This unit will contain the following sections.

A Quick and Dirty is a research tactic. Instead of lecturing, I ask you to find this information and present it to the class.

The following are the instructions for doing a Quick and Dirty.

Begin Research

Encyclopedias Go to the Index Volume

Other books Go to the Index first

On-Line search Use your topic as a keyword

Please read the short story "Nightfall," on page 359 and answer the following questions on page 392.

• Analyzing Science Fiction: 2

• Interpreting the Story: 5, 6, 7

Answer the following questions fully, on another sheet of paper.

1. How do the people of Lagash refer to night?

2. Why is knowledge bad on this world?

3. Would the people of Lagash agree with the following statement "Ignorance is Bliss"

4. How does the mob act in this work?

Read the essay "Shooting an Elephant" on page 304 and answer the following questions.

• Content: 1,2

• Strategies/Structures: 2, 3

Through much of the literature, we will go over homework in groups of three or so. Doing this, without the teacher breathing over your shoulder, makes many students uncomfortable.

Homework sheets are best done at home, during that two hour slot I recommend.

My homeworks have two parts. The first part, the numbered questions, I only want you to do at night.

The second part, the unnumbered, indented, follow-up questions, I would like done in class and only. Many students do all of the questions at night. Such energy is admirable, but wasted. You should do some challenges instead.

Generally, in class, we will follow this procedure.

Everyone writes down the answers on their sheet

I may ask the small groups to fill two important roles.

These other rules I may or may not use depending on the class.

Read the passage and answer the following numbered questions as homework.

1. This society shows everything as thoroughly manipulated as possible. In the first sentence, what strikes you as wrong?

In looking at his room and the housing, what is unusual?

How does the government try to control everybody?

2. What are the three party slogans?

What do you suppose they mean?

3. What does Winston keep behind the brick?

What thought did Winston finally write down?

How is the journal "thoughtcrime"?

Why wouldn't the government want this?

Read the passage and answer the following numbered questions as homework.

1. Where does Winston work?

What is his job?

Why does it's name strike us as odd?

How does he feel about destroying all these facts?

Why does he feel this way?

Why is his job important?

2. What is Syme working on?

Why is his job important?

Would it be effective?

How have people used "newspeak" today?

3. Describe Parsons.

Who is more likely to live to age 40: Parsons, Syme or Smith?

Why?

Why are his kids so cool in 1984?

How do most Minitrue people look?

Why?

Read the passage and answer the following numbered questions as homework.

1. Who are the Proles?

How much of Oceania's population is prole?

Complete this quote: "Proles and animals__________"

The party teaches two contradictory things about the proles: what are they?

Why is it important for the Party to have a class of proles? What f functions do they serve?

Would you want to be a prole or a member of the outer party?

2. What does jus primae noctis mean?

Is the schoolbook history accurate?

Why is it important that the schoolbook history be changed?

Where would you go for the truth, if the books aren't right?

3. Who did Winston see in the Chestnut Tree Cafe?

Why were they there?

What was wrong with them?

Why would the party want them where people can see them?

Does present society do something similar? Explain.

Read the passage and answer the following numbered questions as homework.

1. What gets passed to Winston on his way to the bathroom?

What does he suspect it is?

What is written on the slip?

How is Winston's angst similar to anyone else's angst at this point?

How is his dating "ritual" similar to a high school one

2. Where do they first meet and talk to one another?

Why is this a good place to meet?

Who is Winston looking at when he talks to Julia?

Why is that significant?

3. On page 98, How is nature described. Please quote?

How is this passage different from the one at the very beginning of the book?

Why has nature changed so much?

What is the "Golden Land"

Much of this is an allusion to another book and another couple. Who?

Explain.

Read the passage and answer the following numbered questions as homework.

1. Where else do they succeed in making love?

Why don't they get to more often?

Generally, what do they do when they are around each other?

According to Julia, what are two reasons why the state doesn't want sex?

Julia later says "I'm not interested in the next generation, I'm interested in us." What does she mean?

Would Winston ever say it?

2. How much work does Winston do? (Hours)

Julia?

Why does she join the Jr. Anti-Sex league

Complete the line "If you keep the little rules,_____________________" Explain.

For her, what is life for?

Why do you suppose this thinking comes from female characters?

3. What does Winston wish he had done?

Why?

Read the passage and answer the following numbered questions as homework.

1. What had they finally done?

What was Winston's attitude in the office?

When else have we seen this excitement?

What privilege does O'Brien have?

2. When does Julia wince?

What does she seem to be afraid of?

Do you trust him?

Remembering what real betrayal was, does O'Brien lead them to it?

Where will they meet again?

What does Winston think that quote means?

3. What swift and sudden change occurs in Oceania?

What gets changed?

Why might the government do this to the people?

How has the US government done this recently?

This is serious heavy sledding. Orwell gets real political in Goldstein's book. Try not to do a Julia through it.

Read the passage and answer the following numbered questions as homework.

1. Is Julia very interested in the book?

Explain.

Why is Winston so juiced about this?

2. What does Doublethink mean?

Why was this concept introduced?

What current subject do we use Doublethink on?

3. How can Ignorance be Strength?

How can Intelligence be weakness?

Where has this appeared in the last few years in our world?

How has Ingsoc stopped class warfare?

