Full Episode: Chapter 3, Part VIWe see a complete reversal of Winston in this final chapter, can you name some of the things Winston now does that reflects him being a good party member?What an extraordinary turn of events! At the conclusion of 1984 we see a huge 180

Full Episode: Chapter 3, Part IVIs shooting Winston inevitable because the Party does it to everybody, or is it because Winston still holds some deep seeded thoughts?I do not think that Winston's inevitable end will come as a result of him having these thoughts. The thoughts Winston has are

Full Episode: Chapter 3, Part 2Explain how the Party’s methods eliminate martyrsFirst lets define what a Martyr is. According to Merriam-Webster, a Martyr is "a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle". I think that this is the definition that

Full Episode: Chapter Three, Part IWhy is the skull faced man and not the chinless man taken to room 101?This one is a curious case. From reading the scene take place it would seem that the chinless man should be taken to room 101 based on his actions. He

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part XWhat just Happened???This was easily my favorite chapter of 1984, even having already finished the book at this point. It is for the shock and surprise that happened with Winston and Julia being arrested. I totally did not see anything like this coming. Let

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part 8Do you think Winston wanted to say yes to the question about being able to never see Julia again?Early on in the meeting with O'Brien, Winston and Julia are asked about the lengths they would go to do what needs to be done for

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part VI & VIIDo you think Winston is being overly optimistic on his talk with O’Brien?In a word, YES! I really did not know where all this optimism is coming from when I was reading part six. O'Brien stops to have a chat with

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part VDo you think Winston is emotional about Syme’s vanishing?Right at the beginning of part five, Orwell brings up a funny character we met back in Chapter 1. Syme was a "friend" of Winston's who he meets up with and talks to in the

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part IVWhat do you think Winston will mainly use his new room for?Winston successfully is able to rent out the room upstairs from Charrington's shop. It was mentioned at the end of Chapter 1 that he had a desire to do this. Initially you would

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part 3Explain why the Party has made extreme effort to take over the sexual instinctRemember, this effort is really only demonstrated in the members of the Party. With the proles, they are able to marry, divorce, watch porn, and have sex. For the proles these are

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part IIWhy do you think Winston gets apprehensive with Julia when they first embrace?Think about how long Winston has been without a Woman. True, he was once married to Katharine, but this was like 10 years ago. In the timespan from then until now, we

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part IIs her arm really broken? Does she really like Winston? Is the girl from the fiction department for real about her message to Winston, or do you think otherwise?So we find out that the girl from the fiction department has a crush on Winston.

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part VIIICan you explain what Winston means by comparing old folks not being able to remember the past to an ant only being able to see small objects?When Winston meets the old man in the pub, his primary objective is to find out what life

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part 7Why do you think the Party places restrictions on its members and is more relaxed with the Proles?We have seen Winston describe the divide between the Proles and the Party. This was earlier in chapter 1, where Winston was describing the difference in reading

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part VIWinston is disgusted when writing down his memory of the prostitute, why do you think that is? Why does he keep writing? Earlier in the book, Winston uses his diary in a fashion that is to hide his true thoughts about Big Brother. "Down with

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part VCompare the people Winston says would get vaporized to those he thinks will notIt is important to note another person back in part one that Winston said would get vaporized. He suggested that he himself would get vaporized for having bought the diary and written

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part IVWhy do you think the Party would let multiple people work on the same message without any of them knowing?Winston mentions a couple times (p. 43 and 49) that he believes that Comrade Tillotson is also working to rectify the same message regarding Big

What do you suppose is the purpose of the physical jerks? How many people take part in this activity?So Winston wakes up from his dream of his family and the woman disrobing in the field to the telescreen waking him up for the routine of the Physical Jerks. There

Full Episode Chapter 1, Part IIIBreakdownWinston's parentsThe purgeMemory consolidationWinston's DreamsPhoto by Benjamin Davies on UnsplashIn our blog post about Chapter One Part one, we talked about Winston's memory deficiencies. When Winston tried to remember if London was always this downtrodden, he could not recall anything in that moment. He mentioned

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part IIBreakdownWinston's neighborsThe Parsons KidsHow children view their parents vs. Big Brother"Heroes"Big Brother is For The ChildrenPhoto by Filip Andrejevic on UnsplashIn part two of our journey through this George Orwell classic, we are introduced to some more characters in the life of Winston

Full episode of Chapter 1, Part IBreakdownPersonal Information on Winston SmithWinston's problems with remembering his childhood and dateWinston's crime of having a diaryWhat Winston wrote in his diary entryWho is Winston Smith?I am going to be trying something different with these blog posts. Instead of doing full breakdowns of