https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw Analysis Questions. Spend 5-7 minutes on each question (in your groups) en-us 2022-05-02 16:33:26 UTC 2025-11-19 19:13:18 UTC hello@padlet.com gmessina25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168664916 Before he was under suspicion, but now he is converted to the party. Even afterwords sitting in the Chestnut Tree Cafe he traces "2 + 2 = 5"(290), he no longer thinks about anything besides what the party is telling him to think about. ]]> 2022-05-03 17:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168664916 ccetrulo25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168667270 So with the slogan "Freedom is slavery", the truth of ignorance being bliss & the pros of mindlessness apply to Winston's scenario. He is 'free' in the sense he has far more privileges and is open to many more opportunities. For example, he doesn't have to pay the bill for the gin and has a reserved table. But that is because his mind is completely lost in the control of the party. ]]> 2022-05-03 17:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168667270 gmessina25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168671755 White represents the power of the party and the totalitarianism, while the black represents the oppressed/ mind controlled people of the party."In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won"(Orwell 289). ]]> 2022-05-03 17:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168671755 ccetrulo25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168672168 The game of chess that Winston plays against himself reprresents his struggle through an analogy of his contradicting thoughts. The old, and authentic him, versus the mindset of the party. "An extraordinary medley of feelings- but it was not a medley exactly; rather it was successive layers of feelings." The white pieces represent the party as the white always "mate" meaning they always win. The black chess pieces always looses to the control of the party.]]> 2022-05-03 17:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168672168 ladams252_1 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168672497 After his release, Winston has much more freedom. For example, waiters at the Chestnut Tree Cafe "knew his habits" (288) and always fill his cup with Victory Gin along with a chessboard. In addition, they always give Winston a bill which he thinks they "always undercharged him" (288). These abilities are a sign of being a slave of the Party since he loses the worries of someone like the proles or even an outer party member. Economical issues like money, food, or entertainment can never worry him again.]]> 2022-05-03 17:13:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168672497 jblann25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168672899 "He pushed the picture out of his mind. It was a false memory. He was troubled by false memories occasionally. They did not matter so long as one knew them for what they were. Some things had happened, others had not happened. He turned back to the chessboard and picked up the white knight again."

Winston is struggling with memories he thinks aren't real. He pushes them away and ignores them like they don't exist. Winston focusing on the chess game could represent how he is ignoring memories that he thinks aren't real. ]]> 2022-05-03 17:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168672899 cfink252_1 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168673875 Extreme. We chose this word because it shows what the world can become in more of an extreme way. Warning to people on what and what not to do]]> 2022-05-03 17:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168673875 gmessina25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168674500 Winston believed and kept saying that he would never betray Julia and that was his last piece of sanity and humanity but eventually he did betray her and became an empty shell to serve the party and believe everything they tell him. "And after that, you don't feel the same toward the other person any longer"(Orwell 292).  ]]> 2022-05-03 17:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168674500 lrakela25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168675469 Winston betraying Julia shows that he has finally been cured because he has submitted to the party's regime, "Loved Big Brother"(298), and Winston also followed the rules of the party. By saying this Winston has been cured. ]]> 2022-05-03 17:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168675469 ladams252_1 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168676429 The chess game represents the internal battle of Winston as he, at this point, can not choose fully between the white which represents the Party, and the black, the underlying thoughts of the old Winston. In the end he comes to the realization that "white always mates" (289) which ultimately means that the Party will always win the games,  wars, and battles between anyone like Winston.]]> 2022-05-03 17:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168676429 jblann25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168676489 Winston betraying Julia shows that he no longer cares for her. The Party doesn't want people to have any emotional attachment to each other so when Winston betrays her, he stops caring for her and only cares for himself. 

"‘Do it to Julia! Do it to Julia! Not me! Julia! I don’t care what you do to her. Tear her face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me!’" (286)]]> 2022-05-03 17:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168676489 ccetrulo25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168677342 Any authentic love Winston has felt was removed, his humanity itself was destroyed as he was forced to choose self-preservation over compassion in fear of more torture. "I betrayed you. "(292). This was portrayed through casual conversation, which displayed extensive apathy and lack of remorse for any of their actions. If Winston truly loved Julia still, he would not have betrayed her by losing those feelings, and completely losing his sense of humanity.]]> 2022-05-03 17:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168677342 ccetrulo25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168680554 "Her face was sallower, and there's aa long scar..her waist had grown thicker and in a surprising way had stiffened."(291). her personality had been wiped away to complacency, blunt and plain. This shows how the party had completely transformed her into something mindless and ordinary.]]> 2022-05-03 17:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168680554 gmessina25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168682314 In terms of personality, Julia used to be a rebel, but now she is brainwashed and believes and submits to the party along with not loving Winston anymore. "Her face was sallower and there was a long scar partly hidden by the hair, across her forehead and temple"(Orwell 291). This along with the skin shows how she really truly did have a physical change. ]]> 2022-05-03 17:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168682314 ladams252_1 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168683544 To Winston, Julia has changed drastically in both body and personality. With her personality, she doesn't react to Winston's romantic moves and "did not even try to disengage herself" (291). With her body, Winston describes it with "rigidity and awkwardness to handle, which [makes] it more like stone than flesh" (291). These are all the complete opposites of Julia before she leaves as she is a fierce rebel who is deeply in love with Winston. Now, she is nothing more than a mindless body created "beautifully" by the Party.]]> 2022-05-03 17:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168683544 aflores2510_1 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168684109 Orwell is warning us that the party will always win in the end, and will always have ultimate control. They finally cured Winston, which is why Winston now loves Big Brother. "He loved Big Brother." (298)]]> 2022-05-03 17:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168684109 jblann25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168685186 "Thought-provoking." 1984 causes the reader to think about many issues in the world and compare them to the extreme situations in the novel]]> 2022-05-03 17:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168685186 aflores2510_1 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168686549 The book is very messed up and sad, and it is not a book that we would like to read again. Though it is a great piece of literature, it is not a book we would recommend reading if you don't like dystopias. ]]> 2022-05-03 17:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168686549 ccetrulo25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168689266 Orwell gives the readers his final message and shows full submission. Not only is he submissive, but he 'willingly' does so. The control of the party and the sadness of truth that Winston really lost his entire sense of being. It begs the question of what one's value is as a human, and how far will one go to define themselves. As the conformity of the party is absolute and impossible to avoid. It gives a small 'heads up' to the readers, and encourages more reflection in one's daily life to fully see and be aware of who they are, and what rules they live by.]]> 2022-05-03 17:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168689266 lrakela25_2 https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168690202 Orwell ended the book with Winston loving Big Brother because he wants to show that Winston has finally become a party member, complete O'Brien's final stage of "Must loving Big Brother"(282), and affirm the foreshadowing that has been shown throughout the book. ]]> 2022-05-03 17:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cwong253_1/oqsw4dazgqmdsjcw/wish/2168690202