Questions about George Orwell's 1984?

Question

Part 1
1. Describe the opening setting.
2. Tell what Mini-Pax, Mini-Luv, Mini-True, and Mini-Plenty are.
3. What does Winston Smith do that is illegal?
4. What does his room look like?
5. What is The Book (not the diary)?
6. Who is Emanual Goldstein?
7. Who is Big Brother?
8. What does one do during 2 minutes of hate?
9. What does it mean to be vaporized?
10. Who are the following and tell something about them:
a. O’Brien
b. Parson family
c. Dark-haired girl
d. Syme
11. Who is Katherine? What happened to her?
12. As best as you can, define the following:
a. Double Think
b. Newspeak
c. Ingsoc
d. Duck Speak
e. Thought Crime
13. What is Winston Smith’s job? What exactly does he do?
14. In what context is the Chestnut Tree Café mentioned?
15. What are the slogans of the party?
16. What is the antique shop and why is it unique?
17. Describe Winston Smith’s encounter with the prostitute.
18. Winston has several dreams. What are they?
19. What are proles? Inner Party? Outer Party?
Part 2
1. What does the note say that was passed to Smith?
2. How do Smith and Julia meet?
3. Of what does the place that they meet remind him?
4. What do we find out about society from Julia and Winston Smith’s discussion?
5. What does Smith understand about the party that Julia doesn’t? How do their philosophies differ?
6. Why is Smith happy to find out that Julia has had sex with many people?
7. Where do Julia and Smith set up their rendezvous?
8. What happens to Syme?
9. Smith and Julia go to O’Brien’s apartment. What is the apartment like?
10. What conclusions can you draw about O’Brien and the inner party from the Apartment?
11. What do Julia, Winston, and O’Brien discuss?
12. What is the one thing that both Julia and Winston tell O’Brien that they refuse to do?
13. What happens in the room at the end of part 2? What do we find out?
Part 3
1. Explain what the Mini-Luv is, and what it is like.
2. What is Smith’s imprisonment like?
3. How is Smith “educated”?
4. When Smith hears O’Brien what does he think? But what does he find out?
5. What is Room 101?
6. At what point does Smith betray himself as not “Re-educated?”
7. What is in for him in 101?
8. How or when do we know he is truly broken down?
9. Where does Smith find himself at the end?
10. What probably happens in the end? To Winston Smith? To Julia?

Answer 1

Dude, seriously. You didn't even take the time to make it a question instead of just your homework. Thats sad.

You're the kind of person that really really does NEED to read the book.

Answer 2

OK, I know this is called Yahoo Answers, but you expect to obtain too much answers instead doing your homework!

You must read the book and that's it. It's a great book and even a little scary because many of the things that Orwell predicts over 60 years ago are present now, in some way or another.

Besides, you won't get all the answers from watching the movie, even if in the 1984 version (there is another from 1956) you can see good performances from John Hurt and Richard Burton.

Finally, it's part of a general culture to know who is the "Big Brother", they don't name a reality show that way for nothing...

Answer 3

I agree with all the people who say, "hey, read the book."

But I want to add something not on your list of questions, I think.

If you read George Orwell's analysis of why the major countries in "1984" are always at war, you might get a surprising answer to why some people think our own USA today is usually at war. There are one or two big functions that Orwell sees war as accomplishing in the world of "1984," and they don't have very much to do with actually defeating your enemy.

What are those 1 or 2 functions, as George Orwell sees them?

Answer 4

Dear uneducated twit,
I had the EXACT same questionnaire 25 years ago-I dug it out of a box to be sure. The sad part is I answered the questions quite easily after reading the book. I got a 96. You could too if you cudgeled that useless muscle between your ears into activity. It is both sad and ironic that you posted this. Tell me, do you need motorized assistance to get off of the couch, too? Does Mommy pre-chew your food for you? Are you hooked to an artificial lung machine? Do you use a toilet or just rely on no-fuss diapers? You make me weep.

Answer 5

If you are too lazy to read the book couldn't you at least buy the Cliff Notes? Why would you think someone here is going to do your work for you? Why not ask if we can write the assignment and you would only have to put your name on it to get credit?

Answer 6

The book is small, very interesting,not hard to read and you may find it is still very relevant to contemporary reality. So, read it and you'll see that answering these questions is very easy.

Answer 7

I'm assuming this is your homework. 1984 is a great book, it's not a boring read at all. I suggest that you read and do your homework yourself.

Answer 8

Do your own homework. If your too lazy to read it then watch the movie atleast

Answer 9

www.sparknotes.com
..etc.
Easy answers!
But also 1984 was a good book, you should read it- and relate it to the present- Nice essay topic btw

Answer 10

read the gd book lazy