https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu By Victoria Vuz, Milea DiPonzio, Megan Finan, Claudia Zaglewski en-us 2017-11-30 14:21:15 UTC 2023-02-13 17:55:10 UTC hello@padlet.com c_zaglewski20 https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211856527 Moment:
In Chapter 4, Winston's day to day life is finally presented in full display. When he goes to work, he is tasked with the sole job of pretty much re-writing history. He has the power to eliminate Comrade Withers, a vaporized member of the party, and replaces him with the creation of a whole new person. This new member will have now been the one who delivered Withers' speech, and will replace his acts of "betrayal" with Comrade Ogilvy who is the perfect representation of a loyal Party member.
Significance:
Life in this society doesn't matter to the Party or to Big Brother. Nobody can make mistakes, and nobody can step out of line. The citizens that work within this Ministry are mindlessly killing off almost everything from their past and don't think for a second about the lives of people that they are erasing on a daily basis; which brings the question of: how many people are being vaporized daily?]]> 2017-11-30 14:24:38 UTC https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211856527 c_zaglewski20 https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211856880 When Winston is called to do the exercise on the television in Chapter 3, we are able to grasp a greater understanding on what life is life for the citizens in 1984. Here we see how when the dark haired girl on the television calls for all of the "thirty to forty group" to begin exercising, Winston without question joins in, as he "sprang to attention." The reader is able to pick up on the detail that the girl behind the screen has the ability to view everyone from the group that she called out, including Winston. There is irony in the scene, in the sense that the people are physically exercising, however they are unable to metaphorically exercise their freedom and privacy. These actions seem to closely resemble those of what a military would endure; the people are directed by the leader, who can sometimes come across as harsh, and are pushed to accomplish exercises. ]]> 2017-11-30 14:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211856880 m_finan20 https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211857434 Winston: Being the protagonist of the novel, the book focuses on Winston's point of view about the occurrences in the dystopian society. Winston does not trust Big Brother, the leader of their country, and has slyly rebelled against him by writing "down with Big Brother" (Orwell 18) in his diary. He constantly has memories from his past that he cannot quite recall, such as, the memory of his family and distinctive happenings when he was a child. As a child, he somewhat remembers fleeing from an attack with his family, and he also feels responsible for the disappearance of his mother and sister. He ultimately becomes skeptical of the government, as he finds records of Big Brother in a time where he didn't remember him existing; however, he has no memory of him existing at that time. Winston also works in the Ministry of Truth, where he rewrites history with false information, in order to make Oceania sound like a better place. Winston has no idea what year they are actually living in, as the government restricts its people from actually being able to think for themselves.

Dark-haired girl: Throughout the chapters, an unnamed girl with dark hair captured the eyes of Winston. Her name is not yet revealed, although, Winston has very complex feelings towards her, he likes her but also hates her and wants to kill her. These feelings also travel to his dreams when he has a vision of her, but is still has very conflicted feelings.

Big Brother: Leader of Oceania. He rules his country and forces all those who live within it to abide by his laws. If someone does not cooperate, they will immediately be vaporized and erased from history. He is always watching the citizens of Oceania, and always tries to make sure that everyone is doing as they are informed to do so. Big Brother constantly has those who work for the government rewrite history and takes no fear in getting rid of those who decide to rebel against him. ]]> 2017-11-30 14:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211857434 m_finan20 https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211857815 Winston works in the government in the Records Department. His job is to "update" all forms of written media to suit the present. If the Big Brother's estimation was wrong, it had to be corrected so he was right in the past. If a person was vaporized, all references of that person had be deleted.

