Brown Group Period 4 Mariyam Habeeb Celine Lu Nikki Nguyen Tu Nguyen

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1 there s a ords with e with the Specific: choice of details atmosphere diction- denotation and connotation people places time period verisimilitude Comparison Allusions Metaphors/Simile Symbols Personification Euphemism Periphrasis Circumlocution Intertextuality Organization Spatial- repetition and contrast Sequential First and Last-why Transitions Syntactical Juxtaposition Paradox Thesis/Antithesis/Sy nthesis Parallels Unusual Things that don t make sense Things that seem out of place or time Anachronism Ambiguities Theme examples quotes symbols sentences characters and actions Epiphanies Rhetoric Catharsis Red Group Pauline Huynh Chase Edwards Alex Kryger Chelsea Carr Blue Group Jeff Law Toyen Le Wade Sias Emily Pham Brown Group Mariyam Habeeb Celine Lu Nikki Nguyen Tu Nguyen Pink Group Misha Huynh Sean Myers Gina Nguyen Khanh Nguyen Purple Group Natalia Pombo Alex Nguyen Marissa Nickles a s se to the ating from 143 reflect es lie? well andwriting nformed on tone of t process els about is rio that ned to Julia more men ore I love erstand 104) What ose in fic mood quote on o important Brien was the rhyme how did 1. In Chapter 1, why did Julia give Winston a note that says, I love you? Define or describe her love in this context. 2. At the end of Chapter 1, Orwell focuses on hands and eyes. Why does Winston focus so much on Julia s hands, yet can only remember the eyes of the aged prisoner? 3. Describe the significance of the bird and its song in Chapter 2. How does it contribute to the atmosphere? 4. Describe the significance of Winston s healing ulcer. 5. How is hope portrayed in this book? 6. Why wasn t O Brien surprised when Winston completed his sentence? 1. How do the ethics and values of Big Brother differ between Julia and Winston and why is that? 2. How does the setting and atmosphere differ between Mr. Charrington s room and other places of rendevous? 3, ON pg 103, Winston refers to the golden country. How does this compare to the landscape of London? 4. How do the sexual relations between Winston and Julia differ between their earlier and later encounters? 5. How does the poster of the Eurasian soldier differ in propaganda from the poster of Big Brother? 1. Why does the Inner Party member have the right to use a combination of both Oldspeak and Newspeak? Why is this important? 2. What purpose does Orwell try to convey with Winston s flashback on pg. 132 and his mom s and sister s disappearance? 3. The nursery rhyme Oranges and leans, say the bells of St. Clement s is repeated throughout the novel. What is the significance in the repetition? 1. When the woman hanging up clothes by pegs sings, the dialogue is written in such a way that readers hear the British accent as they read. This is inconsistent with the rest of the dialogue in the story, which is read without an accent. What could be the purpose of this inconsistency? 2. On pg. 111, Winston recalls the memory of the community hike with Katherine, where they get lost. He notices the loosestrife with unusual magenta and red colored roots growing in the cracks of the cliff. Why would Orwell choose loose-strife out of other plants, and why these colors? 3. Winston doesn t know the whereabouts of his mother, but he assumes she has died. What is the significance of his dreams of 1. Actually, when he came to swallow it [the wine], the stuff was distinctly disappointing The truth was that afte years of gin drinking he could barely taste it. p 141 Which theme does this quote develop? 2. O Brien had turned himself a little in his chair so that he was facing Winston. He almost ignored Julia, seeming to take it for granted that Winston could speak for her. p 142 How does Orwell develop the idea of gender roles and the relationship between men and women? 3. Oranges and lemons, say the bells o St. Clement s... p. 147 Why did the one line Winston couldn t remember have to do with growing rich? Why did O Brien know it?

