Honors Sophomore English Summer Assignment: Webquest Responses
1984 Webquest:
1. How are Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union reflected in 1984?
Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union are reflected in 1984 by Big Brother and the Party. Stalin was revered as otherworldly, as is Big Brother; their respective regimes were “immortal” and invulnerable. This belief was partly introduced because “Soviet history books were rewritten to give [Stalin] a more prominent role in the revolution” (History). Similarly, literature, newspapers, and records are always being changed in 1984 to make the Party appear omniscient, and Big Brother more influential. Another factor was Stalin’s rule by terror and violence. He ordered “enemies executed or sent to forced labor camps,…expanded the powers of the secret police [and] encouraged citizens to spy on one another” (History). The Party takes similar deterrents with punishments like vaporization or …show more content…
For example, Freud “concluded that the sexual drive was the most powerful shaper of…psychology[,] … present even in infants” (PBS). He also theorized the Oedipus complex (sexual attraction towards opposite-sex parent and jealously of same-sex parent). Freud is worshipped for his contributions, which increased social harmony and stability. His work and ideas are reflected in the novel by an Oedipus complex example, abolishment of vivipara/parenting, and promotion of sexual activity. The savage John exhibits the Oedipus complex as he behaves aggressively towards Pope, John’s “father”, and is possessive of his mother to the point of attacking Pope to replace him. In the Utopia however, the complex has been suppressed, and unwelcome emotions (envy, resentment, and unhappiness) that stem from unrequited and immoral attraction prevented. Hence the need, Freud discovered, for parents’ absence and encouragement of sexual play among
1984 Webquest:
1. How are Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union reflected in 1984?
Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union are reflected in 1984 by Big Brother and the Party. Stalin was revered as otherworldly, as is Big Brother; their respective regimes were “immortal” and invulnerable. This belief was partly introduced because “Soviet history books were rewritten to give [Stalin] a more prominent role in the revolution” (History). Similarly, literature, newspapers, and records are always being changed in 1984 to make the Party appear omniscient, and Big Brother more influential. Another factor was Stalin’s rule by terror and violence. He ordered “enemies executed or sent to forced labor camps,…expanded the powers of the secret police [and] encouraged citizens to spy on one another” (History). The Party takes similar deterrents with punishments like vaporization or …show more content…
For example, Freud “concluded that the sexual drive was the most powerful shaper of…psychology[,] … present even in infants” (PBS). He also theorized the Oedipus complex (sexual attraction towards opposite-sex parent and jealously of same-sex parent). Freud is worshipped for his contributions, which increased social harmony and stability. His work and ideas are reflected in the novel by an Oedipus complex example, abolishment of vivipara/parenting, and promotion of sexual activity. The savage John exhibits the Oedipus complex as he behaves aggressively towards Pope, John’s “father”, and is possessive of his mother to the point of attacking Pope to replace him. In the Utopia however, the complex has been suppressed, and unwelcome emotions (envy, resentment, and unhappiness) that stem from unrequited and immoral attraction prevented. Hence the need, Freud discovered, for parents’ absence and encouragement of sexual play among