1. Reading Schedule Part One: Chapters 1-4Feb. 9- Feb. 12 Chapters 5-8Feb. 16- Feb. 19 Part Two: Chapters 1-5Feb. 22- Feb. 25 Chapters 6-10Feb. 26- March 4 Part Three: Chapters 1-6March 7- March 11

2. MEET THE AUTHOR _______________________(pseudonym for Eric Blair), 1903-1950: Born in Motihari, Bengal, part of the British colony of India Attended Eton from 1917-1921, where he formed friendships with many of the next generation of British intellectuals. Joined the __________________in Burma after graduation in 1921. Returned to England in 1928, disenchanted with _______________ Took his pseudonym in __________ Spent the next couple of years in poverty and even ___________ for a while. Volunteered to fight for the ___________ in Spanish Civil War against General Franco’s Nationalists

3. MEET THE AUTHOR CONT. Was shot in the neck, and left Spain to avoid being arrested by the __________ Strong opponent of using _________________________________ Published _____________in 1945- an allegory decrying the excess of Stalin’s brutality. Published ___________ in 1949 Died January 21, 1950

4. 1984, the Novel Set in _________, 40 years after the WWII Not called “London.” Called “___________” (the capital of _______, an empire that consists of N&S Americas, the British Isles and parts of Africa. Protagonists is _____________a social malcontent, employed in the ministry of Truth at the forever task of making sure the archives of the media never show that BIG BROTHER has made a mistake of any kind.

5. 1984, the Novel 4 Important Places in the Novel 1.___________________________________________________________________ 2.___________________________________________________________________ 3.___________________________________________________________________ 4.___________________________________________________________________ The descriptions of these places plus the descriptions of the dishevelment of the city as a whole, are crucial in establishing the _________.

6. Dystopian Style Conditions in society are not only good, they are wonderful… as great as they have ever been in human history. This is undermined by the actual conditions the society exists in Plot lines follow 1 of 2 directions: – ____________________________________________ ____________________________________________

7. Dystopian Style Cont. Structurally, dystopian novels have _____ parts: – ACT 1- Exposition (_________________________________); Introduce Characters – ACT 2- Rising Actions; attempts of main characters to either escape of change society; climax (_________________________________________) – ACT 3- _____________________(if attempt is successful or dystopian society is changed then the novel has a positive theme)

8. Dystopian Example “__________________” on Products If Oceania is so wonderful, why do its citizens need to drink and smoke “Victory Gin” and “Victory Tobacco?” Really, Victory Gin is “almost impossible to drink,” and the “cigarettes fall apart as fast as Winston can light them.”

9. Dominant Theme= ________________ Gov’t controls the citizens’ _________, __________, ______________ lives Tight restrictions of travel, everybody is under constant surveillance through telescreens, hidden microphones, there are also spies wondering the streets Gov’t uses auditory/visual images which drive a never ending stream of input into the citizens’ minds SLOGAN: “______________________________!”

10. Control Cont. Marriage is permitted ONLY for _____________ Children are encouraged, at a young age, to turn in their parents for “_______________________” Mandatory _________________________ Gov’t rations food; alcohol and cigarettes are designed to leave the users in a tranquilized daze RESULTS= ________________________________________

11. Control Cont. Control extends to dissemination of information, which is Winston’s job at the Ministry of Truth Novels, films, even newspapers are written over to make “Big Brother” look great. They are even re- writing history. They strive to make the English language less ____________ by removing synonyms, and overall making it less intelligible. Reduction of language= ___________________. So the human mind cannot long entertain a thought it cannot frame into words. =__________________________________________