Full Episode: Chapter 3, Part VI * We 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

Full Episode: Chapter 3, Part IV * Is 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

Full Episode: Chapter 3, Part 2 * Explain how the Party’s methods eliminate martyrs First 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

Full Episode: Chapter Three, Part I * Why 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.

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part X * What 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.

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part 8 * Do 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

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part VI & VII * Do 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

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part V * Do 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

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part IV * What 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.

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part 3 * Explain why the Party has made extreme effort to take over the sexual instinct Remember, 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

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part II * Why 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,

Full Episode: Chapter 2, Part I * Is 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

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part VIII * Can 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

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part 7 * Why 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

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part VI * Winston 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. "

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part V * Compare the people Winston says would get vaporized to those he thinks will not It 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

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part IV * Why 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

* 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 IIIBreakdown * Winston's parents * The purge * Memory consolidation Winston's Dreams Photo by Benjamin Davies [https://unsplash.com/@bendavisual?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/dream?utm_source=unsplash&utm_

Full Episode: Chapter 1, Part IIBreakdown * Winston's neighbors * The Parsons Kids * How children view their parents vs. Big Brother * "Heroes" Big Brother is For The Children Photo by Filip Andrejevic [https://unsplash.com/@fandrejevic?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on

Full episode of Chapter 1, Part IBreakdown * Personal Information on Winston Smith * Winston's problems with remembering his childhood and date * Winston's crime of having a diary * What Winston wrote in his diary entry Who is Winston Smith? I am going to be trying something different with