KaylynFarneth

So this is my first analysis thing, So i am choosing Wintson's dreams. These dreams are used as foreshadow, or what i believe to be foreshadow. Like when he says about the place with no darkness. Also it serves as a juxtaposition of his ideal life verse real life and is a metaphor for the government. The whole brainwashing thing is very interesting for me. And i think that the ideal life is something that most novels try to implement. The dream also offers a lot of exposition of Winston's life. I really like how the dream is what gives the background information rather than just coming out and stating Winston's past. creative Orwell, creative. However this "dream world" reminded me of course of inception but ill keep away from my biased love of Leonardo and relate it to Wizard of Oz. In the magical green land it is supposed to be the utopia world where everything is perfect. To our dismay, the wizard really does not behold any power and is clearly brainwashing the ozians just like the government is doing to Winston. Winston is this case would be Dorothy because he is not falling for the magic of the "government" and is basically committing thoughtcrime. **IQ:** "There is a word in Newspeak," said Syme."I don't know whether you know it: duckspeak, to quack like a duck. It is one of those interesting words hat have two contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it is abuse; applied to someone you agree with, it is praise." I'm going to go with this being a theme for the "need" for control, which can be used with everyday life and not just in the government. Strictly speaking in terms of the book, the government is trying to control throw language. This alone is can be detrimental to a society. If one forgets his/her words how will one ever speak? Ah but that is the question that the government wants. If you quack it is solely giving a response, no REAL conversation is occurring. However it also allows very small room for any confrontation. As we've already seen, Winston has committed thoughtcrime. However by implementing duckspeak it can control other people's urge to commit crime. If they had free reign of their brain they would be able to disagree, agree and maybe even, after a fair bit of conversing, think "down with big brother." It is curious, duckspeak, my brother Austin and I were just conversing on the matter, haha ironic, but literally everything that either of us said the other would respond with "quack". Not only did i not stop to think if that was an agreeable "quack" or an abusing "quack" but it was the first conversation that we had that didn't result in him chasing me with some cooking utensil, yes Ryce, he does that. This also made me ponder a few other things that i see everyday. Now that i have been cursed to watch every single movie by thinking hm is that foreshadow? irony? ahhh metaphor? I was explicating Jarhead last night. Before Jake Gyllenhaal and his fellow troops give an interview, their staff sargent tells that exactly what to say. When someone questions their rights to freedom of speech he tells them "you have no rights in the marines" and then everyone goes on camera doing exactly what they are supposed to do. They all quacked. It also made me ponder my dinner conversation about evolution and creationism. My mother was talking about how god didn't want adam and eve to have the knowledge to "look" at each other naked. However when eating the forbidden fruit they then had to cover up due to their new found knowledge. They government in 1984 believe that they are the all mighty. Duckspeak along with every other form thought barriers controls knowledge from freely flowing. Just like Adam and Eve, Winston has tasted the forbidden fruit and now has the knowledge to see what he didn't before. I guess it's only a matter of time before his fate is decided as well...
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**"Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious."** I picked this paradox because i feel that we can use this today. People are so blinded by what is right in front of them that they cease to stand up for what is right. But if they never do what is right how can they become conscious to real life. Today we look to the government, authority or anyone for that matter, to provide us, the people, with answers. But should we just take their words for face value and not research ourselves. For even thinking of deliberately blinding the community, you should be arrested for thoughtcrime. It's like the whole chicken and the egg situation. How do we know what came first? And how do we know if what we've been told is true? And how does one person stand up for something when they are told that that's not what's right? Now we are left more puzzled than we first began...This could be compared to Harry Potter and the prophecy about harry's life. The prophecy states that " either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives" One of them has to kill the other before he can live yet Voldemort has lock away parts of his body within objects and harry himself. So for Harry to truly destroy Voldemort he has to kill himself first.
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 * "The paperweight was the room he was in, and the coral was Julia's life and his own, fixed in a sort of eternity at the heart of the crystal." pg. 147 **

Mirror mirror on the wall, Contain my thoughts if i should fall. Mirror mirror help me, pray, I shall be back to look someday. Mirror mirror help me now, I'm standing here to make my vow. If thy spirit should take flight, I'll look to you with all my might //.//

Okay sorry, i really suck at writing poems but i thought that i would give it a shot. I felt that the glass paperweight really defines Winston. He looks to it as a bridge to the past and future and really has put so much hope into it. When he said that it was the room he was in, it just made me feel that whatever happens to that paperweight is bound to be the Winston's fate. Like the queen in Snow White she looked to her mirror on the wall, which is what gave me the idea to make the glass paperweight like the mirror. I feel as though apart of Winston lies within the weight and if he should ever feel broken or lost, if he goes back to the paperweight just maybe he'll be able to find himself.

