Journal Task:
What happened "under the spreading chestnut tree?"
Consider the prole washerwoman. What is it that makes her so interesting to Winston and Julia?
Consider the question that Goldstein poses on p. 222: Why should human equality be averted [when it is clearly achievable]? Supposing that the mechanics of the process have been rightly described, what is the motive for this huge, accurately planned effort to freeze history at a particular moment of time?" What do you think?
What is the most important passage in Orwell, pp. 151-223? Briefly explain what makes this passage the most important.
What is the most important scene, image or piece of dialogue in the film excerpt from 1984? Briefly explain what makes this scene, image or piece of dialogue the most important.