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West, 1992 |
"The most frightening thing in Orwell's totalitarian world is the constant spying" |
His first critic quote |
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West, 1992 |
"Mass surveillance in Britain is now possible almost at this lecel, without any great importance in technology" |
West's second quote |
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Lillian Feder, 1983 |
"Nighteen Eight Four has been discussed from many points of view: as an attack on soviet communisim(or specially on the British Labour Party" |
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Ehrilch, 1983 |
"To allow eggs to be taken from women and "hatched" elsewhere. Sex then could be totally abolished in Oceania" |
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Symonds, 1949 |
"Mr Orwell's book is... about power and corruption." |
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Spender, 1953 |
"Big Brother is really anti-christ... The tragedy of Orwell's novel is that man -Big Brother - turn himself into God, but there is no God" |
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Beauchamp, 1973 |
" a sort of celibate scouts whose chastity, like that of medieval monks and nuns, demonstrated their superior love for and loyalty to their God" |
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Religious context - What did Loyola say? |
"Believe white was black, and black white, if the church required it" |
How does this relate to Orwell? Specific example(quote) |
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What 3 superstates is the world divided into in 1984? |
Oceania, Eurasia, Eastasia |
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Why is their constant war between the 3states in 1984? |
War keeps their economies productive without adding wealth to citizen's who live in a state of fear abd poverty. |
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What ideology does "The Party" hold in 1984? |
Oligarchial |
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What is the period called which 1984 origins? |
"The age of Catastrophe" |
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What was Orwell's socialist collectivism belief? |
That only through the state taking wealth and power from the ruling class and redistributing it could society become more equal and just |
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What was the point of Orwell's letter in 1949? |
To dissociate himself from the rejection of socialism. |
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Quote Orwells letter 1949 - declaring his ideological point of 1984 |
"My recent novel is NOT intended as an attack on Socialism or on the British Labour Party" |
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Why was 1984 based in Britain? (quote letter 1949) |
"In order to emphasise that the English-speaking races are not innately better than anyone else and thst totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere." |
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