Download 1 hr 20 min Total Chapter V (10 min write

Have a seat, take out your 1984 book, some paper, and begin to work. Today we are going to go through Part
Two Chapters V-X very quickly. We will be doing the following activity for the full course of the class.
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Answer each question presented to you within the time frame listed. If you must, you can use your book.
But don’t waste time, if you don’t know an answer move on to the next question. You will not receive
extended time.
Participate in the short group discussion/answer review of each question.
For each question, correct any mistakes, and write notes based on the discussion.
These questions will be used as a study guide for our final test on 1984. This is a tool to help you when it
comes time to study. Your participation in this activity will help you greatly when studying for the test.
I will have you turn in your answers at the end of the block. However, I will NOT be grading for accuracy. I
will only be grading for completion/participation. This means that it is up to YOU to listen, take notes, and
participate in this activity.
If you are receiving this page due to being absent, please be sure to get with your fellow classmates to
make sure that your answers are correct on this activity. If after doing that, you feel that you are still not
confident in your answers to these questions, please see me for tutoring.
Below is our time table for today.
Time Table
15 min-Chapter V & VI = 10 min writing, 5 min discussion
15 min-Chapter VII & VIII = 10 min writing, 5 min discussion
35 min-Chapter IX = 20 min writing, 15 min discussion
15 min-Chapter X =10 min writing, 5 min discussion
1 hr 20 min Total
Chapter V
(10 min write-5 min discussion)
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What happens to Syme? Why is this important?
In the course of this chapter, why and how does Winston change?
Between what two contrasting points of view do Winston and Julia Swing?
Why does Julia find it quite plausible that Winston trusts O’Brien on the basis of a look in the
Party member’s eye?
5. Winston feels that Julia, in some ways, is far more acute than he is in regard to the Party
propaganda. What points does she raise that Winston has never considered?
6. What is your opinion of Julia? Is she a realist or a cynic?
VI
1. For what reason does Winston believe that O-Brien has talked with him? What are his feelings
about this as the chapter ends?
VII
(10 min writing, 5 min discussion)
2. What realization does Winston make regarding the proles? How does he reach that conclusion?
3. What does Winston say is the one thing Julia and he must never do?
4. When Julia says everyone confesses. Winston says confessing is not important; a confession is
just words. The important thing is if the Party can make them stop loving one another. That
would constitute a betrayal. Julia says that the State can make her say anything but cannot
make her change how she feels about Winston. Winston agrees with her. Is this belief bravery,
foolishness, or something else?
VIII
1. When they visit O’Brien, what does he tell them about the Brotherhood?
2. What is the one thing Winston and Julia will not do for the cause?
3. What is confusing about the encounter with O’Brien?
IX
(20 min writing, 15 min discussion)
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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 the item of special importance
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?
X
(10 min writing 5 min discussion)
What is there about the prole washerwoman that Winston admires?
The washerwoman again leads Winston to believe that sooner or later the proles will over throw the
government. Do you think they really will, or is this belief just Winston’s optimism?
Why is it inappropriate that this chapter begins with the singing of the two verses?
What might the shattering of the coral encased in the glass dome be symbolic of?
Although the reader may or may not be surprised by Mr. Charrington’s identity, why does it make
perfect sense that he does not turn out to be who he is?
There are still many pages left in this novel. What would you guess will happen in Part Three?