Students, please visit whstomahawk.blogspot.com and respond to one of the essay questions about the book you've read. All students must blog! Do not post your answer to this blog, because this blog is devoted only to assignments. The other is yours, more or less.
Thank you!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
Have a happy holiday, students and parents. Students, remember your essays are due Nov. 30 and that we have a book test on Dec. 2. All books must be turned in at the time we take the book test. You will not be allowed to take the test (and will receive a zero) if you do not return your library book on the day of the test.
By returning your book the day of the test, you will receive 10 points of extra credit and the opportunity to take your test.
Also, 10 points of extra credit can be earned by donating 1984 of Brave New World to the library.
Please look ahead at the syllabus provided so that you can stay up to date on upcoming projects and assignments.
Have a safe holiday.
Sincerely,
Susan Shehane
By returning your book the day of the test, you will receive 10 points of extra credit and the opportunity to take your test.
Also, 10 points of extra credit can be earned by donating 1984 of Brave New World to the library.
Please look ahead at the syllabus provided so that you can stay up to date on upcoming projects and assignments.
Have a safe holiday.
Sincerely,
Susan Shehane
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Syllabus, Nov. 29-Dec. 3
Monday - In class: Power Point presentations on rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos).
Homework (assigned before Thanksgiving): Essay on novel is due Tuesday. See earlier syllabus for topic.
Tuesday: In class - Power Point on logical fallacies.
Homework: Book test Thursday - Brave New World or 1984.
Wednesday: Review for book test.
Test tomorrow.
Fallacies project due Dec. 10 (see school website (files - Martha Shehane)
or link - http://wetumpka.ech.schoolinsites.com/?PageName=TeacherPage&Page='DocumentsCategory'&CategoryID=37192&iSection=Teachers&CorrespondingID=49772
Thursday: Re-examine writings of Englightenment period to determine strength of arguments, logical syllogisms.
Homework (assigned before Thanksgiving): Essay on novel is due Tuesday. See earlier syllabus for topic.
Tuesday: In class - Power Point on logical fallacies.
Homework: Book test Thursday - Brave New World or 1984.
Wednesday: Review for book test.
Test tomorrow.
Fallacies project due Dec. 10 (see school website (files - Martha Shehane)
or link - http://wetumpka.ech.schoolinsites.com/?PageName=TeacherPage&Page='DocumentsCategory'&CategoryID=37192&iSection=Teachers&CorrespondingID=49772
Thursday: Re-examine writings of Englightenment period to determine strength of arguments, logical syllogisms.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
VARIETY OF STUDY Q., 1984
Study questions will be taken from this long (sorry, but unedited) group:
Adapted from http://www.engdav.net/Notesfolder/12thgradenotes/1984_study_guide.htmStudy questions for 1984 by George Orwell
hapter I
3 The story begins with the clock chiming 13. This manner of time repeats itself throughout Section One. How does this rendition of time contribute to the mood of the novel.?
4 Why does Winston hesitate to write in the journal? How does his initial foray reflect his true emotions/thought?
5 What is the Two Minutes Hate? How is it used?
6 Who is Goldstein?
7 Who is O'Brien?
8 How is the government portrayed? What is the significance of Big Brother?
9 List the different ministries and tell why their names are ironic.
10 How does Winston's writing of "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" contrast with his initial scribbling in the beginning?
11 Who are the Thought Police and what is Thoughtcrime?
12 What three classes of people have always existed? (p. 152)
13 In what ways have these three classes changed? (p. 152)
14 What is the purpose of war in the world of 1984?
15 What are the two aims of the Party?
16 What are the two problems with which the Party is concerned?
17 Why do all three superpowers forbit their citizens from associating with foreigners?
18 The governments of the three superpowers are alike in essence even though their forms of government have different names. Identify these similarities and explain why they exist?
19 What is the real "war" (p. 164) fought in each of the three governments? Your answer will explain the party slogan, "War is Peace."
20 What are the aims of the three groups? (p. 166-167)
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT
What changes in the pattern occurred in the nineteenth century?
1 How did socialism change in the twentieth century?
2 Why are the rulers in the twentieth century better at maintaining power than earlier tyrants?
3 What are the four ways an elite group falls from power? (p. 170-171)
4 How does the Inner Party make certain it will not fall from power? (p. 171-172)
5 How is a person’s class determined in the 1984 world?
6 What is doublethink and what is its purpose to the ruling class?
7 Why is the mutability of the past important to the ruling class?
8 Why will this ruling class live on while earlier tyrants fell?
9 What other significant points do you notice?
10 How does the historical background of the novel affect your understanding of its prescriptive nature?
Book Three
Chapter I
Chapter II
25 What sort of treatment does Winston receive on p. 198-200?
26 What is O’Brien attempting to teach Winston? (p.201-207)
27 On p. 209—211, O’Brien explains how the Inner Party avoids the mistakes of past totalitarian governments. State in your own words what O’Brien means.
28 What effect does the (painless) shock treatment have on Winston? (p. 212-213)
29 What questions does Winston ask O’Brien and what are the responses?
Chapter III
30 According to O’Brien, what are the three stages in Winston’s re-integration, and which stage is he about to enter?
31 Who wrote Goldstein’s book? Is what the book says true? (Notice the answer in its entirety, p. 215-216)
32 Why does the Inner Party seek power and how does this reason differ from the reasons of the Soviet Communists under Stalin and the Nazis?