The Shattered Paperweight
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The paperweight's symbolism was obvious. It was Winston's attempt at reconnecting with the past. The glass absorbs Winston and it becomes his world. When the troops barge in to capture Winston the paperweight ironically shatters foreshadowing his future. With the scattered pieces of the Winston's world on the floor what is he to do? A unique feature of glass is that you can use it to bend light. With the glass shattered there is no way to reflect light into Winston's life, leaving him in a dark unknown world. I know i know that everyone will probably get sick of my alluding to harry potter when i do these things, but frankly i don't care. This reminds me of the glass that Sirius gives Harry if he ever needs to get in contact with him however when Sirius is killed, harry can no longer use the glass to see Sirius. The empty mirror to harry is the shattered glass to Winston. Two souls that are now left to part with one of their deepest treasures.


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"You are a flaw in the pattern, Winston. You are a stain that must be wiped out." pg. 255

Orwell is great. He plainly explains why it is so detrimental to fall under the stereotypical way of thinking. Just imagine how many peoples lives change because they have a label plastered to their face and i don't mean in a good way. Instead of believing what society says is right, you should think for yourself and not be quick to judge.
 * Labels: ** Even from birth we are put into a category and labeled. Is she fat? Does he wear glasses? They have braces...etc. As humans we are quick to judge without researching further. While Orwell uncovers the destruction of lack of individualism he also expresses the dangers of a uniform belief. By putting the traitor label onto Winston he is sent to Room 101 with intentions of vaporizing his ability to think for himself. But by placing a label onto someone is just like sending them to our own Room 101.


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 * "You could not create such a world as you have described. It is a dream. It is impossible." pg. 268 **

//The smell of salt stung for only a second until i lost myself. I was still wearing my brand new Guess jeans but it didn't matter, i still embraced myself on earth's body. As i reach for my aqua socks i realized i wasn't wearing any. Without hesitation i slipped my feet into the cool escape sloshing my toes in the sand. I leaned back to welcome the world, massaging my hands and feet in the warm snow. The sun brushed my cheek with a gentle kiss and i closed my eyes expecting to flash through a book of all of the negatives in life, but it was empty. Nothing. There wasn't even one think written down. This, this is all i need to know, all i wan't to know, all i do know. I start painting the mental picture noting every feeling carefully, but, but it's going away. Why? My heart starts racing as i write fast missing important details, everything's collapsing. Suddenly i am gasping for breath as i write more and more vigorously. No wait! I haven't had time to write down the feeling of being warm, the secret to happi...I jolt up to find darkness. Utter darkness. I'm sweating, probably thanks to these damn satin sheets my mother insists i use. For a moment it seemed so real. Was it real? No that's impossible, it was only a dream.//

I compared this quote to a girls vision of happiness. Her perfect world. The party takes away all abilities to compose thought which in returns takes away identity. Not one person in the book ever was happy, they were only content. They could never be happy because they don't know the meaning of the word. Winston is the only one to dream, at first in bright colors. But as he embarks in room 101 you can tell that his dreams are turning gray and it is only a matter of time before they too become black, just like the rest of the world. Dreams are entirely our own, and without the knowledge of language how are we to dream? We simply can't.By erasing meanings, you erase words. By erasing words you erase thoughts. By erasing thoughts you erase emotions. This is where the party's power comes from. They are one big eraser. However it is ironic that Winston would say this quote after he believed in his dreams for so long. It really goes to show the dangers of slaying language.


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 * Memories**


 * Now this may be completely left field but i could't stop thinking about it.**

It's ironic that Orwell would have both Winston and Julia meet and say "I betrayed you". The whole purpose of the room 101 workshop was to erase the past, yet they still know that they betrayed one another, so that means they still have the knowledge of the crimes that they committed. However when Winston is sitting at the cafe his eyes fill up with tears, symbolizing his love. Events that you go through, those are tattooed to you forever, no matter what, they cannot be erased. As Winston drinks the gin, he forces himself to push through the awful taste, yet we can not deny the fact that it is forced. AND Winston also recalls a memory of his childhood. The young Winston is laughing, he's happy in a sense. This all symbol for the unchangeable. No matter how hard the party tries, they will never successfully erase or change what has already happened. It's like the movie Time Travelers Wife. The main character returns to the car crash night where his mother died, yet even with his unique power he can never find a way to save his mother. It can not be erased.