Setting Chapter 5 Practice – “1984”

“1984” is written by George Orwell it has physical and emotional setting. Physical setting is where the story takes place, date, time, location, physical features, adjectives, and weather. Emotional setting is the mood and atmosphere of the story. “ a few thoughtless people commented on his absence” pg 158. It is emotional setting because he they were confused or concerned about Symes absence. “The weather was baking hot” pg 158. It is physical because one of the things that make a physical setting is weather.

Propaganda in 1984

  1. a) What is propaganda?

Propaganda is used to sway peoples opinions and hide things
b) How does propaganda appear throughout the novel? 

2 minutes of hate, the Big Brother posters, the parties slogans
c) What are three techniques of propaganda that appear in the novel, 1984 (explain with examples). 

Transfer in The Big Brother posters because it makes you respect and it shows that he has power over you. 

Distortion of data in the 2 minutes of hate because they sway you to believe that the people on the screen are bad 

Fear in the telescreen because they show that you have no voice in what happens and that you are watched at all times

Winston from “1984”

Winston smith is a government worker who lives in Oceania on Airstrip 1. He works in the manitruth building he does not like big brother. He has a diary that he writes. He is a basic man and does not like women. We now learned that Winston remembers his mother and sister but not to well In his memory. Due to the movie, he saw his mother and his sister sinking in the water going further and further down. We now have confirmed that he wants to engage in sexual activity with Julia. Every morning at 7:15 he gets woken up by the telescreen to start doing his morning exercises. He believes that big brother is rewriting history to make it seem like it has been around for a while. Winston remembers London and Great Britain before it became Airstrip 1.

Winston is described as “a smallish, frail figure, the meagreness of his body merely emphasized by the blue overalls which were the uniform of the party” (Orwell 4)