13. Part III chapter IV, V & VI

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

Goals for today 

Feedback on your introduction 

Consideration of the concept of power in Part III chapter III

Freud and the Thought Police

Re-education and China 

Collecting quotes for Part III chapter V 

Respondent 1

Respondent 1: Feedback on the thesis statement in the introduction. Have they included an original idea (not in the guiding question)? Have they added evaluative language? Have they given an idea of how their argumentation will be constructed? 

Give constructive feedback

Respondent 2

Respondent 2: Check the content requirements for an introduction. What do they need to add? Should they remove anything? 

Give them constructive feedback. 

INTRODUCTION PAPER 1 

Hook

The name of the extract is stated

The author or originating source is given

The text type is clearly identified without elaboration

where the text appeared is stated 

When it was produced is stated

The content is discussed: what does the text actually say (briefly)

The intended audience/reader is stated (if definable) 

The purpose(s) is stated

The social, cultural and temporal context is addressed (if available)

The thesis: what you find most important about the text (without elaboration) (main idea/main theme)& plan of development is stated 

Respondent 3

Respondent 3: Check the use of language. Have they used subject specific terminology? Have they used academic and formal register?  Are there certain words that you can commend, or others that they should have avoided? 

Give them constructive feedback. 

Goals for today 

Nineteen Eighty-Four and dystopian fiction 

Freud and the Thought Police

Re-education and China 

Psychological consideration of room 101

Preparation presentations part III

Power 

For the extract you have been given, identify, as a group the purpose of the extract and the authorial choices used to depict this purpose. 

Annotate for: 

Diction (word choice) 

stylistic and figurative language choices 

Sentence forms and dialogue 

Individually write one paragraph analysing the purpose and the methods used to convey that purpose. ( you must define what the purpose is)

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Rate the word 1 to 4

1. I do not know the word, and I have never seen it before. 

2. I've heard or seen the word before, but I'm not sure what it means. 

3. I know the word and can recognise and understand it while reading, but I probably wouldn't feel comfortable using it in writing or speech. 

4. I know the word well and can use it correctly in writing or speech. 

Conceited 

Word of the day

Conceited (adj) - too proud of yourself and your actions and abilities

Are there character(s) or events that we have met in our literary explorations that you could describe as conceited ? 

Which synonym? SIUOORANVLGI

Without wishing to sound conceited, I am the best salesperson in the company.

Vainglorious 

MB files 1984 and the politics of dystopia 

British library 

Read the document in MB files 

Take notes and make sure you understand any new or unusual vocabulary. 

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Part III chapter presentation 

A summary of the key events of the chapter

The main issues presented and how they are presented.

A character spotlight – what do they say? do? what/how do other characters say/do about them?

Explain the 3 to 5 key lines/quotes in the chapter and why they are important?

Explain the use and effects of the literature techniques

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Part III chapter presentation 

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Concepts HL language and literature 

Concepts we generated:

Control, Rebellion, love, totalitarianism, sex

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Why is the threat of room 101 so terrifying? 

1856 - 1939

Sigmund Freud

The father of psychoanalysis

Part III chapter IV

Thought-crime could come about in sleep-talking or by any other involuntary expression. The Thought Police of 1984 are agents whose task is inner snooping. The telescreen is sensitive enough to pick up heart beats. Once Winston is imprisoned, his dreams, which Freud stated, "is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind", are also open to inspection. Unlike an analytic patient, Winston is not cooperating voluntarily. But Orwell described Winston’s earlier diary-keeping as a “therapy” which has not worked. According to the logic of 1984, Winston must now undergo a more drastic treatment.​

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Orwell, Freud and 1984 by Paul Roazen 

Psychoanalysis and Winston

Orwell, Freud and 1984 by Paul Roazen 

Psychoanalysis and Winston

Do you agree or disagree that Winston is receiving 'treatment' in Part III of the novel? Explain your thinking. 

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Orwell, Freud and 1984 by Paul Roazen 

China's re-education camps 

Part III chapter IV

1. In a single paragraph, explain how Winston has changed physically and mentally since he last saw O’Brien. Use evidence and quotations to support your argument.

2. Explain what Winston means when he says, “They would have blown a hole in their own perfection. To die hating them, that was freedom.”

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Part III chapter V

1. How does Winston save himself?

2. In the last paragraph of the chapter, what is symbolically happening to Winston? 

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Add quotes to the Padlet part III chapter V 

1. The link to the Padlet is in class stream MB.

2. Add quotes to the headings given. Comment on other quotes. 

3. Pick a significant quote. 

4. Identify the word classes, literary and stylistic techniques and any significant structural choices. 

5. Write the chosen quotes in your exercise book. 

6. Using evidence from the Padlet, write a response to this prompt.

​Torture in a dystopian society is inevitably brutal.

AWL

What are Winston's true feelings for Julia?

Goals for today 

Winston's life after The Ministry of Love 

Characterisation and character development in dystopian fiction 

Ambiguous ending? 

Newspeak appendix 

Word of the day

Spurious (adj) - false, counterfeit, bogus

Which words are synonyms and which are antonyms? 

The political candidate's spurious claims misled people into thinking he had accomplished much in his short time in office. 

valid, factual,  fraudulent,  phoney,  specious,  genuine 

Word of the day

Spurious (adj) - false, counterfeit, bogus

Antonyms	Synonyms
valid	fraudulent
factual	phoney
genuine	specious

Part III chapter VI 

1. Where is Winston in this chapter?

2.  What can Winston do now that he couldn’t before he was arrested?

3. Discuss the symbolism of the chess game Winston plays with himself.

4. Winston says the story he has just remembered about his family is false. What does this tell you about what has happened to Winston?

5. What, according to the last couple sentences of the book, has happened to Winston?

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Part III chapter VI p. 300

Read the opening of this chapter from p. 300 - "The Chestnut Tree was almost empty ...speciality of the cafe." 

p. 307 "Something changed in the music ... He was a fixture in the Chestnut Tree Cafe." 

What is the effect of this use of foreshadowing? 

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Part III chapter VI p. 301 - 302 

 Discuss the symbolism of the chess game Winston plays with himself.

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Winston characterisation 

Dystopian fiction, by its nature, dramatises ideas rather than personalities. Therefore the characters may appear as less rounded than in other genres. 

Everyman

Ironic

Satirical 

Powerless

Childhood guilt

Stereotypical

Unreliable 

Write one paragraph analysing the Orwell's characterisation of Winston using these words. Give evidence. 

Julia characterisation 

Dystopian fiction, by its nature, dramatises ideas rather than personalities. Therefore the characters may appear as less rounded than in other genres. 

Cynical 

Promiscuous

Bold

Disbeliever

Practical 

Limited character development 

How do you evaluate Julia? Is she a heroine, a stereotypical sex object, or perhaps a double agent pretending to be both? 

Write one paragraph analysing Orwell's characterisation of Julia using these words. Give evidence. 

O'Brien characterisation 

Dystopian fiction, by its nature, dramatises ideas rather than personalities. Therefore the characters may appear as less rounded than in other genres. 

Fanatic 

Intellectual 

Antagonist 

'Religious' inquisitor

Manipulative

Doublethink

Write one paragraph analysing Orwell's characterisation of O'Brien using these words. Give evidence

Psychoanalysis/ re-education 

Part III chapter VI 

The ending of 1984 is ambiguous. Can you prove any of these scenarios with quotes from the end of the novel? Explain your thinking 

1. Winston is shot in the back of his head because he has become fully orthodox. 

2. Winston is alive, yet completely brainwashed. He will not be killed, yet his individuality has been destroyed through the torture. He is now a conformist. 

3. Winston was not completely brainwashed. He has some lack of orthodoxy in himself. There is still hope. 

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Winston will be shot in the head

“He was back in the Ministry of love, with everything forgiven, his soul as white as snow. He was in the public dock, confessing everything, implicating every- body. He was walking down the white-tiled corridor, with the feeling of walking in sunlight, and an armed guard at his back. The long-hoped-for bullet was entering his brain” p.311

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Winston remains alive, yet brainwashed

"He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel, needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle, was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother." p. 311

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Winston is not fully orthodox 

Winston remembers a 'false memory' in which he loves, cares and appreciates his family. Is this the spirit of man that O'Brien is trying to break?

"Soon he was wildly excited and shouting with laughter as the tiddlywinks climbed hopefully up the ladders and then came slithering down the snakes again [...] his tiny sister, too young to understand what the game was about, had sat propped up against a bolster, laughing because the others were laughing. For a whole afternoon they had all been happy together, as in his earlier childhood." p. 309

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Which scenario will you vote for?

Scenario 1 Shot

Scenario 2 Alive but orthodox

Scenario 3 Alive and still resistant

Outcome for Winston 

Write a paragraph using quotes from the last chapter in which you argue one of these final outcomes. 

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Extract analysis 

For the character you have been given, consider your extract and consider how they are depicted in the extract.​ Using some of the words you noted for this character, discuss this question in your group.

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What is Orwell implying through their characterisation in this extract?​

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