2 ect the tone raph? 7. Describe the significance in O Brien knowing the last line of the nursery rhyme. 8. Poster of Mongolian soldier were plastered all around Oceania--posters of the enemy. What then, is the significance of O Brien having Martin (a Mongolian) as a servant? 9. Why is Winston so afraid of rats? 10. Describe the parallels between the room in Mr. Charrington s store and the glass paperweight? her drowning? Why drowning as opposed to another fate? 4. It is unusual that the readers never discover why Julia had her arm in a sling. Why is this kept from the audience? 5. What is the significance in the way the St. Clement s rhyme is unraveled? What is significant about O Brien being the character complete it? 4. What theme is Orwell alluding to by having Winston realize he didn t murder his mother? 5. How does Winston s physical health reflect his mental health/happiness? 6. They can make you say anything anything but they can t make you believe it. p. 87 Explain this quote thematically. 11. What does Winston mean when he tells Julia, I hate purity...? 12. Describe Winston s change from childhood. 13. Why did Winston and O Brien agree that the past if more important than the future? Black Group Tracy Nguyen Megan Farnsworth Quinn Le Pink Group Daisy Nguyen Christine Tran Julie Ruck Farina Kazi Gray Group Matthew Megan Kim Tushank Red Group Paco Fern Troy Ballard Andrew Trinh Thao Pham Purple Group Julie King Brian Ross Kathy Dang Usman Alam author have e statement el from the..? a dual s phrase? hen p the idea of ve and e ). Is there 1. What does the hazelnut tree represent in comparison to the chestnut tree? 2. Why was Winston afraid of rats; what does his fear symbolize? Lime Group Alex Harden Sam Cummings Kelly Tran Andy Phung 1. On page 120, Winston is repulsed by a rat and tells Julia of his phobia. Considering that Winston once suspected Julia of being a political spy and "rat" can also be used to mean someone untrustworthy, what is the significance of this statement? 2. What is the significance of 1. What is the relevance of the order with which O Brien questions Winston on page 142? Why? 2. Why does Orwell use juxtaposition to describe Winston and Julia s relationship? 3. Why does Winston value the past even though he is 1. What is the significance of the Inner Party having the ability to turn off the telescreen when you would think the Inner Part should be kept under greater surveillance? 2. Why does Winston love Julia more due to the fact that she has slept with more men? 1. What is the symbolism of the Thrush on pg 103? What does this say about Winston s aspirations? 2. How does Winston and Julia s rebellion differ from one another? How does their rebellion

3 thor s that n the cellars thor s tone s character act that ow anything 105 or describes ond one), or describe s faces as h plaster? Pg. 104 rity, tue. What uthor s a whole? 1.Why does Orwell choose to have Winston and Julia see a thrush in the meadow? 2.What was the purpose behind having Winston follow an incredibly large number of steps to get to Julia alone? 3.Could the rat in the apartment above Mr. Charrington s shop foreshadow something? And if so, what? 4.What is meant by the phrase We are the dead? Pg How does Winston s Dream reflect his ongoing metamorphosis? the song on page 114 being made on a versificator, without any human intervention? How does it represent Orwell s opinion on the future of human creativity and the freedom to express it? 3. Compare the two types of pests that inhabit the room above Mr. Charrington s shop. Why is Winston violently repulsed at the single rat that no longer seems to show up, but not mindful of the host of bugs that are increasingly invading the room? 4. In the book, there is a repetition of rhymes from the the past that keep arising. Why are people able to remember the rhymes but not other things? What is the significance of this? working towards the future? 4. Why does Orwell make the transition from the diary to Julia to O Brien as opposed to leaving his relationship exclusively with his diary? 3. What is the significance of O Brien knowing the last line of the oranges and lemons poem on pg. 147? contribute to one of th theme s of the novel? Gray Group Ross Mudgway Zack Jones Lai Pham Brown Group Ayah Mohammed Michelle Tran Ryan Peffers Sarai Lambert Black Group Cathy Phan Matthew Marshall Noelle Nguyen Katie Tran Orange Group Kristies Nguyen Wei Yan Peter Duong Angelica Y. Purple Group Maria Najam Victoria Luong Holly King Jake Stoner that Orwell as apathetic cant? alluding to Why does drink? 1. At the beginning of the novel Winston says that thoughtcrime is death. He believes there is only one outcome of thoughtcrime. Why has he suddenly decided there is more than one outcome when he states, In this game that we re playing, we can t win. Some kinds of failure are better than other kinds (112)? 2. Julia finds a rat in the apartment. Why is it significant that it was a rat that was found as opposed to another animal? 1. There are bluebells in the grassy hideout where Winston and Julia meet up. What do they symbolize and why are they significant? 2. What is the significance in why there was an emphasis on chestnuts in Book I (Chestnut tree cafe, Under the chestnut tree ) and an emphasis on hazelnuts (Hazelnut tree in the hideout) in the beginning of Chapter 2? 3. What is significant about 1. On p. 147, the poem is finally completed by O Brien. What is the significance of the poem being completed at the end of Chapter 8? and how does this serve as a transition for the rest of the story? 2. References to birds are made throughout Book 2, especially near the end of the chapter. (Chapter 2: thrush p. 103; Chapter 3: pigeon's nest; Chapter 5: body of a bird) How does the use of bird reference influence the ending of each chapter and how does it help transition from chapter to chapter? 1. On page 120, Winston exclaims, Of all horrors in the world--a rat! Why is his reaction so extreme given that rats were so common at that time? 2. On page , why does Winston think he murdered his mother? 3. Why does O Brien know the last lines in the oranges and lemons poem? 4. Why are O Brien s mannerisms different from 1. Explain this quote thematically: The paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia s life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal. (pg. 122) 2. On page 104, Winston experiences an epiphany: I hate purity, I hate goodness I don t want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be

