1984

Examining Plot, Character, and Theme in Book 2

Question 1- Plot

How does Orwell use the plot in Book 2 to foreshadow the possibility of rebellion against the totalitarianism government?

In this part of the novel, Winston breaks past the physical and mental barriers that Big Brother creates.

How??

Physical Barriers:

- Big Brother uses telescreens to spy

on your every move.

- The thought police are capable of

knowing what your thinking

- Winston is forced to participate in

Hate Week and various other

nationalistic events.

Mental Barriers

Winston is able to share his thoughts on the rebellion with O'Brien and Julia.

Winston recieves Goldstein's Manifesto from O'Brien which reveals the true history that Big Brother was not able to correct. This is a significant shift in plot because everything up until this moment, Winston wasn't able to verify.

O'Brien informs Winston that the brotherhood really does exist. This gives Winston hope and reassurance.

Winston meets other rebels that share similar ideas with him.

"What was happening was only the working-out of a process that had started years ago. The first step had been a secret, involuntary thought, the second had been the opening of the diary. He had moved from thoughts to words, and now from words to actions. The last step was something that would happen in the Ministry of Love" (pg. 203)

Question 2- Character

How do the events in Book 2 make Winston feel fullfiled?

Winston finally meets O'Brien who he believes to share similar rebellious views to his. He is able to talk with him about his true feelings and learn more about the brotherhood as well as important unedited history of Big Brother and Oceania.

After many fantasies of true love, Winston meets Julia, who with him, experiences sex and later true love.

Being able to meet people who share similar rebellious views as his, Winston starts to feel a strong sense of rebellion.

Although Big Brother has put telescreens and spy's all over Oceania, in book 2 Winston is finally capable of escaping Big Brother's watch. By escaping Big Brother, Winston can talk freely and express himself however he wants to. He does not need to rely on duble thinking anymore and can do plan a rebellion against Big Brother,

Winston is capable of setting a vision for himself of what he wants to accomplish. He clouds his thoughts with the idea of a revolution against Big Brother. Having the need to be independant is what drives his actions and gives him personal fulfillment.

Personal Fulfillent

Gain control over your thinking

In Book 2, Winston is finally able to gain control over his thoughts and actions. He consciously makes decisions against the Party, like writing in the journal and feeling love towards Julia.

Visualize your ideal life

Winston dreams of the past and what the world used to be like. He shares these thoughts with Julia.

Achieve Great Accomplishments

Winston does not achieve his accomplishments in Book 2. However, he does complete steps that get him closer to true rebellion; his affair with Julia, avoiding telescreens, initiated into the Brotherhood.

Inner Peace

This is the main block in Winston achieving personal fulfillment because since "War is Peace" he cannot gain inner peace if everyone else believes the opposite of him.

Question 3- Theme

In Book 2, many characters rebel against Ingsoc, though their motives for rebellion differ.

How do these characters rebel differently to fulfill their own needs?

Proof of Rebellion in Book 2

"Not merely the love of one person, but the animal instinct, the simple undifferentiated desire: that was the force that would tear the Party to pieces." (pg. 127)

"The smell of her hair, the taste of her mouth, the feeling of her skin seemed to have got inside him, or into the air all around him. She had become a physical necessity." (pg. 140)

"We are enemies of the Party. We disbelieve in the principles of Ingsoc. We are thought-criminals. We are also adulterers. I tell you this because we want to put ourselves at your mercy. If you want us to incriminate ourselves in any other way, we are ready" (pg. 194)

Events in the plot develop towards the goal of overtaking the totalitarianist government

Winston takes action in order to achieve personal fulfillment, which he will get when he establishes freedom

All the characters in Book 2 rebel for different reasons

"No emotion was pure, because everything was mixed up with fear and hatred. Their embrace had been a battle, the climax a victory. It was a blow struck against the Party. It was a political act."

(pg. 133)

Breaking Past Barriers

Quotes

Events in the plot develop rebellious thoughts and desires within Winston, we can see this through his detailed reflections and narrations

"He was alone: no telescreen, no ear at the keyhole, no nervous impulse to glance over his shoulder or cover the page... It was bliss, it was eternity."

(pg. 192)

"I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones." (pg. 126)

By Rebecca, Ihor, Jacquelyn, and Sam

Steps to Personal Rebellion

Winston wants to rebel against Big Brother.

