Activity 12

Chapter 1:
1.  A telescreen is something that monitors a civilian's every movement and sound.  The telescreen is different from a regular TV because a regular TV just shows images and sounds, a telescreen records images and sounds.  It is possible to turn a normal TV into a telescreen.  Using a telescreen to monitor criminals or terrorists would be very smart and effective.  I don't think that a telescreen could be used for political control.  I think that installing a telescreen in every household would be absurd because there is no reason to monitor everyone.
2.  Ministry of Truth, Ministry of Plenty, Ministry of Love and Ministry of Peace makeup the 4 government ministries that control the world of Big Brother.  Our departments in our government are somewhat like the ministries in Oceania.  They differ because our departments are not as oppressive as the ministries in Oceania.
3.  Winston wants to keep a diary in order to empty his thoughts out.  It is not illegal to own a diary, however it is illegal to commit thoughtcrime.  Thoughtcrime is thinking bad thoughts about the government.  If Winston thinks bad thoughts about the government then he may be in danger of writing those thoughts down.
4.  Two-minutes Hate is when the citizens watch a film about the Party's enemies (Emmanuel Goldstein and his followers in particular) and express their hatred for them.
Chapter 2:
1.  Parents in Oceania are often afraid of their children because they think that their children might say something that would expose some unorthodoxy to the government.
2.  O'Brien says "We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness".  I think this meant that O'Brien believes that Winston and himself are destined to meet later on in life outside of a dark dream.
Chapter 3:
1.  Winston dreams about his mother.  It tells us that Winston has a soft spot in his heart for his mother.
2.  The exercise instructor can see that Winston is not touching his toes because the telescreen caught him.
Chapter 4:
1.  Winston's job at the Ministry of Truth is to look over documents and make sure that it glorifies the Party and Big Brother in every way shape and form.  He is very good at his job.  He sometimes feels that what he is doing is wrong, nevertheless he does the job for every document.  No questions asked.
Chapter 5:
1.  Newspeak is the language that was developed by the Party.  Its intention is to limit the amount of words in one's vocabulary, ultimately limiting the amount of thoughts one has.  Eventually everyone will speak Newspeak.
2.  The Thought Police are an organization that takes action when someone commits thoughtcrime.  Thoughtcrime is thinking anything that goes against the expected thoughts of orthodox Party members.
3.  Winston thinks that his colleague Syme will be vaporized because Syme commits thoughtcrime openly.
Chapter 6:
1.  Winston is divorced.  He was once married to a woman but since they broke up he now lives alone.
Chapter 7:
1.  The proles are the lower part of society and they make up the bottom 85% of Oceania's population.  Winston writes this because he feels that if anyone can overthrow the oppressive government it is the proles.
2.  This quote about the "capitalists" in frock coats and top hats is probably true.  Unfortunately, there is no way to know for sure because the Ministry of Truth erases all documents that would record info like this.
3.  The Chestnut Tree Cafe is where thought criminals spend much of their time.  Jones, Aaronson and Rutherford spent much of their time in the Chestnut Tree Cafe.  They get executed for thought crime.
4.  When Winston writes this, he understands HOW he is a lunatic but he does not understand WHY he is a lunatic.
Chapter 8:
1.  Winston returns to the junk shop because he noticed that there was no telescreen in the junk shop and that intrigued him.  He is in the junk shop to buy a print.
2.  Winston is scared of the girl from the fiction department because he thinks that she is part of the Thought Police.

Activity 11

Chapter 1: His mind hovered for a moment round the doubtful date on the page, and then fetched up with a bump against the Newspeak word doublethink (Pg 7).
Noun
My Definition: thinking about two opposing ideas at once.
My Sentence: I committed doublethink when I liked both the Giants and Dodgers at the same time.
Chapter 2:  Parsons was Winston's fellow employee at the Ministry of Truth (Pg 22).
Noun
My Definition: part of the government that controls law and justice in society.
My Sentence: The Ministry of Truth is where I would go to handle any type of issues with the law.
Chapter 3:  With its grace and carelessness it seemed to annihilate a whole culture, a whole system of thought, as though Big Brother and the Party and the Thought Police could all be swept into nothingness by a single splendid movement of the arm (Pg 31).
Nouns
My Definitions: Big Brother- ruler of every aspect of life.  Party- the most powerful political group.
Thought Police- part of government that monitors civilians every thought.
My Sentence: The Thought Police and the Party both function under the rule of Big Brother.
Chapter 4:  Winston dialed "back numbers" on the telescreen and called for the appropriate issues of the times... (Pg 38).
Noun
My Definition: a machine that monitors a civilian's every move.
My Sentence: The telescreen in my room monitored my every move.
Chapter 5:  ...the executions in the cellar of the Ministry of Love (Pg 49).
Noun
My Definition: part of government that controls social affairs.
My Sentence: I would go to the Ministry of Love to handle any marriage situation.
Chapter 6:  Winston was writing in his diary (Pg 63).
Noun
My Definition: an outlawed item that provides a place to commit doublethink.
My Sentence: I wrote in my diary today to unload all my bottled up thoughts.
Chapter 7:  If there is hope it lies in the proles (Pg 69).
Noun
My Definition: lowest ranking people in society who make up 85% of the people in Oceania.
My Sentence: The proles should attempt to overthrow the oppressive government.

Activity 5

After reading the first two paragraphs of the book, one detail that I immediately noticed was odd was the fact that there was a big poster that stated: "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU".  I predict that this world that Winston lives in is ruled by a very powerful leader who controls every aspect of life. 

Activity 4

         

An eye is on the cover of my book.  I assume that the cover art signifies the theme that there is always someone watching you in the world of 1984.  There are no comments on the front or back of my book.  There is a picture of an eye on the front of my book.  There is a summary on the back of the book that gives a solid explanation of what the book is generally about.  There is a short biography of the author, George Orwell, and another man named Erich Fromm.  There is an afterword by Erich Fromm, but I don't think I should read it until after I finish the book.  The book is broken up into sections with roman numerals in each section.