Summary: Winston has become superstitious of everyone including children, due to the fact that he has been writing in the journal, committing thoughtcrime. He is scared of his neighbors and their kids. It turns out as well, that Winston is severely out of shape. He has come to hate his job, working for Minitrue "correcting" history.
Discussion Questions:
1) What is the purpose of the 2 minute hate and how does it work?
-The purpose of the 2 minute hate is to target the hate of people to an unknown enemy. In this case Goldstien.
2) What do you believe will happen between Winston and the Junior member of the anti-sex league?
-The group believed that the Junior Memeber of the Anitisex league will end up being a secret spy for the thought police, and will get Winston killed.
Passage: "Why can't we go and see the hanging?" roared the boy...
Words:
1) Orthodoxy:
-adherence to accepted norms, more specifically to creeds especially in religion
-we chose this word because it is significant to the story because everyone must be orthodox
2) Doublethink:
-thought marked acceptance of gross contradictions/falsehoods
-falls into "B" vocabulary of Newspeak
3) Consequences:
-something that naturally/logically follows from an action or condition
-everyone in the novel 1984 is terrified of the consequences from acting against Big Brother
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