To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone-to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: from the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of big brother, from the age of double think-greetings. This passage was significant to me because Orwell over exaggerates things in this book. This was almost like an over exaggerated greeting. It also shows how life has changed.
A number of the Times which might, because of changes in political alignment, or mistaken prophecies uttered by Big Brother, have been rewritten a dozen of times still stood on the filesbearing its original date, and no other copy existed to contradict it. Books, also, were recalled and rewritten again and again, and were invariably reissued without any admission that any alteration had been made. Pg. 40 I picked this because I think it is interesting how they are constantly changing everything to make sure its up to date and there is nothing old for people to learn about. Shannon F.
It struck him as curious that you could create a dead man but not living ones. Comrade Ogilvy , who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar. Pg. 48 I picked this passage because it makes me wonder how Winston even knows what's real and not real and what's a lie and what is the truth. Alexis P
"You're a traitor!" yelled the boy. "You're a thought-criminal! You're a Eurasian spy! I'll shoot you, I'll vaporize you I'll send you to the salt mines!" Suddenly they were both leaping around him, shouting "Traitor!" and "Thought-crimnial!", the little girl imitating her brother in every movement. It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gamboling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters. Pg. 23 I think this is a significant passage because it shows how even the children in their society are so violent and how the people react or even how children would react if someone committed a thought crime.
"Winston's greatest pleasure in life was in his work. Most of it was a tedious routine, but included in it there were also jobs so difficult and intricate that you could lose yourself in them as in the depths of a mathematical problem."
I chose this passage because it shows that Winston is a very intelligent person, being able to think through difficult processes., and enjoying them.
"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness." I think this line is important because it really shows how depressing the world Winston lives in is. It also shows how much he wants to get out of this dark place.
"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed-if all records told the same tale-then the lie passed into history and became truth." Page 34
I chose this passage because it is showing how if everyone believes the same thing, even if it is a lie, it could become the truth.
"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed-if all records told the same tale- then the lie passed into history and became truth." Page 34
I chose this passage because it is showing how if everyone believes the same thing, even if it is a lie, it could become the truth. Anna Yung
"Comrade Ogilvy, unimagined an hour ago, was now a fact. It struck him as curious that you could create dead men but not living ones. Comrade Ogilvy, who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar."
If the party could thrust its hands into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened- that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death.
pg. 34
I chose this entry because it really shows how much the party could change about history and how terrible it would be if they did. Raff N.
“Goldstein!” bellowed the boy as the door closed on him. But what most struck Winston was the look of helpless fright on the woman’s grayish face. Pg. 24
I picked this quote because it sounds like the boy is swearing using Goldstein as his word choice, or possibly the boy thinks Winston is Goldstein.
"Tragedy, he perceived belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason. " pg 30
In this time and world tragedy is not the same as it once was. Clare F.
"The gin was wearing off, leaving a deflated feeling. The telescreen- perhaps to celebrate the victory, perhaps to drown the memory of the lost chocolate- crashed into 'Oceania, 'tis for thee' You were supposed to stand to attention. However, in his present position he was invisible." page 26
I liked this part of the book because it shows the sad life of the community. Although they are celebrating, thats exactly what they people who see the strange lifestyle don't want. One being Winston.
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To the future or to the past, to a time when thought is free, when men are different from one another and do not live alone-to a time when truth exists and what is done cannot be undone: from the age of uniformity, from the age of solitude, from the age of big brother, from the age of double think-greetings. This passage was significant to me because Orwell over exaggerates things in this book. This was almost like an over exaggerated greeting. It also shows how life has changed.
He was out in the light and aire while they were being sucked down to death, and they were down there because he was up here.
John E ^
War is peace
Freedom is slavery
Ignorance is strength
Pg 26
The slogans they use in this book are very powerful, because if you think about it this slogans are still used today in governments around the world
Landon H
A number of the Times which might, because of changes in political alignment, or mistaken prophecies uttered by Big Brother, have been rewritten a dozen of times still stood on the filesbearing its original date, and no other copy existed to contradict it. Books, also, were recalled and rewritten again and again, and were invariably reissued without any admission that any alteration had been made. Pg. 40
I picked this because I think it is interesting how they are constantly changing everything to make sure its up to date and there is nothing old for people to learn about.
Shannon F.
It struck him as curious that you could create a dead man but not living ones. Comrade Ogilvy , who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar.
Pg. 48
I picked this passage because it makes me wonder how Winston even knows what's real and not real and what's a lie and what is the truth.
Alexis P
"You're a traitor!" yelled the boy. "You're a thought-criminal! You're a Eurasian spy! I'll shoot you, I'll vaporize you I'll send you to the salt mines!" Suddenly they were both leaping around him, shouting "Traitor!" and "Thought-crimnial!", the little girl imitating her brother in every movement. It was somehow slightly frightening, like the gamboling of tiger cubs which will soon grow up into man-eaters.
Pg. 23
I think this is a significant passage because it shows how even the children in their society are so violent and how the people react or even how children would react if someone committed a thought crime.
Maggie F.
"Winston's greatest pleasure in life was in his work. Most of it was a tedious routine, but included in it there were also jobs so difficult and intricate that you could lose yourself in them as in the depths of a mathematical problem."
I chose this passage because it shows that Winston is a very intelligent person, being able to think through difficult processes., and enjoying them.
"We shall meet in the place where there is no darkness."
I think this line is important because it really shows how depressing the world Winston lives in is. It also shows how much he wants to get out of this dark place.
"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed-if all records told the same tale-then the lie passed into history and became truth." Page 34
I chose this passage because it is showing how if everyone believes the same thing, even if it is a lie, it could become the truth.
"And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed-if all records told the same tale- then the lie passed into history and became truth." Page 34
I chose this passage because it is showing how if everyone believes the same thing, even if it is a lie, it could become the truth.
Anna Yung
"Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime is death."
I picked this because it really demonstrates how fearful the people are of the Thought Police and how they have a lot of control.
"Everything had a battered, trampled-on look, as though the place had just been visited by some large violent animal."
I picked this quote because it shows how bad of condition the environment is and what the people must go through.
~ Julia F
pg. 47
"Comrade Ogilvy, unimagined an hour ago, was now a fact. It struck him as curious that you could create dead men but not living ones. Comrade Ogilvy, who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar."
I picked this passage, because it shows that no one really knows what is the truth and what is a lie.
If the party could thrust its hands into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened- that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death.
pg. 34
I chose this entry because it really shows how much the party could change about history and how terrible it would be if they did.
Raff N.
“Goldstein!” bellowed the boy as the door closed on him. But what most struck Winston was the look of helpless fright on the woman’s grayish face. Pg. 24
I picked this quote because it sounds like the boy is swearing using Goldstein as his word choice, or possibly the boy thinks Winston is Goldstein.
-Chad R.
"Tragedy, he perceived belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there were still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason.
" pg 30
In this time and world tragedy is not the same as it once was.
Clare F.
"The gin was wearing off, leaving a deflated feeling. The telescreen- perhaps to celebrate the victory, perhaps to drown the memory of the lost chocolate- crashed into 'Oceania, 'tis for thee' You were supposed to stand to attention. However, in his present position he was invisible." page 26
I liked this part of the book because it shows the sad life of the community. Although they are celebrating, thats exactly what they people who see the strange lifestyle don't want. One being Winston.
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