33 Explain the slogan, "Freedon is Slavery."
34 How does one person assert their power over another?
35 How will Oceania differ from all traditional utopias? (p. 220)
36 Why does Winston feel he is morally superior to O’Brien and how does O’Brien prove that Winston is wrong?
37 How does Winston’s physical appearance affect him?
38 What good thing can Winston say about himself at the end of this chapter?
39 How does Winston feel about O’Brien? Why?
40 What final question does Winston ask O’Brien? (p. 225-226)
41 How is the Inner Party’s philosophy different from the Controller Mond’s philosophy in Brave New World?
Chapter IV
1 How has Winston’s environment changed? What does he do with his time? How does he show his obedience to the Inner Party?
2 How does Winston show that he is not entirely true to Big Brother?
3 How does Winston feel about Big Brother?
Chapter V
What happens in Room 101 and how does this "cure" Winston?
Chapter VI
1 What is the setting?
2 What is Winston’s job? (Look up "sinecure" if you don’t know it)
3 How did his meeting with Julia go?
4 How is it evident that Winston really is a different person?
5 What is happening in the last two paragraphs of the book?
THEMATIC DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1 How does the historical background of 1984 impact your understanding and appreciation of the novel?
2 In what ways can Winston be compared to Winston Churchill?
Part One
Chapter II
12 How are the actions of the children described by Winston?
13 How is Parsons described? Why does Winston have disgust for him?
14 What is the message Winston hears in a dream? What is meant by "no darkness?"
15 Why does Winston attribute this to O'Brien?
Chapter I
1 The dark haired girl is seen again. What is Winston's initial reaction at first sight of her? How does this change as soon as he sees her fall?
2 How does Winston's attitude toward the girl change from the time he receives the note until after he actually reads it? Why does he put himself through such torture just to read it?
3 What is the message on the note?
4 After he reads the note, Winston tries desperately to find the girl again. What are his fears, and which is his biggest fear? Why would he feel this way?
5 The dark-haired girl 'takes charge' of the relationship firing up between Winston and herself. What is the plan for them to meet (give both plans)? Why might she be the 'brains' of the couple?
6 What do their actions tell you about the unwritten 'rules' of the party?
7 Describe the actual place the two finally are supposed to reach for a liaison. How is its description different from the description of the rest of London?
Chapter II
Chapter III
16 What is the significance of Winston's dream about his mother and sister being down in a deep "saloon"?
17 What is the symbolism in the dark haired girl "throwing aside her uniform" in his dream?
What is revealed about Winston's job?
18 What does he know about the past?
19 What does the telescreen do that is unusual? What does the exercise instructor ask Winston to do?
20 What is INGSOC? What is Doublethink?
Chapter IV
1 This part deals primarily with Winston's job. What, exactly, does his job require him to do?
2 Why does he take great delight in his job?
3 What does it mean by the doublethink: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." (actually part III, pg 32, but relevant here)
Chapter V
pg46, last paragraph--How is Language an instrument of control? of identity?
1 How do the attitudes towards sex reflect the Party's attitudes toward personal relationships? Why are personal relationships a danger to the Political party?
Chapter VI
1 This part concerns the proles and prominent party members. What does Winston write which resides in the proles?
2 What are the proles compared to in this section? How are they "free?" How is this contradicted?
3 Who are Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford (pg 65)? How are they a contrast to the proles?
4 Whom does Winston finally realize his diary is written for?
Chapter VIII
1 This part is a pivotal part for Winston. Why is he in the Proles' section of town? What risk does he run by being there?
2 There are many 'rules' not written down. What are a few of these rules, and what are the consequences for breaking them?
3 What question does Winston try to get the old man to answer?
4 Why do Winston's feet take him to the antique shop? What is the significance of the coral embedded in glass?
5 Winston's introduction to the room above the shop is the climax of the first Section. What does the room symbolize and how does it become Winston's obsessions?
6 The dark haired girl re-surfaces. What are the dangerous implications of her presence in the prole section immediately after Winston leaves the antique shop? Why do you think she pretends not to notice Winston?
7 More of the unwritten rules emerge at the end of part VIII. What are these rules? What is the place of "no darkness?" Why is it significant that this answer appear in this part?
Section Two
How does the tone of the novel change in this chapter? How does Winston change as he walks through the woods?
8 When the two finally meet, why is Winston unable to accept a relationship with the girl? Why does he wait to learn anything about her?
9 What type of girl is Julia? She identifies Winston as someone who does not 'belong.' What does she mean by this? How does she herself fit this appellation?
10 On pages 103-104, Winston and Julia listen to a thrush sing. Why does this particular occurrence cause the passionate reaction in Winston? What do you think he means when he claims to want Julia to have slept with thousands of men? about the party?
Why would their act be labeled a "political act" on page 105?
Chapter III
1 How does the Party overshadow Winston's and Julia's relationship?
2 What is the "Golden Country?"
3 What feelings towards Katharine does Winston reveal in this chapter, especially at the edge of the chalk-cliffs?
Chapter IV
1 What reasons does Winston give for renting the room. Since Julia agreed with such eagerness, does she concur with Winston's decision? What does the room represent to the two of them?
2 Winston describes his disappointment, even the verge of hatred, when Julia tells him she cannot make it one afternoon. (page 116) How is Winston's definition of love changing as his affair with Julia continues?
3 Julia gets some make-up. Winston is astounded when he first sees her. Why do you think he called her more "feminine?" Do you think he is changing his opinion of her as a statement of rebellion? Is he "falling in love?"
4 Why would the coffee and real sugar be such cherished luxuries to Winston and Julia? How do Winston's and Julia's actions reinforce their own disdain for the Party?
