Posted by tim cratchit on August 31, 2001 at 14:14:27:
In Reply to: Essay questions for 1984..Please posted by Rachel on August 31, 2001 at 06:01:56:
Here are some qustions you can ask:
1. Why was newspeak invented
2. Why it was necessary to subvert the family and make sex dirty and forbidden
3. What purpose was served by falsifying the history
4. What was the official criminal code, how did the ThoughtPolice work
5. What was the purpose of Two Minutes of Hate. How it related to the forbidden Goldstein Book
6. What is Crimestop, what is Doublethink; show an example
7. What was the ultimate goal of the Party
8. Why a permanent war was waged, why the widespread material misery
9. Did Winston Smith received a better or worse treatment in the Ministry of Love? Describe the relationship between Smith and O'Brien. Why was Smith allowed to go on in his heresy for so many years. Why did they let him go at the end?
10. Describe the class society in the Oceania
11. Was W. Smith realy a positive character? Why yes/no. How about Julia? What kind of things one had to do (and not to do) to avoid detection? What was the real purpose of the pledge O'Brien asked them to pronounce when recruiting them for the 'Brotherhood'?
12. What was the Room 101 goog for?
Good luck,
Clarice
Dr. hannibal cratchit