For this written task, a critical response to one of the questions between which could be chosen ‘Which social groups are marginalized, excluded or silenced within the text? For what purposes and with what effects?’ is written. The book ‘1984’ by George Orwell is used.
This written task is for part 4 of the IB course, literature-critical study. That is, because it gives a critical response of 1984 to one of the prescribed questions.
These are two points that explain the focus of the task:
- to what extend are the social groups marginalized, excluded or silenced and why?
- what are the purposes and the effects of marginalizing, excluding or silencing within literature
Trying to silence the rebels
In the book ‘1984’ by George Orwell, …show more content…
Winston writes in his diary, Julia sleeps with party members and Parson starts saying ‘Down with Big Brother’. These rebellious people are all excluded in this novel. Big Brother is silencing the rebellious members, by sending them to the Ministry of Love and if they do not make it through the treatment they are …show more content…
The main goal for Big Brother is to have a society where nobody questions why and what the government is doing. The main job of the Ministry of Love is to limit the rebellious party members. Room 101 is used to torture them until they will reform to follow Big Brother.
Many inner party members, including O’Brien, have disobeyed the rules to capture the rebels. He pretended to be a member of the Brotherhood. By doing this, he made Julia and Winston admit things that nobody knew. O’Brien used this against the two and the police caught them.
The proles are the working class people. They are fairly free: they are not controlled by the government and they are free to do what they want. They have careless lives.
The proles are partially silenced in the novel, because Winston talks about them but the audience does not get to know them very well. Winston thinks that the proles are the only hope for a better future. If they revolt as a mass, the government cannot do anything about it. However, the proles are too dumb and too content with their lives to stand up for their rights. They are easily influenced by the
This written task is for part 4 of the IB course, literature-critical study. That is, because it gives a critical response of 1984 to one of the prescribed questions.
These are two points that explain the focus of the task:
- to what extend are the social groups marginalized, excluded or silenced and why?
- what are the purposes and the effects of marginalizing, excluding or silencing within literature
Trying to silence the rebels
In the book ‘1984’ by George Orwell, …show more content…
Winston writes in his diary, Julia sleeps with party members and Parson starts saying ‘Down with Big Brother’. These rebellious people are all excluded in this novel. Big Brother is silencing the rebellious members, by sending them to the Ministry of Love and if they do not make it through the treatment they are …show more content…
The main goal for Big Brother is to have a society where nobody questions why and what the government is doing. The main job of the Ministry of Love is to limit the rebellious party members. Room 101 is used to torture them until they will reform to follow Big Brother.
Many inner party members, including O’Brien, have disobeyed the rules to capture the rebels. He pretended to be a member of the Brotherhood. By doing this, he made Julia and Winston admit things that nobody knew. O’Brien used this against the two and the police caught them.
The proles are the working class people. They are fairly free: they are not controlled by the government and they are free to do what they want. They have careless lives.
The proles are partially silenced in the novel, because Winston talks about them but the audience does not get to know them very well. Winston thinks that the proles are the only hope for a better future. If they revolt as a mass, the government cannot do anything about it. However, the proles are too dumb and too content with their lives to stand up for their rights. They are easily influenced by the