5 What fear of Winston's is revealed in this chapter?
Chapter V
6 Pg 124. Winston calls the room a paradise. He comments on the antiquity of it all. How is the room a paradise for him?
7 How does Winston's life improve in standards as his affair with Julia continues? Why?
8 What is Hate Week? Describe some of the preparations for Hate Week.
9 What evidence is given in this chapter to suggest that the war is not real?
10 Pg 127-128. Winston is disturbed by Julia's lack of enthusiasm when she discovers she is wrong about the war and the 'true' enemy. How does her reaction demonstrate a "Victory" of the Party?
11 What does Winston mean when he calls Julia "a rebel from the waist down?" How does the following explanation reinforce the last part of question 5?
Chapter VI
12 pg 130. What is Winston's "expected message" in your own words?
13 O'brien coughs to get Winston's attention. Does the following dialogue seem genuine or acted on O'brien's part to you?
14 Does the conversation have the intended meanding Winston attributes to it? Explain. Could this chapter foreshadow some future events? What?
15 What is the "Thought crime" committed in this chapter?
16 pg 132. List the three steps Winston claims to make. To what end is he going?
17 How does O'brien behave towards Winston? Do you think he acts deliberately, as Winston does, to convey some meaning? Explain.
Chapter VII
18 Winston spends a great deal explaining his last memories of his mother. What setting does this occur? Why would Winston believe that he had killed his mother?
19 How would you describe the state of the Party's control over the populace at this earlier time in Winston's life?
20 pg 137. What does the statement "The proles are human beings. We are not human," mean?
21 Even though Winston and Julia know that they will ultimately get caught, they still want to continue the affair. Neither seem to fear the confession, nor the subsequetn execution by gunshot. What does Winston identify as the ultimate defeat at the hands of the Party?
Chapter VIII
1 This is a very important chapter in the novel. Winston and Julia both pay a visit to O'Brien. What had they "done...at last?"
2 Give some examples of how the Inner Party members have 'forbidden' privileges denied to lower Party members such as Winston and Julia.
3 What hope is revealed to Winston on page141-142?
4 When O'Brien asks his questions, it is described as thought ist wre routin, or "a sort of catechism." What does this imply about the litany of the questions?
5 How does the oppositoin to Big Brother remain at large?
6 Pg 146. Reread the segment concerning Winston's briefcase. How do the actions of O'Brien, (and also the explicit instructions surrounding it) mimic those of the Party?
Chapter IX
1 What happens on day 6 of Hate Week? How does the Party pull this off?
2 What are the titles of the chapters of "The Book" Winston reads? Where else do these titles exist?
3 Pg 153. Winston reads a lengthy portion of chapter 3. The war is given a definition. How is it defined? How does it relate to the "average man?" What does this suggest about the actual war in which Oceania is engaged?
4 Why does Orwell include detailed passages from Goldstein’s Book in 1984?
5 Notice that Orwell repeats the first paragraph of The Book on p. 152 and p. 166. Why would Orwell repeat himself in that way? What is the purpose?
Adapted from http://www.engdav.net/Notesfolder/12thgradenotes/1984_study_guide.htmStudy questions for 1984 by George Orwell
hapter I
3 The story begins with the clock chiming 13. This manner of time repeats itself throughout Section One. How does this rendition of time contribute to the mood of the novel.?
4 Why does Winston hesitate to write in the journal? How does his initial foray reflect his true emotions/thought?
5 What is the Two Minutes Hate? How is it used?
6 Who is Goldstein?
7 Who is O'Brien?
8 How is the government portrayed? What is the significance of Big Brother?
9 List the different ministries and tell why their names are ironic.
10 How does Winston's writing of "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" contrast with his initial scribbling in the beginning?
11 Who are the Thought Police and what is Thoughtcrime?
12 What three classes of people have always existed? (p. 152)
13 In what ways have these three classes changed? (p. 152)
14 What is the purpose of war in the world of 1984?
15 What are the two aims of the Party?
16 What are the two problems with which the Party is concerned?
17 Why do all three superpowers forbit their citizens from associating with foreigners?
18 The governments of the three superpowers are alike in essence even though their forms of government have different names. Identify these similarities and explain why they exist?
19 What is the real "war" (p. 164) fought in each of the three governments? Your answer will explain the party slogan, "War is Peace."
20 What are the aims of the three groups? (p. 166-167)
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THOUGHT
What changes in the pattern occurred in the nineteenth century?
1 How did socialism change in the twentieth century?
2 Why are the rulers in the twentieth century better at maintaining power than earlier tyrants?
3 What are the four ways an elite group falls from power? (p. 170-171)
4 How does the Inner Party make certain it will not fall from power? (p. 171-172)
5 How is a person’s class determined in the 1984 world?
6 What is doublethink and what is its purpose to the ruling class?
7 Why is the mutability of the past important to the ruling class?
8 Why will this ruling class live on while earlier tyrants fell?
9 What other significant points do you notice?
10 How does the historical background of the novel affect your understanding of its prescriptive nature?
Book Three
Chapter I
Chapter II
25 What sort of treatment does Winston receive on p. 198-200?
26 What is O’Brien attempting to teach Winston? (p.201-207)
27 On p. 209—211, O’Brien explains how the Inner Party avoids the mistakes of past totalitarian governments. State in your own words what O’Brien means.
28 What effect does the (painless) shock treatment have on Winston? (p. 212-213)
29 What questions does Winston ask O’Brien and what are the responses?
Chapter III
30 According to O’Brien, what are the three stages in Winston’s re-integration, and which stage is he about to enter?
31 Who wrote Goldstein’s book? Is what the book says true? (Notice the answer in its entirety, p. 215-216)
32 Why does the Inner Party seek power and how does this reason differ from the reasons of the Soviet Communists under Stalin and the Nazis?