He meets O'Brien

He becomes a part of the anti party brotherhood.

O'Brien gives Winston Goldstein's manifesto

Winston and Julia engage in an affair.

Stage 1

Stage 3

Stage 2

Stage 4

Stage 5

Jerome Epstein ,

NY Polytechnic University

Elementary

Algebra

Concept

Inventory

Jerome Epstein ,

NY Polytechnic University

1984 By George Orwell

Calculus

Concepts

Inventory

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Mathematics Concepts Test

Including class time for students to solve problems based on data from real-world situations (present or past) problems that come from the partner disciplines of mathematics (e.g. Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Economics, Business).

Precalculus

Concept

Assessment

Marilyn Carlson,

Arizona State University

Providing opportunities for students to practice their ability to communicate mathematical and quantitative ideas using both written and oral communications.

Example from http://www.flaguide.org/tools/diagnostic/calculus_concept_inventory.php

If you know that a function f(x) is positive everywhere, what can you conclude from that about the derivative, f '(x)?

a) the derivative is positive everywhere

b) the derivative is increasing everywhere

c) the derivative is concave upward

d) you can't conclude anything about the

derivative

Example similar to the CCI

Making use of instructional strategies in the learning environment that assess where students are having problems so that students can learn more and learn better. (Gold, 1999)

Teaching by including multiple ways (e.g. graphs, diagrams, algebra, words, data, manipulatives) to represent mathematical ideas whenever possible. The rule-of-four (representing a function visually, algebraically, numerically, or with words) is an example of multiple representations.

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Designing and assigning project work that requires students to solve a non-standard problem that requires a longer period of time than problems that would typically be assigned for homework or in class. There is often a research component where students must actively seek data, background knowledge, or formulas. Often the students work on projects in pairs or small groups. The final result of a project might include a written paper or a presentation on the findings.

Rebel for the Thoughtpolice

Rebel against the Party

O'Brien

Mr. Charrington

Julia

Winston

Syme

Julia

Winston

* she wants love

* "your only a rebel from the waist downwards" (rebels sexually) p. 163

* Through human nature, she begins to rebel. Shes confined. She young.

* She lives in the moment, makes the best of her life

*Julia delights in engaging in small-scale, private rebellions against the Party, such as engaging in sex and wearing makeup

* wants to enjoy herself and live a normal human life while staying away from the though police and people who can take this dream away from her.

* She doesnt have memory from the past so she doesn't need them to understand the faults of Big Brother and rebel.

* personal tendency to resist

* pensive, curious, want to know how and why party does what they do

* Lets his feelings of Big Brother out of him by writing in his diary

* he hates party with passion, wants to test limits of party

* Sense of fatalism

* parinoia about party, they're gonna catch him

*Through the memories of the past, Winston discovers his yearning for the truth

* Rebels sexually just to rebel against Big Brother rather than actually engage into a real relationship

* Reading The Book allows Winston to understand forgotten knowledge. By human nature, Winston begins to rebel against Big Brother.

Mr. Charrington

* He talks with Winston about the past because he is old and lonely

* Gives Winston room with no visible telescreen allowing him to express his feelings about Big Brother

* Lets Winston rebel, so he can figure him out and turn him over to the thought police

Cohesive

• Abstraction of meaning
• Understanding of reality

5. Math is a complex logical system which can be used to solve complex problems and provides new insights used for understanding the world

Syme

* to smart for own good

* unknowingly begins to understand too much leading to his dissaperance.

* curious by nature, which leads to his eventual demise

* He is only one who doesn't conciously know hes rebelling

The theme of rebellion is approached from different angles throughout Book 2

Marton and Saljo, 1997

Student Conceptions

of Learning

4. Math is a complex logical system which can be used to solve complex problems

Crawford et al 1994, 1998

Five conceptions

of Mathematics

Student Conceptions of Mathematics

3. Math is a complex logical system: a way of thinking

* "They took me long ago." He was once rebellious then tortured perhaps

* sympathizes with Winston to gain trust, then he eventually takes him down

* gives Winston the Goldstein's Manifesto to test Winston

O'Brein

2. Math is numbers, rules, and formulas which can be applied to solve problems

1. Math is numbers, rules, and formulas

IN CONCLUSION,

Fragmented

• Quantitative increase in knowledge
• Memorization