"At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid" (109).
This quote, along with what actually has happened in the book shows possible one of the main themes. Human's need to love/have another person in their life. This is not only shown by this quote but also when Winston is contemplating suicide that quickly changes when the brown haired chick gives him a note saying she loves him. Touching I know. Back to the point though, even though Winston doesn't directly say that is why he decides not to commit suicide it is painfully obvious. The novel depicts a government that has basically taken away all human emotion and therefore all human relationships. We haven't heard of anyone actually dying, it seems like everyone gets vaporized before they have the chance to die and the people aren't even aloud to talk about it! Winston also points out that he thinks the proles are the most human like out of anyone. Why is this? Simple, they still possess emotions.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Just Another to Add to the List
"Until they become conscious, they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious." page 70
This is just another paradoxicalish sentence used by good ol' George. He seems to like these. . . a lot. I kinda do to though, there interesting compared to the relatively dry plot to the rest of the book. I can't complain too much though, its not that bad. This sentence is a little different though since the two clauses are basically the same just rearranged. I'm pretty sure there is a lit term for that but I don't remember what its called and I am far too lazy to look it up. Maybe it's Antimetabole? This sentence is a reference to the proles, the only group that Winston thinks are still truly human. They won't rise up against the government because they don't think they have the power capable of such a thing even though they do. The only way they'll realize this though is by rising up so it is a vicious circle.
This is just another paradoxicalish sentence used by good ol' George. He seems to like these. . . a lot. I kinda do to though, there interesting compared to the relatively dry plot to the rest of the book. I can't complain too much though, its not that bad. This sentence is a little different though since the two clauses are basically the same just rearranged. I'm pretty sure there is a lit term for that but I don't remember what its called and I am far too lazy to look it up. Maybe it's Antimetabole? This sentence is a reference to the proles, the only group that Winston thinks are still truly human. They won't rise up against the government because they don't think they have the power capable of such a thing even though they do. The only way they'll realize this though is by rising up so it is a vicious circle.
Nice Touch!
"The air seemed to kiss one's skin. It was the second of May. From somewhere deeper in the heart of the wood came the droning of ring doves." Page 117.
Someone pointed out this little passage to me and I was just struck by how good it sounds! I mean right after ol' George wrote this down he had to have thought to himself, "dang, that sounds pretty awesome." In all seriousness though it displays a great amount of control concerning the syntax. It isn't an overly complex sentence in fact its a group of 2 simple sentences and one somewhat complex. It combines the metaphor with personification of the heart of the tree. The language used also really envelops the way that Winston is feeling at this point. He has just found a bit of a new zest for life and is excited and the language makes it come off as such.
Someone pointed out this little passage to me and I was just struck by how good it sounds! I mean right after ol' George wrote this down he had to have thought to himself, "dang, that sounds pretty awesome." In all seriousness though it displays a great amount of control concerning the syntax. It isn't an overly complex sentence in fact its a group of 2 simple sentences and one somewhat complex. It combines the metaphor with personification of the heart of the tree. The language used also really envelops the way that Winston is feeling at this point. He has just found a bit of a new zest for life and is excited and the language makes it come off as such.
Pardoxical
"WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"
PAGE 16
This slogan seems twisted and completely backwards upon the first read but after you look into it a little bit more it makes sense. They say that War is Peace. That's not true right? Well, it's a bit of a gray area. They are quite literally constantly at war with another country however the war and common hatred for another group of people keep them united and peaceful at home. Next they say that freedom is slavery. Well this ones a bit more of a stretch but being free to make your own decisions leads to a norm that many people fail to meet and in trying to comply with this norm are enslaved by their work. All of these things are complete opposites in today's world. The Party conducts duties the complete opposite of today's world and the world when Orwell wrote the book. Thankfully, this all didn't happen in the 80's or ever. Or did it? A lot of it reminds me of the grotesquely wrong things that Hitler was able to lead the Nazi Party into during WW2.
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"
PAGE 16
This slogan seems twisted and completely backwards upon the first read but after you look into it a little bit more it makes sense. They say that War is Peace. That's not true right? Well, it's a bit of a gray area. They are quite literally constantly at war with another country however the war and common hatred for another group of people keep them united and peaceful at home. Next they say that freedom is slavery. Well this ones a bit more of a stretch but being free to make your own decisions leads to a norm that many people fail to meet and in trying to comply with this norm are enslaved by their work. All of these things are complete opposites in today's world. The Party conducts duties the complete opposite of today's world and the world when Orwell wrote the book. Thankfully, this all didn't happen in the 80's or ever. Or did it? A lot of it reminds me of the grotesquely wrong things that Hitler was able to lead the Nazi Party into during WW2.
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