4. What are the two reasons for changing the past?

5. What does Winston think about the prole woman?

Explain?

How is she more beautiful than Julia?

Describe the room where they have tortured Winston so far?

Read the passage and answer the following numbered questions as homework.

1. Why does the government crush the people? (Quote)

How do they control matter?

Is there any reality outside the human skull?

What will the future look like?

If they control matter inside the skull, foment a plan for upsetting this world?

2. According to O'Brien, What is Winston?

Explain this.

What will men look like in the future?

What did men look like in the past?

3. What is the only shred of humanity Winston has left, before Room 101?

What has he lost?

4. What is in Room 101

When did you know these is what would be there?

Use the group and answer the following questions fully.

1. Does Big Brother exist?

Does Goldstein?

Is their existence important?

2. Why is it important that Newspeak not have a word for "hate"?

What other word should they abolish?

3. Why does Big Brother want to destroy the family?

4. Compare Winston's ideas or rebellion to Julia's.

5. Describe the Golden Land.

6. Define "Power."

Read the attached essay and answer the following questions.

Meaning: 1, 2

Sergei Eisenstat made this film right after the Bolshevik Uprising. His political views are very clear here. Many of the images in this silent film are classic and are often repeated and embellished. Notably, the Odessa Steps scene is often repeated.

In your group, you may use the following roles.

• Boss: This person is responsible for the deadline and for the group staying in focus.

• Scribe: This person writes or types the notes or the final version of the answers.

• Editor: This person is in charge of taking the rough answers people give and polishing them.

The following procedure will work well in answering questions for a group test.

Choose roles.

Answer the following questions fully. Use another sheet of paper.

1. In a few clear paragraphs, explain two of the three 1984 phrases?

2. Using the book as a resource, accurately draw one of the following places:

The Golden Land

Charrington's apartment

Room 101

Jail Cell

Winston's apartment

3. Using newspeak and 1984 philosophy, translate the following sentences:

Chocolate ration halved to 5 grams

Eurasia attacks London with rocket bombs, 25 dead.

Private Oglivy destroys 7 tanks in saving 10 comrades.

Donald and Ivana Trump to remarry

Goldstein is caught and torn apart by angry mob.

This exam is designed to test your knowledge of the work and your ability to use the knowledge you have learned.

Match the characteristic on the right to the character on the left. One character and one characteristic are not used.

i__Winston a. Antique Dealer/Thought Police

f__Julia b. Winston's "Instructor"

d__Parsons c. War hero

b__O'Brien d. His kids turned him in

e__Syme e. Wrote Newspeak

c__Comrade Oglivy f. Worked in Pornosec

__Latimer g. Memorized Shakespeare

j__Goldstein h. Seen in the Chestnut Tree Cafe early

a__Charrington i. "The last man"

Put the following events in the order of their occurrence.

Some of these events never occurred in the book, but they are mentioned or implied. Number them appropriately.

9__Winston begins to love Big Brother

3__Winston first sees and hates Julia

10__Winston is shot

5__Julia and Winston meet in the woods

6__Julia and Winston are arrested in the buff

1__The Old World battles with nuclear weapons

4__Julia passes Winston a note

8__O'Brien places the rats in Winston's face

2__Winston's Mom and Sister disappear

7__Winston is taken to Room 101

Identify the following objects fully. How were they used in the novel or short story.

1. A bar of chocolate

2. A paperweight

3. A diary

4. Chestnut Tree Cafe

5. Tunnel of Mystery

6. Rats

7. The Golden Land

8. Eastasia

9. Picture of St. Clement's

10. A newspaper photo of three men

Identify the following quotes. Who said it and why is the quote important or significant.

1. "If you keep the small rules, you can break the big ones."

2. "Of all the horrors in the world-a rat!!"

3. "You do not exist."

4. "It's a beautiful thing-the destruction of words."

5. "...for the souls of men awaited the coming of the stars."

6. "We are the dead."

7. "I betrayed you."

8. "We will meet again in a place where there is no darkness."

9. "I hate purity. I hate goodness."

10. "I tried to do my best for the party, didn't I? I'll get off with five years, don't you think?"

This is a very visual section, with many complicated scenes. Pick one of the following scenes and draw it as accurately as you can.

1. Winston and Julia hold hands for the first time.

2. Where Julia and Winston first make love.

3. Mr. Charrington's Shop

4. Two minutes hate

5. Room 101 with Winston and O'Brien

6. The Jail Cell with Parsons

Define the following words as they were used in 1984.

1. Crimestop

2. Doublethink

3. Duckspeak

4. Ingsoc

5. Oldspeak

6. Doubleplusungood

7. Miniluv

8. Joycamp

9. Sexcrime

Answer the following questions by marking a number between 1- 10. 10 means you are extremely happy, while 1 means you are heavily bummed.

• How well did you enjoy studying the book? ___

• Compared to other works you have studies, how

hard was 1984? ___

• How important do you feel this play is to the Power ___

Answer the following questions by marking a number between 1- 10. 10 means you are extremely happy, while 1 means you are heavily bummed.

• How hard were the homeworks? ___

• How hard were the quizzes? ___

• How hard was the other work? ___

Do you have other thoughts or concerns about the class or the work?

If so, please put them right here.