1984 TWO I X Vocabulary

adulation - excessive admiration apex - peak arbitrary - decided according simply to the will of one person austere - stern avaricious - greedy barbarous - violent, harsh, or cruel bliss - happiness bureaucrats - government officials confer - consult debauch - corrupt deviation - the act of varying from the normal way of doing things dilapidated - fallen into decay drudgery - physically difficult, menial, or monotonous work eccentricity - oddness fluctuate - to move back and forth or up and down haranguing - ranting hierarchical - arranged in ranks indefatigably - without tiring industrious - diligent, productive irrevocable - incapable of being revoked or taken back meritorious - deserving honor neurotically - in the manner of someone who is psychologically disturbed; nervously oligarchical - of a government in which power is in the hands of just a few people omnipotent - having unlimited authority overt - clear; not secret paraphernalia - equipment prevailing - dominant; successful propaganda - material used to spread ideas, usually to further one cause and damage another respite - rest socialism - a theory of government in which all members of society share equally in the production and distribution of goods stagnate - to become motionless or dull stratified -layered tenets - the principles of a group tepid - half-hearted totalitarian - a system of government in which all aspects of people's lives are strictly controlled by their leaders treachery - the act of going against an allegiance or violating trust utopianism - the belief that a perfect society can be created vilifies - defames, slanders

1. What change in the war situation takes place in Oceania, and how does the government treat this change?

2. What is in the briefcase that the man gives Winston, and why is this item of special importance to Winston?

3. According to Goldstein, for what reason do the three superpowers prefer continuous warfare to peace?

4. Why does Goldstein say that, although the superpowers talk about total victory, no power believes it is possible or even desirable?

5. For what reason does Goldstein say that it is important for an artificial scarcity of goods to exist?

6. Goldstein says that the war being waged against another superpower is not the real war. What is the real war? 7. What is Goldstein's theory about the new aristocracy? Who are they, and whom are they replacing?

8. Who does Goldstein say Big Brother is?

9. What is it that Goldstein says holds the ruling members of the Party together and ensures the survival of the Party?

10. For what reason, do you suppose, did Orwell think it necessary to include these chapters from Goldstein's book?

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Vocabulary

livid - enraged truncheons - clubs used to beat or otherwise subdue criminals or prisoners valiant - brave

1. What is there about the prole washerwoman that Winston admires? Name ______Block ____

2. The washerwoman again leads Winston to believe that sooner or later the proles will overthrow the government. Do you think they really will, or is this belief just Winston's optimism?

3. Why is it appropriate that this chapter begins with the singing of the two verses?

4. What might the shattering of the coral encased in the glass dome be symbolic of?

5. Although the reader may or may not be surprised by Mr. Charrington's identity; why does it make perfect sense that he does turn out to be who he is?

6. There are still many pages left in this novel. What would you guess will happen in Part Three?

STUDY GUIDE 24 Name ______Block ____

THREE I

Vocabulary

demeanor - conduct din - a loud, confused mixture of noises emaciation - the state of being extremely thin, almost to the point of starvation forbearance - patience insidious - sly lethargy - the state of being lazy, slow, or drowsy perturbed - upset sanctimonious - hypocritically pious

1. Twice, Winston says that he feels no love for Julia. He says as he sits waiting for them to come for him, that all he can feel is fear. Do you believe that what he says is true? Is it easy under adverse circumstances to lose the love you feel for someone?

2. Room 101, which is especially feared by the prisoners, appears to be an interrogation room. What could they have in that room, do you suppose, that is so feared?

3. When O'Brien arrives, he says to Winston, "You knew this, Winston ...Don't deceive yourself. You did know it-you have always known it." What is O'Brien saying that Winston has always known? Name ______Block ____

II

Vocabulary abject - low in spirit; having no hope delusion - a continual false belief eradicate - eliminate erroneous - incorrect exaltation - raising up; glorifying external - outside of integrity - adherence to a set of moral values luminous - glowing; emitting light martyrs - people who make great sacrifices for their beliefs objective - taken into account without any regard to personal feelings perpetuating - making something continue forever persecutions - acts of being harassed or made to suffer because of a belief posterity - all future generations quailed - cowered recuperate - recover resolve - decide rotund - fat, chubby seditious - causing resistance or revolution against the government sniveling - whining speculatively - in the manner of thinking or wondering surly - rude or unfriendly unrepentant - feeling no regret or need for forgiveness vehemently - passionately vindicate - to free from blame wantonness - lewdness

1. After the initial physical beatings, what happens to Winston?

2. What are Winston's feelings toward his interrogator? Name ______Block ____

3. O'Brien tells Winston that the object of the interrogation is not to get a confession, although Winston does that easily; nor is the object to punish, although he receives a great deal of punishment. What is the object of the interrogation?

4. Since there is a strong likelihood they are going to execute him anyway, Winston asks why they are going to the trouble of trying to change him. What answer does the interrogator give him?

5. Smith is then told that if he is allowed to live, "[n]ever again will [he] be capable of ordinary human feelings. Everything will be dead inside [him]. Never again will [he] be capable of love, or friendship, or the joy of living, or laughter, or curiosity, or courage, or integrity. [He] will be hollow." Do you think that Winston will accept life at that price?

6. What is the frightening question Winston hesitates to ask? What is the literary term implied in the answer?