little interesting in the fact that he should be a warm, nice guy, yet he watches your every move. If you are against the part in any way, he is your biggest enemy and worst fear]]> 2018-05-03 15:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257719828 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257859520 The setting of 1984 is in the country called Oceania. Oceania has a totalitarian government lead by the character called Big Brother. The main enemy of the Party is a guy named, Emmanuel Goldstein. Goldstein is the so called leader of the Brotherhood, and he is also the cause of all the terrible and bad problems that happen in Oceania. The protagonist of the story is a guy named Winston Smith, seems normal enough, right. Well... you are mistaken. This book has a corrupted government that watches their citizens every move and annihilates anyone against them. Scared yet? You should be. Read 1984. A world where children are terrifying and you have to watch your every move, or you could be killed. Don't be too happy, but don't be sad.  ]]> 2018-05-03 22:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257859520 hausesar000 https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257860757 I picked this picture because it describes how Winston is hungering for the truth and the history behind not just himself, but behind Oceania. ]]> 2018-05-03 22:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hausesar000/8fkfe14syepo/wish/257860757