Nineteen Eighty-Four The destruction of humanity

FOCUS FOR CHAPTER TWO REMEMBER…. ◦Chapter 1 focus: How does the Govt. in 1985 take away humanity? Well today for CHAPTER 2 the focus is: ◦How does the party destroy the family unit? (including loyalty, privacy and innocence of children) Notice how they are all connected to aspects of our humanity? (this is a theme of the novel!)

Revision Oceania is ruled by a totalitarian authority figure known as Big Brother. It is not known whether Big Brother is real or a construction of The Party. Winston is a dystopian hero. He defies The Party through his unorthodox purchase of a diary in which he records his true feelings about The Party- ‘Down with Big Brother.’ Once he commits this act of treason, he knows that he will be caught- it is just a matter of when...

Revision The Two-Minutes Hate is a daily ritual where Party members rally against the enemy of the Party, Goldstein. Goldstein is rumoured to run a group called The Brotherhood who attempt to destroy the Party. Spoiler alert: We never find out if they actually exist.

Revision While Winston finds it difficult to control his hatred- ‘he could not help sharing in the general delirium.’- when he hears the chanting of Party members- ‘B-B...B-B...’, the ‘sub-human chanting filled him with horror.’

Your turn to think… Watch the 1984 Macintosh advertisement. What do this and the quote on the previous slide suggest about what has happened to humanity in Oceania? Why is this so horrifying?

So….. This is Mac revealing itself as a competitor to IBM It is implying that without Macintosh on the market IBM will become like Big Brother with the people just following and accepting the products that IBM make Ironic that now Macintosh and its products has become exactly what it claimed IBM would

Destruction of humanity Yes, that’s right. Nineteen Eighty-Four is about the destruction of humanity by the totalitarian Party. People have surrendered their individuality and other human qualities to the Party. They even wear the same overalls! Today we will be looking at one part of the Party’s destruction of humanity: family, loyalty and innocence of children.

Destruction of family Write this down: To have a sense of belonging, to belong to a family/relationship/society makes us human. It evokes feelings of connectedness, belonging, companionship, loyalty, love and identity. To have a sense that one’s existence is meaningful. Part of this is the freedom to express thoughts and emotions such as hate, sorrow, joy, envy and most importantly, love. In Nineteen Eighty- Four Society is engineered to destroy relationships and replace trust with fear, loyalty to another with mindless allegiance to Big Brother.

The Spies Answer these questions: ◦Who are the Spies? What are their function? ◦Contrast Tom Parson’s with Winston. ◦Describe Mrs Parson’s relationship with her children. (how does she feel towards them? ◦Provide two quotes that show that the destruction of family loyalty has been successful. ◦How does propaganda relate to the content on page 28?

Homework Homework Homework Read Chapter 3 for tomorrow’s lesson. (9 pages you will get it done it NO TIME! )

Who are the Proles? Relate to the word “Proletariat” Defined as: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages In 1984: ◦the proles are the rejects of the party. ◦Orwell's society in 1984 is made up of 3 classes: the Inner Party, the Outer Party, and the proles. ◦The slogan of the Party concerning this 3rd, reject class is that "Proles and animals are free." They are not put under the rigorous monitoring that other members of the Party are. This is because they are thought to not have enough intelligence to stand up to the Party. Their only purpose in society is to work and breed. ◦The proles are kept "happy" by lotteries, silly songs, and pornography. ◦Winston reveals later in the novel, that "if there is hope, it lies with the proles." This is because he feels they are the only ones who have been able to keep their individuality and humanity. Sadly, Winstron soon learns that the proles will never revolt because they will never need to. They have all they need from life - food, shelter, "entertainment".

Homework Read or reread and write a summary of Chapter Four, Part One. Don’t come to class without this. Research the Stalinist Purges. What were they? How did they involve children? Come to class with this tomorrow.