"Winston had stopped his habit of drinking gin at all hours (150)... he had grown fatter, his varicose ulcer had subsided, leaving only a brown stain on the skin above his ankle, his fits of coughing in the early morning had stopped. (150)
Winston has abandoned the use for drugs and alcohol to achieve tranquility. Because Julia is in his life he has happiness and a strong will to survive. Winston’s stress has abandoned him and his varicose ulcer with it. Now that Winston has gained so much, there is more to lose, and Winston feels as though it is a matter of time before all is taken from him by the party. I believe, more than ever, Winston has cause to revolt against the party.
lunacy (140) - wild foolishness : extravagant folly
contralto (138) - a singing voice having a range between tenor and mezzo-soprano
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Part 2 chapter 3 1984
"We are the dead," (136)
Winston’s belief pertaining to the party is that it will bring eminent doom that is utterly unavoidable. Julia believes that doom can be temporarily avoided as long as one goes about something correctly. Winston has demonstrated his ability to look at the big picture many times. When Julia suggested that he should have pushed his wife over the cliff, and when she offered herself to him to prevent him from explaining how death is eminent. Julia’s youth prevents her from attaining proper foresight and as a result has a different method of dealing with the party than Winston.
dissent (135)-to differ in opinion
coincide (129) -to occupy the same place in space or time
Winston’s belief pertaining to the party is that it will bring eminent doom that is utterly unavoidable. Julia believes that doom can be temporarily avoided as long as one goes about something correctly. Winston has demonstrated his ability to look at the big picture many times. When Julia suggested that he should have pushed his wife over the cliff, and when she offered herself to him to prevent him from explaining how death is eminent. Julia’s youth prevents her from attaining proper foresight and as a result has a different method of dealing with the party than Winston.
dissent (135)-to differ in opinion
coincide (129) -to occupy the same place in space or time
Monday, February 23, 2009
Part 2 chapter 1 1984
“For several seconds he was too stunned even to throw the incriminating thing into the memory hole.” (108)
As a result of Winston’s fear he harbored against the party, Winston’s natural reaction was to rid himself of the excitement that he felt by destroying the evidence. Winston reassesses this action and decides to spare the note. Winston does not do this simply out of lust, but also out of his belief that the girl is not what he originally believed. The girl committed an action that was not permissible by the party. To Winston this demonstrated that she was not as subject to the rules of the party. Using this as his base, Winston could infer that she was not a spy or an agent of the thought police. Perhaps she was not as chaste as she appeared.
Agitation (108) – Extreme emotional disturbance; perturbation.
Contrived (110) - Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored:
As a result of Winston’s fear he harbored against the party, Winston’s natural reaction was to rid himself of the excitement that he felt by destroying the evidence. Winston reassesses this action and decides to spare the note. Winston does not do this simply out of lust, but also out of his belief that the girl is not what he originally believed. The girl committed an action that was not permissible by the party. To Winston this demonstrated that she was not as subject to the rules of the party. Using this as his base, Winston could infer that she was not a spy or an agent of the thought police. Perhaps she was not as chaste as she appeared.
Agitation (108) – Extreme emotional disturbance; perturbation.
Contrived (110) - Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored:
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
February break notes
Michael Rossi
February 15, 2009
English 10 Honors/ Mr. George
Notes
· Winston believes that the proles could easily conquer the party however the lack the intellect to do so, this suggests that Winston believes he could lead the rebellion. (70)
· Party claimed that the proles were not subject to its laws and rules. “proles and animals are free” (71)
“Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. (71)
· (74) party’s ideal of a people is for them to be identical working fighting, persecutiong etc.
· “(75) counterrevolutionaries survived to this day, three of them, Winston saw them in the café.
· “And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking other wise, but that they might be right” (80)
· “if there is hope it lies in the proles” (82)
· “It was assumed that when he was not working, eating, or sleeping he would be taking part in some kind of communal recreations; to do anything that suggested a taste for solitude, even to go for a walk by yourself was always slightly dangerous. There was a word for it in Newspeak: ownlife, it was called, meaning individualism and eccentricity“(82)
· “The proles were nearly always right when they gave you a warning of this kind. They seemed to posses some kind of instinct which told them several seconds in advance when a rocket was coming” (84)
· (92) Winston wanted the old man to admit that his life was better before the party, however that was not the case.
