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George Orwell wrote 1984 for the future,meaning us. He wanted us to know what could happen and teach us how to prevent a hierarchical world tyranny from taking control of us.Orwell spent five years in The Indian Imperial Police, in Burma, and then underwent poverty. This increased,as he states it, his natural hatred of authority and made him fully aware of the existence of the working classes while the job in Burma gave him some understanding of the nature of imperialism. He said, "I write because there some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention" He wanted people to become aware of imperialism and tyranny like he did. //**"WHY ORWELL WROTE "1984"" Orwell Today. Jackie Jura. Web. 01 Apr. 2010. <**[|**http://www.orwelltoday.com/whyorwell.shtml**]**>**//

Reviews for 1984:
1.) "Nice try George" Charles' George Orwell Links. May 13, 2004 <[]> 2.) "1984 by George Orwell" SearchWarp.com. andrew sandon. November 21, 2006 Section 1: =

Vocab
Pannikin- "He had brightened up immediately at the mention of Newspeak. He pushed his pannikin aside, took up his hunk of bread in one delicate hand and his cheese in the other, and leaned across the table so as to be able to speak without shouting." Definition: a small pan or metal cup  varicose- “... and Winston, who was thirty-nine, and had a varicose ulcer above his right ankle, went slowly, resting several times on the way. Definition- affected by a condition causing the swelling and tortuous lengthening of veins, most often in the legs

eddies- “Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, ...” Definition- a circular movement of water, wind, fog, or smoke, counter to a main current, causing a small whirlpool tableaux- “... nothing remained of his childhood except a series of bright-lit tableaux, occurring against no background and mostly telligible. Definition- a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history voluptuously- “His pen had slid voluptuously over the smooth paper, printing in large neat capitals 'DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER' over and over again, filling half a page.” Definition- of, relating to, or characterized by luxury or sensual pleasure impedimenta- “Games impedimenta- hockey sticks, boxing gloves, a burst football, a pair of sweaty shorts turned inside out- ...” <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Definition- equipment for an activity or expedition, especially when considered as bulky or an encumbrance. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">pneumatic- “To the right of the speakwrite, a small pneumatic tube for written messages; ...” <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Definition- containing or operated by air or gas under pressure <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">orifices- “In the walls of the cubicle were three orifices.” <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Definition- an opening, as of a pipe or tube <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">gesticulating- “... corridors or gesticulating in the Two Minutes Hate.” <span style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Definition- use gestures especially dramatic ones, instead or speaking or to emphasize one's words <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Celibacy- "He was a total abstainer and a nonsmoker, had no recreations except a daily hour in the gymnasium, and had taken a vow of celibacy, believing marriage and the care of a family to be incompatible with a twenty-four-hour-a-day devotion to duty." Definition: abstention from sexual relations​

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Literary Analysis:
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> George Orwell uses language to create a tone of uneasiness in this passage from 1984.This passage is about how Winston sees a girl who works in another department of his building. He sees her as they are gathering for two minutes hate. Orwell describes the girl in Winston's point of view, and Winston hates all women, especially young pretty ones like the girl in this passage. Winston feels uneasiness, fear, and hostility towards the girl. All of this is driven by Orwell's use of language.

Orwell's use of language describes how Winston thinks of pretty young women. You can really tell that Winston hates her, but only because pretty young women are the ones that are, as Orwell says, bigoted adherents to the party. Orwell uses terms like "bold-looking", "shapeliness of her hips" and "bigoted adherent" to describe the girl, her beauty, and how Winston dislikes it. These all add to the tone of uneasiness. These words make you unsure of how you should feel, which is how Orwell says Winston feels. These words are also a part of the descriptive detail of this passage.

Orwell's use of detail and imagery is amazing. He really paints a picture for the readers. You can see the girl. You can see her dark hair, freckled face, and even the way she walks. You can also feel the same uneasiness as Winston, not knowing how to feel about the beautifully dangerous girl. Overall, Orwell is showing us that Winston is afraid of young women because of The Party and Big Brother's influence on them. Winston is only uneasy because he is unsure of the government's influence on the girl. He is afraid of most everybody because he thinks he will get turned in for thoughtcrime.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Dear Mrs.Morgan,
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I am reading 1984 by George Orwell (whose real name is Eric Blair). It is about a government called "the Party", in which everyone does what the government says, the only freedom is in the proles who are the poor people who live their own lives. In every room there is a two way telescreen that is basically a television with only one channel. The Government uses them to watch everything you do and you cannot turn it off, there is no escape. There is also the leader whom nobody knows whether or not he is fictional. They call him Big Brother. There are signs everywhere that are pictures of Big Brother with a caption that says: Big Brother is Watching. The eyes on the picture are designed to follow your every move.

