1984 book I
Book I Reading Log
· The
· In Orwell's novel Ninteen Twenty- four, Winston Smith the protagonist who lives in a totalatarian government works as an officer in Victory Mansions in The minis located in Oceanian. In book I of Orwell's novel the setting of this totalatarian government is characterized as harsh and opressive where the past is constantly being made up and accepted as the truth. The story is told in third person omniscent and begins by telling of the past; one significant event the novel tells is of the time when Winston our main character buys a blank journal from a little shop in which the proles occupy and swears to never go back there again. Throughout book I Winston writes in the journal but very reluctantly due to the fact that if discovered he might be vaporized by the government. Book I also goes on to describes Winston's marriage with his wife Katherine that consisted of no real affection and later on were separated due to infertility. Although Winston swears to never go back to the shop occupied by the proles he finds himself wandereing outside of the Ministry
· there was one on the house front immendiately opposite. big brother... every moment scrutinized.
- This is right in the begining of the novel when the narrator is describing the posters all over the setting of Victory Gardens.
- Orwell employs descriptive information to set the atmosphere and mood of Oceanian as tense.
- The caption "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU" on the poster and the "dark eyes that looked deep into Winston's own" help to convey tensions within the people that inhabit this part of Oceanian and within the readers as well
- Dark eyes that watch you at all times make you feel stiff as to watch your every move and be someone you're not because you're looking for that person's approval wether or not they have any authority over you.
· "'comrades!' cried an...completed figures. Foodstuffs" page 51
· The
· In Orwell's novel Ninteen Twenty- four, Winston Smith the protagonist who lives in a totalatarian government works as an officer in Victory Mansions in The minis located in Oceanian. In book I of Orwell's novel the setting of this totalatarian government is characterized as harsh and opressive where the past is constantly being made up and accepted as the truth. The story is told in third person omniscent and begins by telling of the past; one significant event the novel tells is of the time when Winston our main character buys a blank journal from a little shop in which the proles occupy and swears to never go back there again. Throughout book I Winston writes in the journal but very reluctantly due to the fact that if discovered he might be vaporized by the government. Book I also goes on to describes Winston's marriage with his wife Katherine that consisted of no real affection and later on were separated due to infertility. Although Winston swears to never go back to the shop occupied by the proles he finds himself wandereing outside of the Ministry
· there was one on the house front immendiately opposite. big brother... every moment scrutinized.
- This is right in the begining of the novel when the narrator is describing the posters all over the setting of Victory Gardens.
- Orwell employs descriptive information to set the atmosphere and mood of Oceanian as tense.
- The caption "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU" on the poster and the "dark eyes that looked deep into Winston's own" help to convey tensions within the people that inhabit this part of Oceanian and within the readers as well
- Dark eyes that watch you at all times make you feel stiff as to watch your every move and be someone you're not because you're looking for that person's approval wether or not they have any authority over you.
· "'comrades!' cried an...completed figures. Foodstuffs" page 51