· “And when memory failed and written records were falsified – when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, any standard against which it could be tested.” (93)
· (97) Winston was stuck by pleasant surprise when he learned that the potential living space in the attic of the antique shopkeepers room had no telescreen.
· “Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clement’s!” (98)
· Winston believes the girl is following him because she was right behind him after he left the antique shop.
· Mr. Charrington is the antique shopkeeper.
February 15, 2009
English 10 Honors/ Mr. George
Notes
· Winston believes that the proles could easily conquer the party however the lack the intellect to do so, this suggests that Winston believes he could lead the rebellion. (70)
· Party claimed that the proles were not subject to its laws and rules. “proles and animals are free” (71)
“Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. (71)
· (74) party’s ideal of a people is for them to be identical working fighting, persecutiong etc.
· “(75) counterrevolutionaries survived to this day, three of them, Winston saw them in the café.
· “And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking other wise, but that they might be right” (80)
· “if there is hope it lies in the proles” (82)
· “It was assumed that when he was not working, eating, or sleeping he would be taking part in some kind of communal recreations; to do anything that suggested a taste for solitude, even to go for a walk by yourself was always slightly dangerous. There was a word for it in Newspeak: ownlife, it was called, meaning individualism and eccentricity“(82)
· “The proles were nearly always right when they gave you a warning of this kind. They seemed to posses some kind of instinct which told them several seconds in advance when a rocket was coming” (84)
· (92) Winston wanted the old man to admit that his life was better before the party, however that was not the case.
· “And when memory failed and written records were falsified – when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, any standard against which it could be tested.” (93)
· (97) Winston was stuck by pleasant surprise when he learned that the potential living space in the attic of the antique shopkeepers room had no telescreen.
· “Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clement’s!” (98)
· Winston believes the girl is following him because she was right behind him after he left the antique shop.
· Mr. Charrington is the antique shopkeeper.
February break notes
Michael Rossi
February 15, 2009
English 10 Honors/ Mr. George
Notes
· Winston believes that the proles could easily conquer the party however the lack the intellect to do so, this suggests that Winston believes he could lead the rebellion. (70)
· Party claimed that the proles were not subject to its laws and rules. “proles and animals are free” (71)
“Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. (71)
· (74) party’s ideal of a people is for them to be identical working fighting, persecutiong etc.
· “(75) counterrevolutionaries survived to this day, three of them, Winston saw them in the café.
· “And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking other wise, but that they might be right” (80)
· “if there is hope it lies in the proles” (82)
· “It was assumed that when he was not working, eating, or sleeping he would be taking part in some kind of communal recreations; to do anything that suggested a taste for solitude, even to go for a walk by yourself was always slightly dangerous. There was a word for it in Newspeak: ownlife, it was called, meaning individualism and eccentricity“(82)
· “The proles were nearly always right when they gave you a warning of this kind. They seemed to posses some kind of instinct which told them several seconds in advance when a rocket was coming” (84)
· (92) Winston wanted the old man to admit that his life was better before the party, however that was not the case.
· “And when memory failed and written records were falsified – when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, any standard against which it could be tested.” (93)
· (97) Winston was stuck by pleasant surprise when he learned that the potential living space in the attic of the antique shopkeepers room had no telescreen.
· “Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clement’s!” (98)
· Winston believes the girl is following him because she was right behind him after he left the antique shop.
· Mr. Charrington is the antique shopkeeper.
February 15, 2009
English 10 Honors/ Mr. George
Notes
· Winston believes that the proles could easily conquer the party however the lack the intellect to do so, this suggests that Winston believes he could lead the rebellion. (70)
· Party claimed that the proles were not subject to its laws and rules. “proles and animals are free” (71)
“Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. (71)
· (74) party’s ideal of a people is for them to be identical working fighting, persecutiong etc.
· “(75) counterrevolutionaries survived to this day, three of them, Winston saw them in the café.
· “And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking other wise, but that they might be right” (80)
· “if there is hope it lies in the proles” (82)
· “It was assumed that when he was not working, eating, or sleeping he would be taking part in some kind of communal recreations; to do anything that suggested a taste for solitude, even to go for a walk by yourself was always slightly dangerous. There was a word for it in Newspeak: ownlife, it was called, meaning individualism and eccentricity“(82)
· “The proles were nearly always right when they gave you a warning of this kind. They seemed to posses some kind of instinct which told them several seconds in advance when a rocket was coming” (84)
· (92) Winston wanted the old man to admit that his life was better before the party, however that was not the case.
