Allison Lagan and Rebekah Bolinder

Satire:

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's actions, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

An example of Satire is the Simpson's. The Simpson's make fun of Presidents, companies, TV Stations, and all of these cartoons are based on recent happenings that the writers put into a comedian role for the cartoons. 

Scene from chapter 1:

"From the table drawer he took out a penholder, a bottle of ink and a thick, quarto-sized blank book with a red back and marbled cover." pg. 7

"It was a peculiarly beautiful book." "Its smooth creamy paper, a little yellowed by age, was of a kind that had not been manufactured for at least forty years past." pg. 8

This Journal represent's Winston's Journal he bought. He wanted to start a diary.
"This was not illegal (nothing was illegal, since there were no longer any laws), but if detected it was resonably certain that it would be punished by death, or at least by twenty five years in a forced-labour camp." pg. 8
The telescreen in Winston's living room was in a unusual position. Instead of being placed where it could "see" the intire room, it was placed in a longer wall opposite of the window.
Because of the unusual position of the telescreen, Winston could now sit in a alcove and start writting in his diary. We chose this scene because it shows how Winston was confident enough to start a diary and writting down the date: "April 4th, 1984" when in reality he didn't accually even know the correct date.


O'Brien

This Picture represents O'Brien from George Orwell's book 1984
"O'Brien was a large, burly man with a thick neck and a coarse, humorous, brutal face." pg. 12
"In spite of his formidable appearance he had a certain charm of manner."
We chose this picture to represent him because he looks serious yet down to earth. He was a person Winston thought he could talk to, if somehow you could cheat the telescreen and get him alone.