3. Part I Chapter I

• Engels
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• GCSE

Goals for today 

World building in dystopian novels 

Reading homework in the coming weeks 

Winston's characterisation 

Why do you think that so little happens in the first chapter? 

Talk to your neighbour. 

World building 

Make a list: 

What aspects of the world of 1984 did you learn about in the first chapter? 

• Buildings 
• the structure of the ministries 
• Poster propaganda 
• 'the two-minute hate' 
• Surveillance 
• Film propaganda 
• Geo-political structure 
• Food and drink 

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Senate House: Orwell's  wife Eileen worked in the building for the Censorship Department of the Ministry of Information.

Senate House = headquarters of the Ministry of Information during the Second World War, where George Orwell's wife, Eileen Blair, worked.

Reading requirements in MB 

Read to the end of chapter IV for Wednesday 21st May pg 50 

Read to the end of chapter V for Thursday 22nd May pg 66

Read to the end of part 1 for Monday 26th May pg 107 

Summary 

Be aware of the structure of the novel. 

Three parts 

Part 1= VIII chapters 

Part 2 = X chapters 

Part 3 = VI chapters 

Appendix = The Principles of Newspeak

 

Write a 20 word summary of chapter I Part One. 

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Example 20 word summary chapter I 

Winston Smith is a citizen controlled by an all powerful government which crushes rebellion, but he begins a secret diary.​

What was the most disconcerting aspect of Part One Chapter I of 1984? Give a reason for your reaction. 

Close analysis exposition 

In your groups, you will be given a paragraph to focus on​

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Identify​: 

• Elements of dystopian fiction​
  
• Interesting linguistic choices​
  
• Interesting structural choices​
  
• Questions that you have as readers​
  

Write your findings in your class notebook. 

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In your groups, begin to complete a comprehensive character profile of Winston that will apply to Part One​

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Inside the gingerbread man, write down any of Winston’s physical characteristics and personality traits. Give short quotes to support your ideas. 

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Outside of the gingerbread man, write down any significant attitudes he has towards his surroundings or situation and any relationships he has formed​. Give short quotes to support your ideas. 

Concepts HL language and literature 

Concepts explored in the novel:  

Control, Rebellion, love, politics, sex 

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Extract analysis practice plan

• In MB => files=> paper 1 folder and in Teams => content library => paper 1
  
• Generic guiding questions 
  
• graphic organiser for planning 
  
• Take no more than 20 minutes 
  
• Take an extract from our current novel or one of your choice 
  
• Extract no longer than 30 lines 
  
• Plan a response including thesis statement, topic sentences and evidence. 
  

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AWL

Protagonist 

Anger

Diary symbolism

Hypocrite

Relationships 

Misogyny 

Leg ulcer symbolism 

Anti-hero 

Irony 

Poverty 

For each of these words or phrases discuss, in your groups,  how they are shown in chapter I and how they contribute to the main message (theme)  or concept of that chapter. 

Protagonist 

Anger

Diary symbolism

Hypocrite

Relationships 

Misogyny 

Leg ulcer symbolism 

Anti-hero 

Irony 

Poverty 

Write in your exercise book your findings for each word or phrase. 

Long written response

Answer this question in one paragraph using evidence (textual references/quotes) as necessary. 

In chapter I, how has Orwell built a convincing dystopian world?  

Protagonist – memory is integral – “London had always been like this”​

Anger – jealousy, state of need, frustration, violence ​

Diary symbolises a private rebellion, remaining true to own soul, escape​

Hypocrite – purely private​

Discontent​

Relationships are brief and distant connections​

Parsons – dismissive​

O’Brian – connection imagined? ​

Misogyny – Orwell or character?​

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Ulcer – repression, poverty, rot​

‘Smallish and frail’ – anti-hero​

‘Ministry of Truth’ – ironic​

Gin, dark hunk of bread, cigarettes - poverty

Orwell's techniques

• Description mainly focussed on setting
  
• All the senses are appealed to in the descriptive imagery
• Characterisation of the girl from the fiction department and O’Brien are symbolic of certain ways of being in this society. 
  
• Third person narration
  
• Use of free indirect discourse (speech)- see next slide 
  
• Link to contextual knowledge that the readers would recognise - London after the 2nd WW
  
• Elements of satire - making a recognisable political point 
  

free indirect discourse describes moments in a third-person narrative when the narrator becomes 'infected' by the perspective of one of its characters. The third-person narration drops into one of the characters internal perspectives. 

adapted: Raymond Malewitz Oregon State University 

Protagonist – memory is integral – “London had always been like this”​

Anger – jealousy, state of need, frustration, violence ​

Diary symbolises a private rebellion, remaining true to own soul, escape​

Hypocrite – purely private​

Discontent​

Relationships are brief and distant connections​

Parsons – dismissive​

O’Brian – connection imagined? ​

Misogyny – Orwell or character?​

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Ulcer – repression, poverty, rot​

‘Smallish and frail’ – anti-hero​

‘Ministry of Truth’ – ironic​

Gin, dark hunk of bread, cigarettes - poverty

Why do you think that so little happens in Chapter 1?​