1. Feraco SFHP/Myth/Sci-Fi 6 May 2009
1984: WAR!!! (DAY THREE)
Feraco
SFHP/Myth/Sci-Fi
6 May 2009

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1. Which character(s) are responsible for Winston’s capture?

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2. Who wrote “The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism”?

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3. Which group engages in the strongest doublethink, and why?

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4. Why has Ampleforth been jailed?

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5. What happens to the glass paperweight in Chapter Ten, and why is this significant?

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6. What are the last four words of the novel?

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7. How does the Skull-Faced Man react when he is about to be taken to Room 101?

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8. Why does O’Brien take Winston into Room 101?

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9. What does O’Brien show Winston – visually – that helps break his spirit?

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10. What happens during Winston’s final meeting with Julia? What does she say about what happens to people when they’re threatened with their worst fears?

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11. What does “Goldstein” say each ministry is concerned with? (“The ministry of Plenty is concerned with ___________________, the Ministry of Love is concerned with ______________, etc.”)

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12. Where was the telescreen in Charrington’s shop?

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13. Who is Oceania fighting at the end of the book?

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14. Where is the last place we see Winston?

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15. How many fingers is O’Brien holding up?

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16. Who turns Parsons in, and how does that person do it? How does Parsons feel about it?

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17. What are the “three stages” of Winston’s “re-integration” in Chapter III?

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18. How does Julia react when Winston reads from “The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism”?

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19. What message does Winston trace in dust at the end of the novel?

21. Bonus Question! Explain the significance of the following:
“Under the spreading chestnut tree,
I sold you and you sold me:
There lie they, and here lie we,
Under the spreading chestnut tree.”