I have noticed some literary motifs such as: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, The Party, getting "Vaporized", or, deleted from history. Getting vaporized reminds me of the __Giver__, how people were "Released" instead of getting killed. The book is also like the book __Red Scarf Girl__ how they are not free at all, and the posters of Big Brother are like the posters of Mao Zedong in China at that time. I find it interesting that Orwell wrote about what was happening in China only he wrote it more futuristically and in a completely different world from ours that, however, was our world. I know how confusing that just was but the book is hard to keep track of too, my thoughts are still looping around and going everywhere, just like Winchester's. He just sits there and thinks, his mind going everywhere at once like mine is right now. Winchester, who is the main character of 1984, does his best to hide from the telescreens without being suspicious. Every little murmur, gesture, or twitch of the face, involuntary or not, can be considered suspicious. This makes him very nervous, he is afraid that anyone can be "Thought Police" which are police that arrest you for "Thoughtcrime" which is a crime for thinking anything against the Party. They can catch you by watching your every move through the telescreens. Why do they arrest you for Thought crime? Because The Party believes that Thoughtcrime leads to real crime. This is the basic background of the story with some of my commentary and some of my thughts and comparisons. 1984 is a very good book so far and I am looking forward to reading more.

B.B is watching You, Madie

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vocab
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">shambled - to walk or go awkwardly. //The poet Ampleforth// //shambled////into the cell.//

ruffianism - of a tough or rowdy manner. //A scrubby beard covered his face to the cheekbones, giving him an air of// //ruffianism////that went oddly with his large weak frame and nervous movements.//

insidious - stealthily treacherous or deceitful. //It's insidious.//

denounced - to make a formal accusation against. //Who denounced you?//

malleable - adaptable or tractable. //Men are infinitely malleable.//

disseminate - to scatter or spread widely. //He heard himself promising to lie, to steal, to forge, to murder, to encourage drug-taking and prostitution, to disseminate venereal diseases, to throw vitriol in a child's face.//

venereal - arising from, connected with, or transmitted through sexual intercourse, as an infection. //He heard himself promising to lie, to steal, to forge, to murder, to encourage drug-taking and prostitution, to disseminate venereal diseases, to throw vitriol in a child's face.//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">​ vitriol - something highly caustic or severe in effect. //He heard himself promising to lie, to steal, to forge, to murder, to encourage drug-taking and prostitution, to disseminate venereal diseases, to throw vitriol in a child's face.//

obliquely - the act of being indirect or evasive. //She walked obliquely away across the grass as though trying to get rid of him, then seemed to resign herself to having him at her// //side.//

martyrdom- Extreme suffering; torment. //The first thing for you to understand is that in this place there are no martyrdoms.//

heresy- The maintaining of such an opinion or doctrine. //It set out to eradicate heresy, and ended by perpetuating it.//

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Literary Analysis:
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">George Orwell uses language to create a tone of wistfullness in this passage from 1984. This passage is about Winston's dream of being free with his family in the Golden Country even though he is really in prison. He dreams his body is healthy and there were no more arguments, fear, or pain. This makes me feel wistful because he feels happy even though he is in a bad state.

Orwell's use of language describes the tone of wistfullness in this passage very well. He uses words like "Glorious" "Sunlit" and "Peaceful". These words demonstrate the tone because the describe beautifulness and happiness."He was in the Golden Country,or he was sitting on enormous, sunlit ruins, with his mother,with Julia, with O'Brien-not doing anything, just sitting in the sun, talking of peaceful things.” This quotation shows Orwell's use of literature and description to show the tone of wistfulness in this passage.

Orwell's use of imagery in this passage is awesome. I really do feel as if I am with Winston and his family and friends, sitting in the sun in the Golden Country, doing nothing but talking of peaceful things. I'm starting to wish I was actually there right now.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Dear Mrs. Morgan,
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">First thing is first: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">spoiler alert