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__ELEMENT ANALYSIS: ﻿ __ The symbolizes of the telescreen plays a major role throughout the novel. The fact that everyone must watch the "Two-minute hates" or "Physical Jerks" shows that the government is trying to control everyone's thoughts and appearance. Not only are they forcing them to watch it, but they are watching every move they make and monitoring everything they say and think. Anyways, I found a perfect clip from the Matrix that relates to this. This scene pretty much says everything that is going on in the novel. Like how the government is a system and how it's the emeny. Also how the people are so depend the thoughts that they were brained washed with that they will do anything to protect it and keep it alive.

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"Your worst enemy, he **reflected**, was your __own__ nervous system."

﻿A little helpless, confused, and scared ant scurries across the sidewalk back to safety. Looking around to make sure the coast is clear. Seeking out the best way to get back home. Trying to be invisible. But still trying to keep it all together.

I chose the metaphor of an ant because an ant or any small animal is helpless toward bigger things or people. Just like how the Oceania society is helpless to the government. They can see everything they do no matter how much they try to hide and find a new way to get around them.

﻿ELEMENT ANALYSIS: The theme of change is very prevalent throughout the novel so far. The way Winston is trying to learn what the "real" history was versus the fake history the government is trying to engrave in the minds of the society is a good example. "But in effect it was unanswerable even now, since the few scattered survivors from the ancient world were incapable of comparing one age with another." (pg.93) This quote shows how the older generation is even starting to lose their memory of what was real. You guys might not of ever even heard of this movie but it's a perfect comparison, Now and Then. This movie is about a group of young girls who want to be exactly like each other but as they grow up and apart they learn that they are all different. When they come back to their hometown they realize how much their society has changed them and made their memory of their last summer together a blur.



﻿"They could lay bare in the utmost detail everything that you had done or said or thought; but the inner heart, whose workings were mysterious even to yourself, remained impregnable." (pg.167)

﻿Walking through life without anyone knowing you exist. A walking ghost. Looking right through you. Not even giving you a second glance. Wondering why?

I used the comparison of a ghost or being invisible because thats what Winston is in his society. They don't care about his feelings. All they care about is what they want him to think and do. They don't like the idea of people having true emotions. And it leaves him wondering whats the point.

ELEMENT ANALYSIS: ﻿**Shattered Paperweight!** "The fragment of coral, a tiny crinkle of pink like a sugar rosebud from a cake, rolled across the mat. How small, though Winston, how small it always was!" (223) The symbolism of the shattered paperweight is a crucial symbol throughout the novel. As Winston realizes how small the piece of coral really is, he starts to realize that how small his dreams and goals really are in his so called "life". Just like a snowglobe, every object plastered into the globe is nothing but a small object. Helpless, still, and carefree.



"Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood." ﻿I just don't understand what I did that was so wrong. All I did was sit there and made sure I wasn't in his way. He picked up another beer and chugged it down with one single breath. He threw it across the room and ran after me. I raced up the stairs but he dragged me back down. With every punch and every kick my body took, I just laid there and hoped it would be over soon. He left me helpless with tears streaming down my face. As he walked out the door, I watched him get into his car and cry. I know he didn't mean it. He loved me. Tomorrows another day. I compared this quote to an abusive parent. The children can't help what actions their parents do. All they can do is just endor it and know that it will all be over soon. With no help or way out they have to stay. They know that they don't have any one else. Just like Winston he knew that trusting anyone isn't a good idea but all he wanted was to be understood and accepted at no cost. He doesn't have a way to escape from the Party so he seeks out for guidance.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #e49696; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">"You are under the impression that <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">hatred <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #e49696; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;"> is more exhausting than //<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">love //<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #e49696; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">." <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">I feel like it's my fault that this has happened to her. I didn't see it coming. It was dark out and the roads were bad. That car came out of no where. I tried to get out the way but it was too late. Before I knew it the car was flipped upside down and all I could see was her hanging there, lifeless. The ambulance came and rush us to the hospital. I only had a few scratches and broken arm. When I walked into her room she had tubes and wires everywhere. I broke down, pulled the box with the ring I was going to propose to her with out and cried. I compared this quote to a car accident. You don't see them coming and when they happen you blame yourself for them. Especially if someone you love is hurt. In this case, he was going to propse to her and when he walked into her hospital room. But when he saw her he broke down with hatred. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #e49696; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #5f0f85; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">﻿ELEMENT ANALYSIS: __**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Childhood Memories: **__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">"They played eight games, winning four each. His tiny sister, too young to understand what the game was about, had sat propped up against a bolster, laughing because tthe others were laughing." (pg.296) Winston has a lot of childhood memories throughout the novel. His flashbacks of these shows how much starts to remember the past and remember what was most important. "He pushed the picture out of his mind. It was a false memory." (pg.296) But toward the end of the novel you can see the Party has truly changed him and he thinks of them as being fake. I compared this to the movie Grown ups. Most of you have probably seen it. It's so funny. But it's about five good friends who reunite after their childhood basketball coach passes away. They all realize how much their kids weren't like them. Like making up games and just playing outside for hours. Just like Winston these memories come back. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿ <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #5f0f85; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">