33 Explain the slogan, "Freedon is Slavery."
34 How does one person assert their power over another?
35 How will Oceania differ from all traditional utopias? (p. 220)
36 Why does Winston feel he is morally superior to O’Brien and how does O’Brien prove that Winston is wrong?
37 How does Winston’s physical appearance affect him?
38 What good thing can Winston say about himself at the end of this chapter?
39 How does Winston feel about O’Brien? Why?
40 What final question does Winston ask O’Brien? (p. 225-226)
41 How is the Inner Party’s philosophy different from the Controller Mond’s philosophy in Brave New World?
Chapter IV
1 How has Winston’s environment changed? What does he do with his time? How does he show his obedience to the Inner Party?
2 How does Winston show that he is not entirely true to Big Brother?
3 How does Winston feel about Big Brother?
Chapter V
What happens in Room 101 and how does this "cure" Winston?
Chapter VI
1 What is the setting?
2 What is Winston’s job? (Look up "sinecure" if you don’t know it)
3 How did his meeting with Julia go?
4 How is it evident that Winston really is a different person?
5 What is happening in the last two paragraphs of the book?
THEMATIC DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1 How does the historical background of 1984 impact your understanding and appreciation of the novel?
2 In what ways can Winston be compared to Winston Churchill?
Part One
Chapter II
12 How are the actions of the children described by Winston?
13 How is Parsons described? Why does Winston have disgust for him?
14 What is the message Winston hears in a dream? What is meant by "no darkness?"
15 Why does Winston attribute this to O'Brien?
Chapter I
1 The dark haired girl is seen again. What is Winston's initial reaction at first sight of her? How does this change as soon as he sees her fall?
2 How does Winston's attitude toward the girl change from the time he receives the note until after he actually reads it? Why does he put himself through such torture just to read it?
3 What is the message on the note?
4 After he reads the note, Winston tries desperately to find the girl again. What are his fears, and which is his biggest fear? Why would he feel this way?
5 The dark-haired girl 'takes charge' of the relationship firing up between Winston and herself. What is the plan for them to meet (give both plans)? Why might she be the 'brains' of the couple?
6 What do their actions tell you about the unwritten 'rules' of the party?
7 Describe the actual place the two finally are supposed to reach for a liaison. How is its description different from the description of the rest of London?
Chapter II
Chapter III
16 What is the significance of Winston's dream about his mother and sister being down in a deep "saloon"?
17 What is the symbolism in the dark haired girl "throwing aside her uniform" in his dream?
What is revealed about Winston's job?
18 What does he know about the past?
19 What does the telescreen do that is unusual? What does the exercise instructor ask Winston to do?
20 What is INGSOC? What is Doublethink?
Chapter IV
1 This part deals primarily with Winston's job. What, exactly, does his job require him to do?
2 Why does he take great delight in his job?
3 What does it mean by the doublethink: "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." (actually part III, pg 32, but relevant here)
Chapter V
pg46, last paragraph--How is Language an instrument of control? of identity?
1 How do the attitudes towards sex reflect the Party's attitudes toward personal relationships? Why are personal relationships a danger to the Political party?
Chapter VI
1 This part concerns the proles and prominent party members. What does Winston write which resides in the proles?
2 What are the proles compared to in this section? How are they "free?" How is this contradicted?
3 Who are Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford (pg 65)? How are they a contrast to the proles?
4 Whom does Winston finally realize his diary is written for?
Chapter VIII
1 This part is a pivotal part for Winston. Why is he in the Proles' section of town? What risk does he run by being there?
2 There are many 'rules' not written down. What are a few of these rules, and what are the consequences for breaking them?
3 What question does Winston try to get the old man to answer?
4 Why do Winston's feet take him to the antique shop? What is the significance of the coral embedded in glass?
5 Winston's introduction to the room above the shop is the climax of the first Section. What does the room symbolize and how does it become Winston's obsessions?
6 The dark haired girl re-surfaces. What are the dangerous implications of her presence in the prole section immediately after Winston leaves the antique shop? Why do you think she pretends not to notice Winston?
7 More of the unwritten rules emerge at the end of part VIII. What are these rules? What is the place of "no darkness?" Why is it significant that this answer appear in this part?
Section Two
How does the tone of the novel change in this chapter? How does Winston change as he walks through the woods?
8 When the two finally meet, why is Winston unable to accept a relationship with the girl? Why does he wait to learn anything about her?
9 What type of girl is Julia? She identifies Winston as someone who does not 'belong.' What does she mean by this? How does she herself fit this appellation?
10 On pages 103-104, Winston and Julia listen to a thrush sing. Why does this particular occurrence cause the passionate reaction in Winston? What do you think he means when he claims to want Julia to have slept with thousands of men? about the party?
Why would their act be labeled a "political act" on page 105?
Chapter III
1 How does the Party overshadow Winston's and Julia's relationship?
2 What is the "Golden Country?"
3 What feelings towards Katharine does Winston reveal in this chapter, especially at the edge of the chalk-cliffs?
Chapter IV
1 What reasons does Winston give for renting the room. Since Julia agreed with such eagerness, does she concur with Winston's decision? What does the room represent to the two of them?
2 Winston describes his disappointment, even the verge of hatred, when Julia tells him she cannot make it one afternoon. (page 116) How is Winston's definition of love changing as his affair with Julia continues?
3 Julia gets some make-up. Winston is astounded when he first sees her. Why do you think he called her more "feminine?" Do you think he is changing his opinion of her as a statement of rebellion? Is he "falling in love?"
4 Why would the coffee and real sugar be such cherished luxuries to Winston and Julia? How do Winston's and Julia's actions reinforce their own disdain for the Party?
