LAST COMMENTS!

You guys, this project has come to an end. ): I felt that we were productive in our work. We shared our opinions of the books to each other and feel that the book is well analyzed.

Now what are your last thoughts about the book?

Anything you like or dislike about it?

What do you think the theme of the book is?

Can you connect this with other books?

-MICHELLE, OPAL, JANET AND ANNALEE (:

Researcher: WHAT? A MOVIE?

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Did you know that there was a movie for the book, 1984 that came out on December 14, 1984 (Haha, the date. (: )

The main characters are played by...

Winston Smith is played by John Hurt.
O'Brien is played by Richard Burton.
Julia is played by Susanna Hamilton.
Mr. Charrington is played by Cyril Cusack.

You guys! We all need to watch it together!

-Michelle Xia (:

With Janet's Request....

Well here's Janet's request...

1. succumbed (page 103): to give way to superior force; yield. In the card game, it is very important not to give away what you have, that's why you need to be succumbed.
   
2. rehashing (page 76): to work up (old material) in a new form. The dirty car went into the car wash and went through a rehashing process.
   
3. protuberant (page 77): bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting. The eyes of the fish protuberant when the man grabbed it hard.
4. stratum (page 78): a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another. The gum had stratum of different flavors.
   
5. heresy (page 80): opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, esp. of a church or religious system. Someone who claim heresy was punished for the wrong doing at church.
   
6. axiom (page 81): a self-evident truth that requires no proof. The trial had axiom, with no evidence of the situation.
   
7. inexhaustibly (page 147): not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted (depleted: to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of). For little children, everyday they are inexhaustible, they never stop running around.
8. vehemently (page 253): zealous (full of, characterized by, or due to zeal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent); ardent (having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent); impassioned. Being vehement with work or school can lead to the better person in the future.
   

ok waiting for more :P

With Michelle's request....

Page 147: mahogany- any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, esp. S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture. The beautifully carved table was made out of mahogany.
Page 150: varicose- abnormally or unusually enlarged or swollen. The bug bite that I got this summer was varicose and very big.
Page 152: poletarian- hmmm... can't find it... does anyone know what it is???
Page 168: spaciousness- containing much space, as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large. In the room, the mess was the spaciousness, taking up almost the whole floor.
Page 168: demur- to make objection, esp. on the grounds of scruples; take exception; object. During the trial, there were a lot of demur creating a lot more interesting trial.
Page 168: Wainscoting- (I did this word before but here it is anyways.) paneling or woodwork with which rooms, hallways, etc., are wainscoted. (wainscoted: wood, esp. oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls)

i will be accepting more requests until the due time.

Researcher: George Orwell

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(Yeah, that picture, because he is soo creative, it's only half of him)

After reading this AMAZING book, I wanted to know a little bit about the AMAZING author who wrote the book. So, I wanted to share it with you guys, because maybe you will feel the same way.

George Orwell
June 25 1905 - January 21 1950 (Age 46)

This real name is Eric Arthur Blair but he is well known as George Orwell (pen name). He is an English novelist and journalist. He is known to write about awareness of social injustice. Eric was born on June 25 in Motihari, Bihar, Bengal Presidency, British India and moved to England when he was one.

Throughout his lifetime, he moved to all different places like London and Paris!

Orwell died at the age of 46 because of tuberculosis which he described in Down and Out in Paris and London (So, if you are interested, read it.). He was in and out of the hospitals for three years. ):

If you liked his books, here are some other books he wrote.
-Animal Farm (1945)
-His Homage to Catalonia (1938)
-Down and Out in London and Paris
-Coming up for air

-Michelle (:

I'm Confused..

Okay so I don't really get what was really going on in the end.

Like who is O'Brien? Is he good? And was everything O'Brien saying lies, like how Winston imagined everything?

Oh and I don't get the part where O'Brien goes into the cell and he's like "They got me long time ago." (Page 238)

Help me out :)

--Janet

Illuminator-Pt.3 Ch.6 - Protagonist's situation at the end

"He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding ! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast ! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother."

This passage shows Winston's situation in the end. After 40 years, after committing Thought Crimes endlessly, after trying to join the Brotherhood, after relentless torture, he was finally convinced that Big Brother was a loving being. The Party had finally been able to convince Winston that he loves Big Brother.

Illuminator-Pt.1 Ch.1 - Why the book has its title

"He dipped the pen into the ink and then faltered for just a second. A tremor had gone through his bowels. To mark the paper was the decisive act.In small clumsy letters he wrote: April 4th, 1984.
He sat back.
A sense of complete helplessness had descended upon him. To begin with, he did not know with any certainty that this was 1984. It must be round about that date, since he was fairly sure that his age was thirty-nine, and he believed that he had been born in 1944 or 1945; but it was never possible nowadays to pin down any date within a year or two. "

This passage shows a little bit behind the reason why this book has its title. 1984 was the year Winston thought it was, thinking, "It must be round about that date, since he was fairly sure that his age was thirty-nine, and he believed that he had been born in 1944 or 1945; but it was never possible nowadays to pin down any date within a year or two. " This was the year that Winston had written down for his first entry, the year Winston had first thought about rebelling against the Party, and it was the year he committed Thought Crime. The year is significant because throughout those years was when he first wrote in a diary illegally, had relations with Julia illegally, and attempted to join the Brother, which is obviously illegal, since the Brotherhood is an organization in itself a crime, because it's about rebelling against the party, which is considered a crime as well. This book is about the events that unfold in particular time Winston Smith's life, which happens to be 1984.

Illuminator-Pt.3 Ch.4 - Effective use of language

"It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. Nothing had changed except your own attitude : the predestined thing happened in any case. He hardly knew why he had ever rebelled."

This passage shows an effective use of language through the use of similes. Orwell compared the act of swimming against the current with the difficulty of remaining oppressive in the Ministry of Love. Winston tried to remain rebellious, but as he faced more and more torture, he began to think that going along with it would be much easier for him, so he tried to educate himself into thinking like a Party member. He changed his own attitude which caused him to question why he had ever rebelled in the first place.

Summarizer: Part 3, Chapter 4 , 5 , & 6

CHAPTER 4
Pages 274-282

Winston’s health becomes better as he was fed with food and had good hours of sleep. He was watched for over years by the thought police and begins to re-teach himself as he writes “Freedom is Slavery.” He knew one day, they would shoot him but he didn’t know when.

Winston dreamt of Julia and heard her pleading for his help, he woke up screaming his name. He knew he obeyed the Party in his thoughts, but not in his heart.

O’Brien goes and asks him how he feels of Big Brother and Winston says he hated him. O’Brien took him to Room 101.

CHAPTER 5
Pages 282-287

Winston was in Room 101 stripped to a chair. O’Brien tortures Winston with his biggest fear which is rats. He picks up a cage filled with big hungry rats that eat flesh. O’Brien torments Winston by moving the cage closer and closer and allows him to think of another person to do it for you.

Winston blurs out Julia and told him to put it on her instead.


CHAPTER 6
Pages 287-297

Winston then spends most of his time at the Chestnut Café. Winston found Julia in the park one day. They confessed to each other that they betrayed each other.

The telescreen turns on again, and the victory was announced. He was happy and feel that his final change was complete, where he was siding with the Party and Big Brother.

THE END!

-Michelle (: