Explain this principle: “If you kept the small rules you could break the big ones”, Why do you think the Party ensures that novels and songs are generated by machines and ministry departments rather than individuals?, Describe Winston’s reaction to the rat in the apartment., Julia once explained that a good meeting place might be used two times at the most. Why do you think she is willing to break this rule when it comes to the secret apartment?, What do you think is the whole story behind Julia’s acquisition of the contraband goodies?, How do you think the society in 1984 came to be? What would have to happen for England to come under the control of such an inhumane, authoritarian government?, Winston recalls yet another dream in Part 2: Chapter IV. Can you decipher any meaning behind this vague dream? What is going on with Winston’s dreams in general?, Do you think Julia is right about the war being an elaborate fraud? Why or why not?, What clues tell you that life is quite different for members of the Inner Party?, What is important about O’Brien referencing Syme when he talks to Winston?, Winston dreams about the mother and child in a movie he saw. Why is this dream important?, Why is it that at the age of thirty-nine Winston suddenly has a clear memory of himself as a child and the circumstances surrounding the disappearances of his parents and sister?, Does Winston’s recollection of his actions as a boy make you despise him or pity him? Do you think grown-up Winston should feel guilt about how he acted when he was eleven?, Julia believes that even if you are tortured in the Ministry of Love the Party “can’t get inside you” or alter your “inner heart”. Do you agree?, The Brotherhood promises nothing but misery and death. Why do they join? Would you?, What does the Brotherhood expect of its members, and why are O’Brien’s examples so extreme?, Again with this nursery rhyme? Now O’Brien is reciting it! What is the meaning of this?, Why is Goldstein’s book so important to Winston if it tells him nothing new?, Explain the history of class conflict and social upheaval as described in Goldstein’s book. How has the latest power structure been able to stop the cycle of revolution?, Winston has been caught in the trap, but how? When was the conspiracy set in motion? How much of Winston’s story was a set-up? Who was involved?.

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