5 What fear of Winston's is revealed in this chapter?
Chapter V
6 Pg 124. Winston calls the room a paradise. He comments on the antiquity of it all. How is the room a paradise for him?
7 How does Winston's life improve in standards as his affair with Julia continues? Why?
8 What is Hate Week? Describe some of the preparations for Hate Week.
9 What evidence is given in this chapter to suggest that the war is not real?
10 Pg 127-128. Winston is disturbed by Julia's lack of enthusiasm when she discovers she is wrong about the war and the 'true' enemy. How does her reaction demonstrate a "Victory" of the Party?
11 What does Winston mean when he calls Julia "a rebel from the waist down?" How does the following explanation reinforce the last part of question 5?
Chapter VI
12 pg 130. What is Winston's "expected message" in your own words?
13 O'brien coughs to get Winston's attention. Does the following dialogue seem genuine or acted on O'brien's part to you?
14 Does the conversation have the intended meanding Winston attributes to it? Explain. Could this chapter foreshadow some future events? What?
15 What is the "Thought crime" committed in this chapter?
16 pg 132. List the three steps Winston claims to make. To what end is he going?
17 How does O'brien behave towards Winston? Do you think he acts deliberately, as Winston does, to convey some meaning? Explain.
Chapter VII
18 Winston spends a great deal explaining his last memories of his mother. What setting does this occur? Why would Winston believe that he had killed his mother?
19 How would you describe the state of the Party's control over the populace at this earlier time in Winston's life?
20 pg 137. What does the statement "The proles are human beings. We are not human," mean?
21 Even though Winston and Julia know that they will ultimately get caught, they still want to continue the affair. Neither seem to fear the confession, nor the subsequetn execution by gunshot. What does Winston identify as the ultimate defeat at the hands of the Party?
Chapter VIII
1 This is a very important chapter in the novel. Winston and Julia both pay a visit to O'Brien. What had they "done...at last?"
2 Give some examples of how the Inner Party members have 'forbidden' privileges denied to lower Party members such as Winston and Julia.
3 What hope is revealed to Winston on page141-142?
4 When O'Brien asks his questions, it is described as thought ist wre routin, or "a sort of catechism." What does this imply about the litany of the questions?
5 How does the oppositoin to Big Brother remain at large?
6 Pg 146. Reread the segment concerning Winston's briefcase. How do the actions of O'Brien, (and also the explicit instructions surrounding it) mimic those of the Party?
Chapter IX
1 What happens on day 6 of Hate Week? How does the Party pull this off?
2 What are the titles of the chapters of "The Book" Winston reads? Where else do these titles exist?
3 Pg 153. Winston reads a lengthy portion of chapter 3. The war is given a definition. How is it defined? How does it relate to the "average man?" What does this suggest about the actual war in which Oceania is engaged?
4 Why does Orwell include detailed passages from Goldstein’s Book in 1984?
5 Notice that Orwell repeats the first paragraph of The Book on p. 152 and p. 166. Why would Orwell repeat himself in that way? What is the purpose?
FINAL ESSAY
The following topic will be used as part of your final-exam (essay) grade. This essay must be written in class; however, you may study, plan, and pre-write all you like.
Topic: Explain the ideological forces of Colonial America (i.e, those that drove the Puritan period, and those that supported the Englightenment). Use specific arguments from the LITERATURE to draw a conclusion about the principles that shaped Colonial America.
Topic: Explain the ideological forces of Colonial America (i.e, those that drove the Puritan period, and those that supported the Englightenment). Use specific arguments from the LITERATURE to draw a conclusion about the principles that shaped Colonial America.
Essay Assignment - 1984 and Brave New World
In what way can 1984 and/or Brave New World be viewed as a warning to society? Outline your arguments first, supporting them from the text. Write concisely. Your final essay should be three (typed, double spaced) pages. Note: It is not necessary or even encouraged for you to conduct research. I prefer for you to use your own brain and your own words rather than another's. HOWEVER, if you do conduct research, PLEASE NOTE: You must properly document quoted material. Use PARENTHENTICAL CITATION and WORKS CITED. Failure to properly document quoted material WILL RESULT IN A ZERO. Remember, I'm more interested in YOUR THOUGHTS than other's.
YOUR ESSAY IS DUE IN FINAL FORM on the TUESDAY following our return from THanksgiving break. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED. Extra credit may be given for essays turned in early, provided those essays are in the correct form (see above). Turn in your outline with your work.
YOUR ESSAY IS DUE IN FINAL FORM on the TUESDAY following our return from THanksgiving break. NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED. Extra credit may be given for essays turned in early, provided those essays are in the correct form (see above). Turn in your outline with your work.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
STUDY QUESTIONS - BRAVE NEW WORLD
BRAVE NEW WORLD
Aldous Huxley
[Note: some questions adapted from thebestnotes.com/.../Brave_New_World.../Brave_New_World_Study_ Guide18.html ]-Brave New World—Aldous Huxley
Explain the following terms and their significance in BRAVE NEW WORLD.
Decant
Alpha, Delta, Gamma, and Epsilon:
Soma:
Shakespeare:
Hypnopaedia:
Bokanovsky’s process:
Soma
Study Questions - Chapter 1
1. Describe the setting for the opening chapter of Brave New World. In what city and year does this novel take place? Explain the meaning of the year's designation (A.F.).
2. What is the motto of the World State? After reading the whole novel, you should be able to explain the significance of each.
3. Explain what is happening at the Hatchery and Conditioning Center.
4. Describe Bokanovsky's process.
5.What are the five castes of the World State?
6.How is each significant? What is the purpose of having a caste system?
