Chapter 1
The main character is introduced, his name is Winston Smith and he is a 39 year old man living in London. We learn about "The Party", a political group that spies on civilians at all times and executes them for wrong-doings. Winston works as an editor in the Records Department in the Ministry of Truth. He begins to keep a diary, which may be punished by death.
Chapter 2
The party has banned love, and all men must live alone. Also, there are no private possessions as the party owns everything. Winston writes in his diary which he keeps hidden from the party.
Chapter 3
Winston dreams of his dead mom, dad, and sister. He thinks back to how things were before the war, then he realizes he can't prove anything as there aren't any records.
Discussion Director: Angele
Questions:
1. Why do you think there are so many Big-Brother posters?
Answers from the group: due to propaganda.
2. Why do you think journaling is illegal?
Answers from the group: Because the records are changed when the party thinks that the information is incorrect, therefore the journals would be incorrect.
Passage Master: Jenna / Jesse
"He would flog her to death with a rubber truncheon. He would tie her naked to a stake and shoot her full of arrows like saint sabastian. He would ravish her and cut her throat at the moment of climax."
A. Winston was imaging this during the 2 minute hate. This passage is describing what Winston wants to do to this lady beside him during the 2 minute hate.
B. This passage is interesting because Winston seems like a nice, calm, gentle guy but the 2 minute hate seems to change him into a monster.
"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!".
A. Winston's neighbor's son says this to him after he fixes their sink. It describes obviously what the boy is feeling against Winston.
B. This passage is also interesting because the reader knows Winston has broken the "thought" rules but how does this boy know?
C. I have falsly accused people before in my life without getting evidence that the person did it.
Word Reporter: Jesse
Sanguine: reddish, ruddy
Meagreness: elongated, usually from the square or circular form.
Truncheons: club carried by the police.
Connector: Connor
1. In chapter one.
2. He imagines it.
3. Winston is at the movies imagining having rough intercourse/ raping her.
4. GTA 5.
5. When he says he would ravish her and cut her throat at the moment of climax.
6. When people have wild fantasies, there probably fricked.
This picture of all the different rules represents our theme, 'More rules doesn't mean more security' and how the party has a lot of rules in place yet the citizens do not have a lot of privacy in their lives.
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