4 3. Why does Winston describe his mother as statuesque (134) if earlier he describes that she seems to be fading away from his life? 4. What is significant about the season that Winston and Julia are together? Winston and Julia s hideout, and what they did there? 4. What are Winston s feelings for Juliet? Why did Orwell choose to use the word, flank in describing Winston looking at Julia s body? 5. What is Orwell alluding to when the Mongolian prisoners are trucked through Victory Square? 3. Compared to the other chapters in the book, Chapter 6 is extremely short. How does the length of the chapter reflect Winston's meeting with O'Brien? 4. "There it lay, fixed on future time, preceding death as surely as 99 precedes 100." (p. 116) Why does Orwell choose the sequence from 99 to 100 above any other number such as from 1 to 2? 5. In Book 1, "real coffee" is mentioned and is compared to Victory Coffee. In Book 2, on p.117, real coffee is once again mentioned and compared to the Inner Party coffee. How has this comparison and the mention of coffee changed from Book 1 to Book 2? 6. "If they could make me stop loving you--that would be the real betrayal." How does this quote affect the interruption by Julia when O'Brien questions Winston's loyalty on page 142? Why Winston does hesitate to say "no" to O Brien's last question? 7. In Chapter 7 (p.132), why does Orwell decide to include a flashback regarding Winston s childhood? How does this affect Orwell s opinion on family as well as his relationship with Julia? the others? 5. Why does Winston try to stay alive and sane yet proclaims that we are the dead on page 113? 6. Why is Julia so experienced in defying the Party? 7. What is the significance of Mr. Charrington seeming more like a collector than a tradesman on page 125? 8. Why does Winston hate purity, goodness and virtue on page 104? corrupt to the bones. How does this quote reveal Orwell s views o humanity and how doe it relate to one of the book s overall themes?