· “And when memory failed and written records were falsified – when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, any standard against which it could be tested.” (93)
· (97) Winston was stuck by pleasant surprise when he learned that the potential living space in the attic of the antique shopkeepers room had no telescreen.
· “Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clement’s!” (98)
· Winston believes the girl is following him because she was right behind him after he left the antique shop.
· Mr. Charrington is the antique shopkeeper.
February break notes
Michael Rossi
February 15, 2009
English 10 Honors/ Mr. George
Notes
· Winston believes that the proles could easily conquer the party however the lack the intellect to do so, this suggests that Winston believes he could lead the rebellion. (70)
· Party claimed that the proles were not subject to its laws and rules. “proles and animals are free” (71)
“Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. (71)
· (74) party’s ideal of a people is for them to be identical working fighting, persecutiong etc.
· “(75) counterrevolutionaries survived to this day, three of them, Winston saw them in the café.
· “And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking other wise, but that they might be right” (80)
· “if there is hope it lies in the proles” (82)
· “It was assumed that when he was not working, eating, or sleeping he would be taking part in some kind of communal recreations; to do anything that suggested a taste for solitude, even to go for a walk by yourself was always slightly dangerous. There was a word for it in Newspeak: ownlife, it was called, meaning individualism and eccentricity“(82)
· “The proles were nearly always right when they gave you a warning of this kind. They seemed to posses some kind of instinct which told them several seconds in advance when a rocket was coming” (84)
· (92) Winston wanted the old man to admit that his life was better before the party, however that was not the case.
· “And when memory failed and written records were falsified – when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, any standard against which it could be tested.” (93)
· (97) Winston was stuck by pleasant surprise when he learned that the potential living space in the attic of the antique shopkeepers room had no telescreen.
· “Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clement’s!” (98)
· Winston believes the girl is following him because she was right behind him after he left the antique shop.
· Mr. Charrington is the antique shopkeeper.
February 15, 2009
English 10 Honors/ Mr. George
Notes
· Winston believes that the proles could easily conquer the party however the lack the intellect to do so, this suggests that Winston believes he could lead the rebellion. (70)
· Party claimed that the proles were not subject to its laws and rules. “proles and animals are free” (71)
“Heavy physical work, the care of home and children, petty quarrels with neighbors, films, football, beer, and, above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. (71)
· (74) party’s ideal of a people is for them to be identical working fighting, persecutiong etc.
· “(75) counterrevolutionaries survived to this day, three of them, Winston saw them in the café.
· “And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking other wise, but that they might be right” (80)
· “if there is hope it lies in the proles” (82)
· “It was assumed that when he was not working, eating, or sleeping he would be taking part in some kind of communal recreations; to do anything that suggested a taste for solitude, even to go for a walk by yourself was always slightly dangerous. There was a word for it in Newspeak: ownlife, it was called, meaning individualism and eccentricity“(82)
· “The proles were nearly always right when they gave you a warning of this kind. They seemed to posses some kind of instinct which told them several seconds in advance when a rocket was coming” (84)
· (92) Winston wanted the old man to admit that his life was better before the party, however that was not the case.
· “And when memory failed and written records were falsified – when that happened, the claim of the Party to have improved the conditions of human life had got to be accepted, because there did not exist, any standard against which it could be tested.” (93)
· (97) Winston was stuck by pleasant surprise when he learned that the potential living space in the attic of the antique shopkeepers room had no telescreen.
· “Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clement’s!” (98)
· Winston believes the girl is following him because she was right behind him after he left the antique shop.
· Mr. Charrington is the antique shopkeeper.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
1984 chapers, read to page 104
"If they chose they could blow the Party to Pieces tomorrow morning. Surely sooner or later it must occur to them to do it. And yet -!" (70).
Winston's suggests that the party could be overthrown if the proles were to only realize their combined power. Winston believes that they are not intelligent enough to lead their own rebellion. This suggests that Winston himself believes that he should lead the rebellion. Winston claims that he realizes something that a group of others should do. This is a potential foreshadowing description of Winston's intentions.