With the past being altered, there was no way for anyone to know the actual truth, because history was a lie. If someone wanted to prove the evils and lies of Big Brother, they had nothing to go on but their own memories, which were also greatly influenced the government by the government. This is the epitome of a dystopian society freedom of the press is completely destroyed. All forms of media support Big Brother, and so, people cannot find new ideas in literature; they only find false evidence to support the party.]]> 2017-11-30 14:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211857815 c_zaglewski20 https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211860503 2017-11-30 14:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211860503 m_finan20 https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211864460 In Chapter four, Winston is working on a project to rewrite an article on a vaporized person. He knew that he was highly likely that many people were working on the same thing, and he highly suspected, "...Tillotson was busy on the same job himself" (Orwell 47). However, no one could work on the same project together because that would be admitting that the media was being altered. Although it is the truth, nobody aknowledges it, and citizens of Oceania probably blame their memories instead, which leads to them not even trusting themselves. 

Working together would also breed rebellion. If they worked together and, therefore, admitted the lies of Big Brother, it might lead to them seeing the truly corrupted government. This is why it is forbidden for anyone discuss anything of substance: it might lead to rebellion against Big Brother. ]]> 2017-11-30 14:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211864460 c_zaglewski20 https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211865401 Moment:
For a brief time, Winston describes the situation of the war and the other countries that surround them. He mentions that Eurasia was in alliance with Oceania "as short a time as four years ago", and yet he doesn't question the fact that the Party dismissed and rejected all notions of this. This means that the people can remember events, they just refuse to believe them. The Party has such an influence over their lives that they are not even allowed to think about the wrong thing for even a second.
Significance:
People have the power to change or do something, but they refuse to. Another Party slogan says that "who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." They believe that it is their duty to renew history to secure the future. In every decision that is made by them, however, the outcome only effects the leaders positively. The choices that they make are not for the good of society but for the sake of control so that they can have a poster-life and a perfect vision.]]> 2017-11-30 14:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211865401 m_diponzio20 https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211870262 Both being dystopian novels, Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 possess similar qualities in different ways. Although their societies contrast for their own reasons, the overall characteristics of the citizens remain similar. In Fahrenheit 451, the people resemble brain-dead automatons, that don't think for themselves due to the fact that technology has consumed all of their natural comprehension of what a thought provoking life would be like. In 1984, the characters act similarly, for they are willing to execute any actions that they are told to do by the government, without thinking first. Although they differ in the sense that in F451, the people are controlled by their own actions, and in 1984, the characters are controlled by the government, the idea of a thoughtless society remains adamant. 

Literature is comparable between the two novels as well. In Fahrenheit 451, literature is banned from public access, due to the fact that if people had an understanding for it's depth, they would be forced to think for themselves. As Beatty once mentioned, people may get offended from the information that literature has to offer. In 1984, literature literally does exist, in fact the protagonist's career is to create forms of literature. However the literature that is created truthfully never actually did exist. Breaking this concept down further, literature is altered to make the government (Big Brother) free from hate of the people. Literature is created by people altering the truth, and although that still creates an article, there is no truth in what was written. Where people in F451 are kept from literature because it could offend them and cause them to think differently, 1984 has a similar idea where the people are refrained from knowledge, due to the fact that it could alter their mindset. In both, literature does literally exist, however the lessons that can be learned from it, and the depth that it truly contains is not made accessible. ]]> 2017-11-30 14:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211870262 m_finan20 https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211870990 Winston Smith and Guy Montag are both the protagonists of disturbing dystopian stories, and they have many similarities. Unlike many modern dystopian stories such as the Hunger Games or Divergent, both are older characters and both work for the institution that they are rebelling against.  Winston works at the Records Department for Big Brother while Guy works as a firefighter. They also both have flawed and limited memories of their past, albeit for different reasons.

However, there are also many difference between the two. Winston sees the evil of the government from the beginning of the story, writing "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" repeatedly in his diary, an act which could cause him to be vaporized. On the other hand, Guy takes a while to get to this point. Guy does not see the problem with the system at the beginning of the book, which is more typical of a dystopian story.]]> 2017-11-30 14:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211870990 c_zaglewski20 https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211872945 2017-11-30 14:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/v_vuz20/zib3rzgdhwgu/wish/211872945