"I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions."
~James Michener, American author (1907-1997)

Friday, January 7, 2011

1984 Book One, Chapters 1-4: Discussion Points to Ponder

Big Brother

Goldstein

Two Minutes Hate

Youth Spies

Party slogans

Winston's diary

O'Brien

the Parsons

Thought Police

Winston's job

Oceania, Airstrip One, London

Family relationships

Junior Anti-Sex League

Newspeak

Physical Jerks

Inner Party, Outer Party, Proles

the dark-haired girl

propaganda (war film)

Oceania, Eurasia, Eastasia

Comrade Ogilvy

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think that George Orwell has a good reason to write. I really liked the part where he said, "I barely saw my father before I was eigth. For this and other reasons I was somewhat lonely." I personally think writing got his mind off of being lonely and gave him something to do. I do find it interesting that he wrote his first poem at the age four or five. Most kids at that age, you would think playing was a big role in their life, but George was writing his first poem. I also think its interesting that he would look up and search for right words to write. It's not easy to always to sit down and write a story and it have a good meaning to it. In my opinion it takes time. "Why I Write" by George Orwell was interesting to read and now I realize why he enjoys to write.
M.Rogers 2White

January 09, 2011 8:51 AM

Jacob Drescher said...

George Orwell has many good reasons to write the way he does. As you read there are many things that influenced him to where he is today. Orwell made his writing the best it could be by researching words that could make his poems or writings better. It was very suprising to read about when he first started to write poems at the age of four. He was given a gift to write and do what he loves. Everyone wants to be remembered as something and I think the way Orwell writes is what people remember most about him.
J. Drescher