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26 Cards in this Set
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Thomas Moore
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wrote Utopia, English, combined a penetrating criticism of socity
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Edward Bellamy
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wrote looking backward, American
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Utopian novel
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a novel that the author defines as a perfect society. Establish by the mood.
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Dystopian novel
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a novel the author defines as a imperfect society. Established by the mood of the story.
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Zamyatin
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Russian who wrote WE, warning for the future, mood of the present.
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Aldous Huxley
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British father, wrote "Brave New World"-babies are made on the assembly line. dealt with modern society. major character- J.C.
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Trilogy of Negative Utopias
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1984, Brave New World, We.
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Contrast positive and negative utopias in on sentence.
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the difference between the negative and positive is the mood the author sets.
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Relationship btw "dictorial society" of 1984 and atomic war.
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In modern society, continuous war means end to organized society. In 1984 continuous war means power. Atomic war ppl were controlled by fear.
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Trilogy of Positive Utopias
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Utopia, Looking backwards, ...
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Why is the term "free world" an example of doublethink?
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in the west we use the term free world to indicate those states which are against russia & asia.. but in reality we include south american dictatorships, which are not free democracies.
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What are Kahns 3 conclusions about thermonuclear war.
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1-we prepare for war in order to preserve peace 2-even if war breaks out and millions of ppl are killed, still ppl will live happy lives afterward 3-not only war but peace is horrible
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What is the danger of managerial industrialism?
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-Mend build machines which act like men and developes men who act like machines. This is dehumanization and complete alienation, in which men are transfored into things and become appendices to the process of production and consumption.
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George Orwell is a pseudoym for?? And how did he get the name George Orwell
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Eric Author Blair; George after St. George, patron saint of England, who drove out elephants. Orwell from Orwell river that ran near his family home in England
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shabby Genteal
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how orwell describes his family. means that they did not have a lot of money but spent so much money on appearances.
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inspirations for Orwell
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Hg wells (sci-fi), Charles Dickens (common ppl), Kippling (wrote about India), thachery (manerly socity, vanity fair)
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Birth and Death of Orwell
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1903--Jan 1 1950
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principles of superstates
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Oceania-Ingsoc
Eurasia- NeoBolshevism Eastasia- death worship |
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doublethink
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the power of holding 2 contradictory beliefs in one's mind, and accepting both of them.
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the paperweight
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represents Julia and Winstons relatshionship. its fragile, and broken in the end b/c winston betrays her. 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.
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Big Brother =
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Stalin
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Proles =
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Proletariat
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goldstein =
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Levy Trotskey
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Inner party =
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bourgeoisie
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Golden country
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The Golden Country is the land of freedom; it represents the hope of mankind. The Golden Country is the opposite of the world in which Winston Smith lives where no one is free to even think for himself. On a more literal level in the story, the Golden Country is the land that Winston has dreams about and it is where he and Julia make love for the first time. This is one reason the Golden Country is important to Winston. The main reason it is important though, is that the place represents the possibility of freedom to Winston. If he can believe in it, then he can believe that he could have a better life and that there is a world in which one can live and think as he likes.
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What is A, B, C vocabulary
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A-Everyday words, B- political purpose words, C-scientific words
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