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How Does Winston Meet Dystopian

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Williams
Cameron Williams
Mrs. Peel
English
March 9, 2017

PRI

1. Title of Work
1984
2. Author’s Name
George Orwell
3. Date of publication
June 8, 1949
4. Genre
Fiction, Dystopian.
5. Characteristics of the genre the work does/doesn’t meet
It does meet fiction because none of this stuff is true.
It does meet dystopian because there are very unpleasant and bad things that happen and happen to Winston.
6. Setting: Time + Place + Atmosphere (mood or tone)
Setting (1984). Place (London, England, Oceania). Tone (The tone is quiet dark and the worst is expected.
7. Major characters (physical and personality)
Winston Smith- Winston is the protagonist and the main character. Winston is a very smart thirty-nine-year-old who hates …show more content…

Everywhere Winston goes, the party keeps a close eye on him. The party controls everything in Oceania, their rules are not fair. If you think of rebellious thoughts or ideas, it’s illegal. Winston works in the Ministry of Truth this is where he meets Julia. Julia and Winston move in with O’Brien, who is a party member. He assures Julia and Winston that he is with them and that he to hates the party. But O’Brien actually lied to them. O’Brien tortures and brainwashes Winston for months. Winston has recurring nightmares, he wants the nightmares to stop happening to him so he pleads to O’Brien to make them happen to Julia. Winston giving up Julia is exactly what O’Brien …show more content…

“Nearly all children nowadays were horrible. What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies they were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produced them no tendency whatever to rebel against the discipline of the Party.”
This quote is important because it shows that the party seeks to maintain power and their desire to rule over Oceania.
“At the present day, Science, in the old sense, has almost ceased to exist. In Newspeak there is no word for "Science." The empirical methods of thought on which all the scientific achievements of the past were founded, is opposed to the most fundamental principles of Ingsoc, and even technological progress only happens when its products can in some ways be used for the diminution of human liberty. “
This quote is important because it shows that the party uses science and technology to control human behavior and mind.

11. Symbols/Motifs with explanations of purpose—at least 3
The old picture of St. Clement’s Church, I feel like this symbol is important because it represents the lost past, the party control of the

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