Diaspora comes from two Greek roots 'dia' and 'speirein'. 'Dia' means through, across, from point to point; completely. 'Speirein' means to scatter or sow. = to scatter across
Originally used to specifically refer to the scattering of the Jewish communities outside of Palestine. Now the meaning has broadened.
Write in your Teams notebook a maximum of five topics or concepts that you feel are investigated in this novel.
From these we will generate the top five concepts for our study.
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Sex in 1984
' Unlike Winston, she [Julia] had grasped the inner meaning of the Party's sexual puritanism. It was not merely that the sex instinct created a world of its own which was outside the Party's control and which therefore had to be destroyed if possible. What was more important was that sexual privation induced hysteria, which was desirable because it could be transformed into war-fever and leader worship. The way she put it was:
'When you make love you're using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don't give a damn for anything. They can't bear you to feel like that. They want you to be bursting with energy all the time. All this marching up and down and cheering and waving flags is simply sex gone sour.'
Part II chapter III
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Andriy
Charlotte
Louie
Samuel
Constance
Catherina
Huub
Manuel
Quirine
Zoe
Francesco
Tashifa
Sikander
Roos
Merel
Cecilia
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AWL
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Draw what the room above Mr Charrington’s shop looks like.
Label it with quotations from the text to show your evidence.
Are there any significant objects or descriptions that you can identify?
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Are there any significant objects or descriptions that you can identify?
Glass paperweight
Gate-leg table
mahogany double bed
twelve-hour clock
mantelpiece
Rat-hole & rats
Picture of St Clement's Dane church
'but the room itself was sanctuary. It was as when Winston had gazed into the heart of the paperweight, with the feeling that it would be possible to get inside that glassy world, and that once inside it time could be arrested.'
Fender
Oilstove
Saucepan
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The room is a place where Winston and Julia are able to create a space for themselves away from the everyday life of the party and Big Brother
It is typified by the inclusion of early twentieth century items which enables Winston and Julia to try and create a life for themselves before Big Brother emerged, removing them from the pressures of the party and creating an idealised and unattainable relationship
1. Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting this setting with the previous description in Part 1 Chapter 1 of Winston's flat.
The role of the setting
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Role of the proletariat
Who might they be?
noun:
the class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labour or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class.
(in Marxist theory) the class of workers, especially industrial wage earners, who do not possess capital or property and must sell their labor to survive.
the lowest or poorest class of people, possessing no property, especially in ancient Rome.
source: adapted Wikipedia
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Look at the quote your group has been given
What does the quotation tell us about…
1. Winston’s beliefs about the proles
2. The conditions the proles live in
3. The role the proles could play in this novel
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What is the significance of this description of the prole…
What is Orwell's intention; what is the purpose?
The proles are anonymous and have a timeless quality that members of the party do not, implying longevity for the proles. Foreshadows the limited time that Winston has with Julia.
This description implies that the proles embody human feeling and a more 'natural' way of life that Winston and Julia can only try to recreate and are denied by The Party and the system.
However, the proles as a whole are a passive force, without the desire to rebel and actually believe in The Party’s propaganda as much as Winston and Julia are meant to.
The proles appear to have a familial support network. This is something The Party members do not have. This makes The Party members vulnerable and isolated.
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'The proles, normally apathetic about the war, were being lashed into one of their periodical frenzies of patriotism.'
Part II chapter V
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