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    1984 Betrayal Analysis

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    Barbara Kingsolver‚ a novelist‚ once said‚ "Every betrayal contains a perfect moment‚ a coin stamped heads or tails with salvation on the other side" (www.wiseoldsayings.com). This quote holds true in George Orwell’s 1984‚ as betrayal becomes the party’s solution to achieve absolute control over its people; the people become the betrayed and are persecuted and while the party becomes the betrayer and is protected. The betrayals are not coincidental nor spontaneous‚ they are strategically schemed

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    The Companies Ordinance, 1984

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    The Companies Ordinance‚ 1984 THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE‚ 1984 (XLVII OF 1984) ********* CONTENTS ………… PART I - PRELIMINARY Sections Pages Preamble 1 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement 1 2. Definitions 2 3. Meaning of "subsidiary" and "holding company" 9 4. Ordinance not to apply to certain corporations 9 5. Application of Ordinance to non-trading companies with purely provincial 10 objects 6. Ordinance to override memorandum‚ articles‚ etc. 10 PART II-JURISDICTION OF

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    Study Questions for 1984

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    1. What is Newspeak? • Newspeak was a simplification of language to render thoughtcrime impossible. It eliminates words that symbolized illegal things--god‚ family‚ love. It eliminates shades of meaning--atrocious and awful could be represented by one word‚ doubleunplusgood. It contracted words and combined them--duckspeak‚ speakwrite‚ Minitruth‚ Minilove. 2. What is the purpose of Newspeak? • The purpose of Newspeak is to render thoughtcrime impossible. If the word god does not exist‚ for example

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    Vocab from 1984

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    List #1 1. As I was preparing dinner for my family‚ I could tell the beats were good because of the sanguine juice that dripped out of it as I cut them into many piece and mixed them in the salad. 2. Even though the girl was no as skinny as her other friends‚ more guys liked her because of her pneumatic body shape. 3. This weekend I watched the Avengers‚ and during the fighting scene near the end of the movie‚ the formidable army relentlessly attacked the city. 4. The urbane queen of

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    1984 moment sheet

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    Moment (Page #) 2 Quotations (Pages #s) Literary Device Connection/Significance Winston comes to the realization that the Proles are his only hope for breaking away from Big Brother and realizing the truth. (pg. 63-66) “Proles and animals are free.” (pg. 66) Metaphor Simile After becoming tired of blindly accepting the rules set in place by Big Brother‚ Winston realizes that if he is to be free‚ he must seek salvation with the Proles‚ the poorer‚ more overlooked social class. “They

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    1984 Text Notes

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    1984 Text Notes Genre – dystopian‚ fiction‚ futuristic fable‚ allegory (literary analogy‚ tries to teach)‚ didactic‚ physiological “It was a bright cold day in April‚ and the clocks were striking thirteen” (p.3) Themes The Dangers of Totalitarianism A political novel with the purpose of warning readers in the West of the dangers of totalitarian government. Totalitarian governments‚ like in Spain and Russia‚ went to horrific lengths to maintain and increase their power. Western nations

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    1984 In the novel written by George Orwell‚ 1984‚ there are several similarities to the Soviet Union. One of the most important similarities is Adolph Hitler. Another very important point in 1984 is Big Brother. Big Brother is very similar to both of the leaders‚ Adolph Hitler and Stalin. During Adolph Hitler’s time‚ the government had absolute control over everything. This could also be called totalitarianism‚ which was frowned upon by 1984’s author‚ George Orwell. Hitler had complete power

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    build up the power of the government and degrade the populace. In his novel 1984‚ George Orwell warns about the dangers of a totalitarian government‚ as the citizens of Oceania blindly praise and obey Big Brother and the Party. In this dystopia‚ the Party can catch even those who think thoughts against the Party and take them away from society. Similarly‚ in China and Russia‚ an authoritarian party works

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    1984 vs. Fahrenheit 451

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    1984 vs. Fahrenheit 451 “Do you begin to see‚ then what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias…” (Orwell 267). 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are both dystopias‚ although in each society‚ the government tells the citizens that it is a utopia. A dystopia is‚ “An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad‚ as from deprivation‚ oppression or terror” (“dystopia”). On the other hand‚ a utopia is described as‚ “An ideally perfect

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    Bergeron and Orwell’s 1984 are based on the concept of negative utopia. The governments in both these novels control their masses using harsh methods. The government in 1984 uses brainwashing‚ doublethink‚ mutability of the past and vaporization to control its masses. The government in Harrison Bergeron uses physical and mental handicaps to control its masses and in the effort to make everyone equal. Both the governments have a tight control on its people but the government in 1984 has a stronger and

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