Part Two 1-9 1/2

Winston and Julia are in love and they are adulterers. They have sex often as an act of disobedience to the Big Brother. Julia is a wonderful actor, she plays the part as a dutiful comrade so that she can bend rules later on. She is not interested in a revolt at first, but after Winston talks with her about the possibilities and how life was before she seems to be on board. 

Hate week went on in these chapters. They give an example of the rewritten history. A man was giving a speech against the enemy, but in the midst of the speech the enemy had changed and he changed his speech. All the posters and propaganda had to be changed so that nothing could be retraced. 

The act of rewriting history is revolting, but who controls the past controls all. To rewrite past events is sad because the people involved are no longer a memory or anything at all. Without history we would never grow as a civilization because we would never learn anything. 

Winston and Julia meet with O'Brien to learn about the Brotherhood. They read the book and are willing to give up everything; appearance, life, work, money for this cause except for eachother. 

Part one

In part one we learn about Big Brother and Winston Smith. The whole dynamic in which they live in is completely corrupt. To have basically a caste system would obviously lead to some type of underground resistance which is the Brotherhood. Keeping lower, middle and upper class seperated is a good idea for control, and Big Brother certainly keeps these people in check by establishing rules to make them less human and more like sheep. 

FAV QUOTE: A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. 

The tedious jobs in which the outer party is involved in keeps their minds busy, lack of physical and sensual release makes them become more involved into their work and the hate against Goldstein. 

Being afraid to speak your mind can lead to two answers: 1. Becoming angry and revolting which requires brain energy. 2. Listening blindly so you don't have to put forth an effort. The second option is what many people flock to. 

Paranoia is a main reason of vaporization. People who are intelligent and can understand what's going on need to be gotten rid of. With the bombings among the proletariats, it is to keep population down to prevent a revolt. 

Chapter 4

In this chapter he explains his job which is EXTREMELY boring. His tasks are to rewrite history to make the future outcomes accurate. Which is a ridiculous job, but under a dictatorship if the leader is wrong, they can be overthrown. If the memories are gone there is complete control. BTDUBS I was absent Friday 

Chapter 3

Winston was dreaming of his family, he believes that they died for him to serve a purpose. He was woken up by a screeching whistle to begin morning excercises over the telescreen. He flashes back to when he was younger and trying to remember things that happened but cannot. The government wants people to forget the past and focuses on what is currently happening. When Winston touches his toes it is asignificant even that he can follow the rules and he overcame a hurtle that he had previously been unable to do

Chapter 2

Here, one if his neighbors knocks on his door and asks him to help unclog her sink. He explains of the awful smell that lingers throughout the building of boiled cabbage. That sense produced makes me think of an old run-down building full of grungy people he unclogs the sink and learns of her two children's hatred. They call him a spy and a traitor. The children only know what they have been taught and once immersed in that kind of hatred against a group of people that can no longer be undone. They are like little savages. 

Chapter 1

In the first chapter, we get to learn a little about Winston. He begins to write in the book, which is not illegal but if found out he will die. Basically, when we learn about Big Brother and the influence he has I'm a little freaked out, but intrigued. Winston is fed up with always being watched, and he has some sort of pent up anger against the ruling government-but still respects it. He explains of the 2-minute hate and how he gets so caught up in the anger and emotion that he tells how he wants to hurt this woman that is an iconic figure of the government; he wants to brutalize, kill and have sex with this woman because she is such a strong figure of Big Brother.