Flogged (71)- Beaten severely with a whip or rod
Tenements (76)- A building for human habitation
Winston's suggests that the party could be overthrown if the proles were to only realize their combined power. Winston believes that they are not intelligent enough to lead their own rebellion. This suggests that Winston himself believes that he should lead the rebellion. Winston claims that he realizes something that a group of others should do. This is a potential foreshadowing description of Winston's intentions.
Flogged (71)- Beaten severely with a whip or rod
Tenements (76)- A building for human habitation
Thursday, February 12, 2009
1984 chapers 5-6
“Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your own nervous system” (64)
Winston is dissatisfied with his existence under the rule of the Party. As a result, Winston often contemplates lashing out, in some way, (whether it be physical or emotional) against the party. Winston’s intellect and instinct help him to realize that to act outlandish means inevitable death. To remind himself of necessary self control, Winston often acknowledges his desire to bring about downfall to party, and dwells upon the consequences. This attempt usually stifles Winston’s inner rebellion for a short time, however each time Winston’s feeling returns; it seems to bring about even greater urgency.
Fornication (65)- voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other.
Enema (65) - the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
Winston is dissatisfied with his existence under the rule of the Party. As a result, Winston often contemplates lashing out, in some way, (whether it be physical or emotional) against the party. Winston’s intellect and instinct help him to realize that to act outlandish means inevitable death. To remind himself of necessary self control, Winston often acknowledges his desire to bring about downfall to party, and dwells upon the consequences. This attempt usually stifles Winston’s inner rebellion for a short time, however each time Winston’s feeling returns; it seems to bring about even greater urgency.
Fornication (65)- voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons or two persons not married to each other.
Enema (65) - the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
1984 chapers 4
“And presently some master brain in the Inner Party would select this version or that, would re-edit it and set in motion the complex process of cross-referencing that would be required, and then the chosen lie would pass into the permanent records and become truth.” (45)
This quote exhibits the false nature of the society in which Winston lives. Winston creates what is believed to be the truth out of a lies which he is responsible for creating. Winston’s discontent for society is justified by his career. Other people only need to believe his truth and think nothing of it. Winston is required to conjure up a lie, believe that lie to be true, and convince others that his lie is in fact the truth.
Incur (44)- to become liable or subject to
Proletariat(43)- the lowest social or economic class of a community
This quote exhibits the false nature of the society in which Winston lives. Winston creates what is believed to be the truth out of a lies which he is responsible for creating. Winston’s discontent for society is justified by his career. Other people only need to believe his truth and think nothing of it. Winston is required to conjure up a lie, believe that lie to be true, and convince others that his lie is in fact the truth.
Incur (44)- to become liable or subject to
Proletariat(43)- the lowest social or economic class of a community
Monday, February 9, 2009
1984 chapers 2-3
"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!" (23).
This quote bears an infinite significance to the story in two main ways. The first way is the demonstration of how children are being raised in this utopian society. This bitter and unprovoked outburst of hatred is characterised as common by Winston (such as the children missing the "hanging"). The second second main significant of this quote is its possible foreshadow. The boy first acknowledges Winston as a traitor, which Winston realizes himself to be during the two minute hate. The boy then calls Winston a thought criminal which Winston addresses himself as when he writes in his diary. Perhaps becoming a zealot and capitalizing on his hatred for Big Brother will result in becoming a Eurasian spy, being shot, and being send to the salt mines.
Drudges(22)- unpleasant or menial work
Furtive(34) - characterized by stealth
This quote bears an infinite significance to the story in two main ways. The first way is the demonstration of how children are being raised in this utopian society. This bitter and unprovoked outburst of hatred is characterised as common by Winston (such as the children missing the "hanging"). The second second main significant of this quote is its possible foreshadow. The boy first acknowledges Winston as a traitor, which Winston realizes himself to be during the two minute hate. The boy then calls Winston a thought criminal which Winston addresses himself as when he writes in his diary. Perhaps becoming a zealot and capitalizing on his hatred for Big Brother will result in becoming a Eurasian spy, being shot, and being send to the salt mines.
Drudges(22)- unpleasant or menial work
Furtive(34) - characterized by stealth
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