3. Part I Chapter I

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

Goals for today 

World building in dystopian novels 

Winston's characterisation 

Novel exposition 

Concepts for Nineteen Eighty-Four 

Write a summary of chapter 1, part 1 that numbers exactly 20 words. 

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.​

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 Nineteen Eighty-Four 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 
• clothes

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

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

 

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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Goals for today 

Information on Free indirect discourse 

Complete consideration of the function of the diary

You will explore the inner and outer world of Winston 

You will consider a symbol in the novel and the role of satire

Individually begin to complete a comprehensive character profile of Winston that will apply to the first 4 chapters

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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 Nineteen Eighty-Four

Concepts explored in the novel:  

Control, Rebellion, love, politics, sex 

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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. 

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.&nbsp;<div>adapted: Raymond Malewitz Oregon State University&nbsp;</div>

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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