7.What three abstract ideas become paramount in the new world system?
Chapter 2
1.What two objects are the babies being conditioned to dislike? In what ways does this conditioning keep “castes” in their place?
2.What is the “greatest moralizing and socializing force in our time”? Explain.
3.What are the “major instruments of social stability”?
4.Why does the State condition the masses to dislike the country?
5.Explain how hypnopaedia works. What is the purpose of hypnopaedia?
6.Explain the developmental process of each caste system, from cradle to adulthood.
7.Explain the new state religion? To whom does each person pledge allegiance? Why? What purpose is served in combining a religious ceremony with group sex?
Chapter 3
The beginning pages of Chapter 3 presents a kaleidoscopic view of the State's way of life. Think of it as you would a rapid succession of TV images presented to make a single impression.
1.What is the requirement for any new games? Why is this so?
2.Explain the State's attitude toward sex. How does the State regard marriage?
3."Ending is better than mending." "The more stitches, the less riches." How do these sayings express the economic views of the State?
Chapter 4
1 Where do Bernard Marx and Lenina Crowe plan to visit?
2 Explain Bernard Marx's attitude toward the State.
3 What is Helmholz Watson's job?
4 Explain Watson's feeling toward the State.
Chapter 5
1. Compare the recreation and social activities of the lower castes with those of the upper castes.
Chapter 6
1. Over the stormy water of the English Channel, what desire does Bernard express to Lenina?
2. List three adjectives of phrases to describe Lenina's personality.
3. The Director (Tomakin) tells Bernard of a visit he made to the New Mexico Indian Reservation twenty years ago. What unusual thing happened there?
4. Bernard learns that he is going to be deported to Iceland. Why?
5. Rephrase Lenina's saying "Was and will make me ill. I take a gramme and only am."
Chapter 7
1 . List three conditions Lenina dislikes at the Reservation, How are these conditions contrary to what she has been taught and conditioned?
2. What is the purpose of the whipping ceremony that Bernard and Lenina witness?
3. John ("The Savage") reveals he was born on the Reservation. Who is his father and where is he now?
4. Linda describes ways in which she cannot reconcile her way of life in the Other Place with that of the Reservation. List ways that seem to trouble her most. Discuss their significance.
Chapter 8
1 . Why does Linda suffer dislike and rejection on the Reservation? Why do the women especially dislike her?
2. What is mescal and how does it help Linda?
3. From what sources has John obtained his education?
4. When John was sixteen, he went with the Indian boys to a puberty ceremony. Describe what happened and how it affected John. Why is this scene significant to the overall understanding of a state that has total control over the individual?
5. What do Bernard and John have in common? In what ways is Bernard changed by meeting John?
Chapter 9
1. Explain why Bernard wishes to take Linda and John to London.
2. List three adjectives or phrases to describe John's feelings when he discovers Lenina asleep on her soma holiday.
Chapter 10
1. Name three faults the D.H.C. finds with Bernard's behavior. How does Bernard react to the D.H.CVs accusations?
2. What "obscenity" does Linda fling at the D.H.C. (Tomakin)?
3. How do the workers react to John's calling the D.H.C. "My father"? Why?
Chapter 11
1. What happens to the D.H.C. after the scene in the Fertilizing Room?
2. Give three reasons why no one had the smallest desire to see Linda.
3. How does Dr. Shaw justify keeping Linda on a soma-holiday even though it will shorten her
life? Explain Bernard's sudden increased popularity.
4. Give two reasons the Savage (John) shows little astonishment or awe at civilized inventions.
5. Describe the Savage's reaction to the sight of work being done by single Bokanovsky groups.
6. Who is Ariel?
7. What do you think the phrase "civilized infantility" means?
8. In the Electrical Equipment Company, "each process is carried out, so far as possible by a single Bokanovsky group." Explain what this means.
9. The Savage views the factory, saying, "O brave new world that has such people in it." Explain how this statement can be considered the dramatic climax of the entire novel.
10. The libraries of the World State contain only reference books. Why is this so?
11. How is John affected by the feelies?
Chapter 12
1. Helmholtz, the propaganda writer, and John have become friends. When John reads to him from Romeo and Juliet, Helmholtz bursts into laughter. State three things that amuse him.
2. Helmholtz calls Shakespeare a "marvelous propaganda technician." How does he explain
Shakespeare's success?
Chapter 13
1 Explain the essential difference in the nature of John and Lenina.
Chapter 14
1. Explain the purpose and method of death conditioning. How does this fit into the overall emotional conditioning of the people? Why do you think that Huxley included this detail?
2. Why does John become angry at the children?
Chapter 15
1. What does John say he will teach the mob of hospital worker?
2. Describe John's actions at the hospital.
3. How do the people react to what John does?
4. Describe the actions taken by the World State Police.
Chapter 16
1. Give three reasons why Shakespeare is prohibited in the World State.
2. How does Mustapha Mond say he paid for being too much interested in truth?
Chapter 17
1. What two things does the Savage (John) say that the people have sacrificed for their happiness?
2. What third sacrifice does the Controller add?
3. Why do you think the people of the World State have no need of a god?
4. What does the Controller call "Christianity without tears"? Explain.
5. The Savage claims the "right to be unhappy." Explain this statement. Include some of the
specific instances of unhappiness that he says are his right.
Chapter 18
1. After Bernard and Helmholtz are exiled, the Savage runs away to be alone. Tell the conclusion of he novel in 6 to 8 sentences.
Entire Novel
1. John Savage and Mustapha Mond discuss civilization in chapter17. John says two startling things: “What you need is something with tears for a change. Nothing costs enough here” and “But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” Take the side of Mond and Savage and clarify the points of view of each.
