Terminology and Background Information

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1984

• Terminology and Background Information

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The Characters

• Winston Smith
• Protagonist
• Churchill
• Julia
• 25yrs. Old. Minitruth
• OBrien
• Inner Party
• Big Brother
• Always watching

• Goldstein
• Scapegoat
• Syme
• newspeak
• Parsons
• neighbor
• Mr. Charrington
• shop owner

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Terminology

• Newspeak
• Language of the party
• Doublethink
• Denial of reality
• Thoughtcrime
• death
• The Golden Country
• Winstons dreams

• Thought Police
• Monitor the Party
• Two Minutes Hate
• Daily public event
• Ingsoc
• English Socialism
• Chestnut Tree Café
• Location of the doomed

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Timeline

• 1903 Eric Blair, pen name George Orwell born in
  Motihari, India.
• 1922 Orwell returns to India and joins Imperial
  Police in Burma.
• 1938 An Homage to Catalonia released. Account
  of Orwells experiences with Loyalists in Spanish
  Civil War.

• 1945 Release of Animal Farm, modern beast
  fable attacking Stalinism.
• 1949 Release of 1984. Dystopia.
• 1950 Orwell dies of tuberculosis.
• 1984 Orwells future.
• 2050 Our future.

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The Political Structure

• Oceania
• The Country
• Airstrip One
• England
• The Outer Party
• 18 of pop.
• The Inner Party
• 1 of pop.
• Control wealth
• The Proles
• 81 of pop.

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The Countries

• Eurasia
• Country with which they are at war.
• Russia
• Eastasia
• Country with which they are at peace (for now)
• China

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The Ministries

• Ministry of Love
• miniluv
• Ministry of Plenty
• miniplenty
• Ministry of Peace
• minipax
• Ministry of Truth
• Minitrue

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The Slogans of the Party

• War is Peace
• Freedom is Slavery
• Ignorance is Strength