Today, we covered the next 5 words in the vocabulary book (with the never-fail crowd pleaser "juggernaut"). We then discussed 138-158 in 1984. Notes may be found on the wikispace.
In your discussions, you're making references to the text, but a number of those references are not finding their way to the class notes. Let's keep an eye on the notes as we go and help create a more useful record for ourselves.
HOMEWORK:
Read up through the top of page 179, just before the dialogue. Be prepared to discuss the following topics (the last two questions apply to reading through the end of the chapter on 198, which we will do for tomorrow night's homework):
BE PREPARED TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING, WITH EVIDENCE, IF CALLED ON:
Why does war exist in Oceania? What purposes does it serve?
Do you agree that a social hierarchy is necessary for society to function? Do you believe that true equality is possible?
Why doesn’t Julia care about the book?
Is Winston’s hope in the proles in vain?
Why is the book a relief to Winston when its message is so bleak?
Given what we learn in the book, is it possible for Big Brother to be defeated?
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