2.What does the division of persons from birth suggest about Huxley's own views of the “caste system”?
3.What is the significance of choosing Henry Ford as “God?”
3. The name John Savage could be considered ironic. Explain how.
4. Huxley’s brave new world has eliminated pain, suffering, disease, and and old age. What is lost in this effort to create a perfect world? Explain your position.
7.Knowing what you know about the HIV virus and the communicability of AIDS, discuss the impact it would have in Huxley’s society. Factor in exponential progression, time and psychological implications.
8.In many ways, both Brave New World and 1984 can be described as a satire on “utopia,” as either a prediction or warning of social change. Take a position and defend it with details from the novels.
9.In what ways does Brave New World support the “Malthusian Principle” and mock Darwinism?
10.If the reader considers Brave New World to be exaggeration/ satire, what do you find to be the author's true view of science as a social medicine? What does he suggest are the dangers of bio-engineering?
11.In both Brave New World and 1984, what is the danger in the loss of individualism?
12.Consider Brave New World a testament of science run amuck and 1984, a novel of technology used for the wrong purposes. Defend/explain this statement.
13.In a paragraph, explain the brave new world Huxley describes. What kind of world is it? Summarize, paraphrase, extend meanings to capture the total effect of the book.
14.Is either novel optimistic or pessimistic for the human species? Take a position and defend it.
15.Why are both books considered classic today? Why are they recommended for college-bound students?
Aldous Huxley
[Note: some questions adapted from thebestnotes.com/.../Brave_New_World.../Brave_New_World_Study_ Guide18.html ]-Brave New World—Aldous Huxley
Explain the following terms and their significance in BRAVE NEW WORLD.
Decant
Alpha, Delta, Gamma, and Epsilon:
Soma:
Shakespeare:
Hypnopaedia:
Bokanovsky’s process:
Soma
Study Questions - Chapter 1
1. Describe the setting for the opening chapter of Brave New World. In what city and year does this novel take place? Explain the meaning of the year's designation (A.F.).
2. What is the motto of the World State? After reading the whole novel, you should be able to explain the significance of each.
3. Explain what is happening at the Hatchery and Conditioning Center.
4. Describe Bokanovsky's process.
5.What are the five castes of the World State?
6.How is each significant? What is the purpose of having a caste system?
7.What three abstract ideas become paramount in the new world system?
Chapter 2
1.What two objects are the babies being conditioned to dislike? In what ways does this conditioning keep “castes” in their place?
2.What is the “greatest moralizing and socializing force in our time”? Explain.
3.What are the “major instruments of social stability”?
4.Why does the State condition the masses to dislike the country?
5.Explain how hypnopaedia works. What is the purpose of hypnopaedia?
6.Explain the developmental process of each caste system, from cradle to adulthood.
7.Explain the new state religion? To whom does each person pledge allegiance? Why? What purpose is served in combining a religious ceremony with group sex?
Chapter 3
The beginning pages of Chapter 3 presents a kaleidoscopic view of the State's way of life. Think of it as you would a rapid succession of TV images presented to make a single impression.
1.What is the requirement for any new games? Why is this so?
2.Explain the State's attitude toward sex. How does the State regard marriage?
3."Ending is better than mending." "The more stitches, the less riches." How do these sayings express the economic views of the State?
Chapter 4
1 Where do Bernard Marx and Lenina Crowe plan to visit?
2 Explain Bernard Marx's attitude toward the State.
3 What is Helmholz Watson's job?
4 Explain Watson's feeling toward the State.
Chapter 5
1. Compare the recreation and social activities of the lower castes with those of the upper castes.
Chapter 6
1. Over the stormy water of the English Channel, what desire does Bernard express to Lenina?
2. List three adjectives of phrases to describe Lenina's personality.
3. The Director (Tomakin) tells Bernard of a visit he made to the New Mexico Indian Reservation twenty years ago. What unusual thing happened there?
4. Bernard learns that he is going to be deported to Iceland. Why?
5. Rephrase Lenina's saying "Was and will make me ill. I take a gramme and only am."
Chapter 7
1 . List three conditions Lenina dislikes at the Reservation, How are these conditions contrary to what she has been taught and conditioned?
2. What is the purpose of the whipping ceremony that Bernard and Lenina witness?
3. John ("The Savage") reveals he was born on the Reservation. Who is his father and where is he now?
4. Linda describes ways in which she cannot reconcile her way of life in the Other Place with that of the Reservation. List ways that seem to trouble her most. Discuss their significance.
Chapter 8
1 . Why does Linda suffer dislike and rejection on the Reservation? Why do the women especially dislike her?
2. What is mescal and how does it help Linda?
3. From what sources has John obtained his education?
4. When John was sixteen, he went with the Indian boys to a puberty ceremony. Describe what happened and how it affected John. Why is this scene significant to the overall understanding of a state that has total control over the individual?
5. What do Bernard and John have in common? In what ways is Bernard changed by meeting John?
Chapter 9
1. Explain why Bernard wishes to take Linda and John to London.
2. List three adjectives or phrases to describe John's feelings when he discovers Lenina asleep on her soma holiday.
Chapter 10
1. Name three faults the D.H.C. finds with Bernard's behavior. How does Bernard react to the D.H.CVs accusations?
2. What "obscenity" does Linda fling at the D.H.C. (Tomakin)?
3. How do the workers react to John's calling the D.H.C. "My father"? Why?
Chapter 11
1. What happens to the D.H.C. after the scene in the Fertilizing Room?
2. Give three reasons why no one had the smallest desire to see Linda.
3. How does Dr. Shaw justify keeping Linda on a soma-holiday even though it will shorten her
life? Explain Bernard's sudden increased popularity.
