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by George Orwell

In 1984, George Orwell presents his vision of dystopia, a world consisting of three massive totalitarian states constantly at war with each other and using technological advancements to keep their respective Party members and masses under careful observation and control. Written in 1948 and…

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on chapter 1 part 3: Why does Ampleforth believe he had been arrested?
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on chapter 1 part 3: Why didn’t the political prisoners speak in prison, especially to each other?
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on chapter 1 part 3: What was the difference between the Party prisoners and the common criminals? Why?
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on chapter 10 part 2: Why was the destruction of the glass paperweight significant?
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on chapter 10 part 2: Who was Mr. Charrington, really?
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on chapter 10 part 2: Describe the capture of Julia and Winston.
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on chapter 10 part 2: Where was the telescreen hidden that betrayed Winston and Julia?
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on chapter 10 part 2: Why did Winston consider the ‘laundry woman’ beautiful?
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on chapter 9 part 2: What is the job of the Ministry of Truth? The Ministry of Love?
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on chapter 9 part 2: Define blackwhite. Why is its definition important to the Party’s survival?
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on chapter 9 part 2: Define crimestop. Why is its definition important to the Party’s survival?
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on chapter 9 part 2: Why are Party members continually under scrutiny?
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on chapter 9 part 2: Why doesn’t it matter what the proles do or think?
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on chapter 9 part 2: What often happens to the most gifted member of the Proletarians?
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on chapter 9 part 2: How is one admitted to the Inner Party?
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on chapter 9 part 2: Describe the hierarchy of The Party.
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on chapter 9 part 2: The invention of what machine allowed the State to enforce complete obedience to its will? How is that ironic in terms of our use of the same machine in the U.S.?
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on chapter 9 part 2: What are the aims of the three classes of individuals; the High, the Middle and the Low? How is our society in the U. S. similar to these descriptions?
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on chapter 9 part 2: Briefly describe why War is Peace. (Involves a summary of pages 163 – 164.)
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on chapter 9 part 2: What is ironic about the name for the political philosophy of Eastasia?
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on chapter 9 part 2: Why must the citizens of Oceania never be allowed to set eyes on citizens from Eastasia or Eurasia?
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on chapter 9 part 2: What kinds of things do the ‘scientists’ in 1984 try to discover?
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on chapter 9 part 2: Why is there no word for Science in Newspeak?
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on chapter 9 part 2: What are the two aims of The Party?
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on chapter 9 part 2: Give one example of a comparison between war as it exists in the world today and war as it is explain in 1984.
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