Introduction questions and scenarios 1984 by George Orwell Introduction questions and scenarios

Stand Where You Stand The government should keep people healthy and safe, regardless of inhibiting other freedoms.

Statement 2 I make my own decisions.

I do what my parents/guardians tell me to do. Statement 3 I do what my parents/guardians tell me to do.

I do what companies tell me to do.

I do what the government tells me to do.

Statement 4 I like privacy.

I trust the government works in our best interest. Statement 5 I trust the government works in our best interest.

How to take notes Cornell Notes Left Side: Terms, Characters, Symbols, Key Events with page numbers Right Side: Explanations, quotations, etc.

Dystopians “an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.” Can you think of any examples? http://study.com/academy/lesson/utopia- dystopia-definition-characteristics-examples.html

Examples The Hunger Games Divergent Batman vs Superman The Matrix Ender’s Game Wall-E A Brave New World Mad Max Watchmen Fahrenheit 451 The Maze Runner Battle Royale Star Wars Blade Runner The Terminator The Running Man X-Men: Days of Future Past

Controlling People and Society Writers for a long time have argued about whether or not “greater powers” control society. Will aliens come to earth in the form of humans and try to take over the world? Will crazy dictators take over? Will manipulative politicians undermine democracy by legislating for personal gain? All of these scenarios have been discussed, debated and written about for a long time.

A Popular Viewpoint One popular view of the world was written about by an author by the name of George Orwell. In his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, published in 1949, Orwell describes a world where a totalitarian government controls everything the people do. The book popularized the phrase “Big Brother is watching you.” Much of what Orwell wrote was influenced by what he saw in Nazi Germany. Readers believed this could happen based upon what they had seen in WWII.

What do you think of these statements? Write a response to these statements. Use examples from your reality to make your points.

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Who was George Orwell? Author Soldier Journalist

Themes of the Novel The Dangers of Totalitarianism Psychological Manipulation Physical Control Control of Information and History Technology’s Goods and Evils Language as Mind Control

The Place Where There Is No Darkness The Telescreens Symbols Big Brother The Place Where There Is No Darkness The Telescreens The Red-Armed Prole Woman

Connections What connections do you see between these themes/symbols and our modern world?