5 G A FEW MY OWN THERIAULT Blue Group Quinton Dang Becky Nguyen Denise Nguyen Vincent Trinh 1. On page 114, Orwell included proletariat woman singing love song created by government, "It was only an 'opeless fancy..." How is this action and song significant? What does it reflect on government itself? 2. On page 120, a rat seems to frighten Winston. What does the rat symbolize? Is Winston truly afraid of the rat or something else? 3. On page 124, Winston becomes healthier (gets fatter) and seems to love life a bit more. What caused these changes in his physical state and mindset? 4. On page 130, why does Orwell have O'Brien open up his conversation with Winston the way he does? O'Brien indirectly mentions Syme and asks Winston about his interest in Newspeak. What is significant about his choice of words? Yellow Group Nicole Doan Angeline Nguyen Jenny Tran Jeffrey Wang 1. What is the significance of the comparison to Mr. Charington to extinct animals on pg 125? How does it relate to Orwell s description of the room on pg 124? 2. Pg 133 provides a description of Winston s life in the past. How is Winston different in his present life? 3. On pg 132, Winston s mother is compared to a Jewish woman concerning a gesture of the arm. What does this comparison say about family values in the past, apparent in Winston s dream, and now, under the control of the party? 4. Goldstein s first name is Emmanuel, which is similar to the name Immanuel, another name for Jesus. What characteristics of Goldstein make him a messiah figure? What is the significance of this image of Goldstein? Green Group Helen Tonnu, Amy Chan, Kevin Corvacho 1. What are the parallels of the names : Julia, Winston, and O Brien with regards to the time period? 2. Why do Winston s dreams of meeting with Julia and O brien appear before he actually met them in real life? 3. Winston has a fear of rats. What are the rats parallel to? 4. Mr. Charrington says the first few lines of the poem Oranges and lemons... Later on, Julia and O Brien contribute more lines to it when Winston recited the poem. What is the significance of this? 5. How does the reptition of chocolate and the rationing of it tell us what happens next? Relate back to the lines of Who controls the past controls the future On page 133, Winston s younger sister is described to have a face made simian by thinness. On page 134, she is described...clinging to her mother with both hands, exactly like a baby monkey... Why is Winston s younger sister constantly being compared to a monkey? 6. On page 138, O Brien s

6 room has a dark blue carpet. What is the significance behind having his carpet be dark blue? 7. On page 141, O Brien treats Winston and Julia to drink wine. Why does Orwell choose for the characters to drink wine? 8. Why do Winston and Julia choose to meet where there are a lot of hazel bushes? Group Orange Yen Van Pham Kyle Le Jacqueline Pham Joel Casillas 1. What is the significance of the rat on page 119, and what does Winston s reaction toward the rat represent? 2. What is the symbolism behind the room above Mr. Charrinton s and the corral in chapter 4? Yellow Group Vivian Pham Crystal Cheung Ray Larzelere Nathan Chen 1. pg. 104 Explain the paradox The more men you ve had, the more I love you, Do you understand that? or argue why it is not one. What is this quote s importance to the thesis of the novel. 2. pg. 121 What is the point of each character s addition to

7 3. How are songs of the thrush (p103) and or the prole woman (p 117) similar and different? What is Orwell s purpose in incorprating the two into the story? 4. What is the significance of Winston s subsiding varicose ulcer (p124), and how does it show the juxtaposition of Winston s new perspective and personality with his old ones? 5. What is the symbolism of the Golden Country (p103), & does it correlate with Winston s dream of a place with no darkness? (p147) the English Church rhyme (oranges and lemons), and how is each character significant to Winston s understanding? 3. pg. 124 How does Orwell use the metaphor The room was a world, a pocket of the past where extinct animals could walk to explain Winston and Julia s relationship? 4. pg. 183 Why do Winston and the citizens only remember the last line here comes a chopper to chop off your head! 5. Why did Orwell choose to have Syme disappear/be vaporized at this point in the novel, does it have anything to do with an upcoming rebellion/foreshadowing? black period 5 Megan Farnsworth, Quinn Le, Tracy Nguyen 1- What is the purpose of the Hazel Tree? How does it compare with the Chestnut tree? 2- Why is Winston afraid of rats? 3- How is Winston s hatred of purity paralleled with Big Brother s motto?

1984 Study Guide Questions Part 1, Chapters Describe the government of Oceania. 2. Why does Winston keep a diary?

1984 Study Guide Questions Part 1, Chapters Describe the government of Oceania. 2. Why does Winston keep a diary? Part 1, Chapters 1-4 1. Describe the government of Oceania 2. Why does Winston keep a diary? 3. How does the diary function as a literary device? 4. What is the purpose of the Two Minute Hate? 5.How does