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Title: Terminology and Background Information


1
1984
  • Terminology and Background Information

2
The Characters
  • Winston Smith
  • Protagonist
  • Churchill
  • Julia
  • 25yrs. Old. Minitruth
  • OBrien
  • Inner Party
  • Big Brother
  • Always watching
  • Goldstein
  • Scapegoat
  • Syme
  • newspeak
  • Parsons
  • neighbor
  • Mr. Charrington
  • shop owner

3
Terminology
  • Newspeak
  • Language of the party
  • Doublethink
  • Denial of reality
  • Thoughtcrime
  • death
  • The Golden Country
  • Winstons dreams
  • Thought Police
  • Monitor the Party
  • Two Minutes Hate
  • Daily public event
  • Ingsoc
  • English Socialism
  • Chestnut Tree Café
  • Location of the doomed

4
Timeline
  • 1903 Eric Blair, pen name George Orwell born in
    Motihari, India.
  • 1922 Orwell returns to India and joins Imperial
    Police in Burma.
  • 1938 An Homage to Catalonia released. Account
    of Orwells experiences with Loyalists in Spanish
    Civil War.
  • 1945 Release of Animal Farm, modern beast
    fable attacking Stalinism.
  • 1949 Release of 1984. Dystopia.
  • 1950 Orwell dies of tuberculosis.
  • 1984 Orwells future.
  • 2050 Our future.

5
The Political Structure
  • Oceania
  • The Country
  • Airstrip One
  • England
  • The Outer Party
  • 18 of pop.
  • The Inner Party
  • 1 of pop.
  • Control wealth
  • The Proles
  • 81 of pop.

6
The Countries
  • Eurasia
  • Country with which they are at war.
  • Russia
  • Eastasia
  • Country with which they are at peace (for now)
  • China

7
The Ministries
  • Ministry of Love
  • miniluv
  • Ministry of Plenty
  • miniplenty
  • Ministry of Peace
  • minipax
  • Ministry of Truth
  • Minitrue

8
The Slogans of the Party
  • War is Peace
  • Freedom is Slavery
  • Ignorance is Strength
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