4. Give two reasons the Savage (John) shows little astonishment or awe at civilized inventions.
5. Describe the Savage's reaction to the sight of work being done by single Bokanovsky groups.
6. Who is Ariel?
7. What do you think the phrase "civilized infantility" means?
8. In the Electrical Equipment Company, "each process is carried out, so far as possible by a single Bokanovsky group." Explain what this means.
9. The Savage views the factory, saying, "O brave new world that has such people in it." Explain how this statement can be considered the dramatic climax of the entire novel.
10. The libraries of the World State contain only reference books. Why is this so?
11. How is John affected by the feelies?
Chapter 12
1. Helmholtz, the propaganda writer, and John have become friends. When John reads to him from Romeo and Juliet, Helmholtz bursts into laughter. State three things that amuse him.
2. Helmholtz calls Shakespeare a "marvelous propaganda technician." How does he explain
Shakespeare's success?
Chapter 13
1 Explain the essential difference in the nature of John and Lenina.
Chapter 14
1. Explain the purpose and method of death conditioning. How does this fit into the overall emotional conditioning of the people? Why do you think that Huxley included this detail?
2. Why does John become angry at the children?
Chapter 15
1. What does John say he will teach the mob of hospital worker?
2. Describe John's actions at the hospital.
3. How do the people react to what John does?
4. Describe the actions taken by the World State Police.
Chapter 16
1. Give three reasons why Shakespeare is prohibited in the World State.
2. How does Mustapha Mond say he paid for being too much interested in truth?
Chapter 17
1. What two things does the Savage (John) say that the people have sacrificed for their happiness?
2. What third sacrifice does the Controller add?
3. Why do you think the people of the World State have no need of a god?
4. What does the Controller call "Christianity without tears"? Explain.
5. The Savage claims the "right to be unhappy." Explain this statement. Include some of the
specific instances of unhappiness that he says are his right.
Chapter 18
1. After Bernard and Helmholtz are exiled, the Savage runs away to be alone. Tell the conclusion of he novel in 6 to 8 sentences.
Entire Novel
1. John Savage and Mustapha Mond discuss civilization in chapter17. John says two startling things: “What you need is something with tears for a change. Nothing costs enough here” and “But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.” Take the side of Mond and Savage and clarify the points of view of each.
2.What does the division of persons from birth suggest about Huxley's own views of the “caste system”?
3.What is the significance of choosing Henry Ford as “God?”
3. The name John Savage could be considered ironic. Explain how.
4. Huxley’s brave new world has eliminated pain, suffering, disease, and and old age. What is lost in this effort to create a perfect world? Explain your position.
7.Knowing what you know about the HIV virus and the communicability of AIDS, discuss the impact it would have in Huxley’s society. Factor in exponential progression, time and psychological implications.
8.In many ways, both Brave New World and 1984 can be described as a satire on “utopia,” as either a prediction or warning of social change. Take a position and defend it with details from the novels.
9.In what ways does Brave New World support the “Malthusian Principle” and mock Darwinism?
10.If the reader considers Brave New World to be exaggeration/ satire, what do you find to be the author's true view of science as a social medicine? What does he suggest are the dangers of bio-engineering?
11.In both Brave New World and 1984, what is the danger in the loss of individualism?
12.Consider Brave New World a testament of science run amuck and 1984, a novel of technology used for the wrong purposes. Defend/explain this statement.
13.In a paragraph, explain the brave new world Huxley describes. What kind of world is it? Summarize, paraphrase, extend meanings to capture the total effect of the book.
14.Is either novel optimistic or pessimistic for the human species? Take a position and defend it.
15.Why are both books considered classic today? Why are they recommended for college-bound students?
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
SYLLABUS, NOV. 15-20
Monday, Nov. 15 - Mrs. Shehane returns. Please re-read or review BRAVE NEW WORLD or 1984 (assigned books before my medical leave). Students should have completed books before my return date of Nov. 15. Handouts were given out last week (pre-reading/history of books).
For study guide on BRAVE NEW WORLD, visit http://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/Brave_New_World_Huxley/Brave_New_World_Study_Guide01.html
For study guide of 1984:
http://www.gradesaver.com/1984/
Your homework is to study the guides and be prepared to work in small groups to address "big picture" of novel.
TUESDAY: Small group discussions of major conflicts, themes, motifs, etc., of assigned novel.
Wednesday: Continue small group discussion, then report to the class.
Thursday: Same
FRIDAY - book test.
NOTE: Students will be given an essay topic for the novel. All students will write a literary analysis of the assigned topic. NOTE: You may use outside resources, but NO PLAGIARISM WILL BE TOLERATED. It's important to paraphrase, quote only as needed, and to properly cite the source of your information by using MLA Works Cited and documentation. CONSULT YOUR TEXTBOOK OR mla.org
For study guide on BRAVE NEW WORLD, visit http://thebestnotes.com/booknotes/Brave_New_World_Huxley/Brave_New_World_Study_Guide01.html
For study guide of 1984:
http://www.gradesaver.com/1984/
Your homework is to study the guides and be prepared to work in small groups to address "big picture" of novel.
TUESDAY: Small group discussions of major conflicts, themes, motifs, etc., of assigned novel.
Wednesday: Continue small group discussion, then report to the class.
Thursday: Same
FRIDAY - book test.
NOTE: Students will be given an essay topic for the novel. All students will write a literary analysis of the assigned topic. NOTE: You may use outside resources, but NO PLAGIARISM WILL BE TOLERATED. It's important to paraphrase, quote only as needed, and to properly cite the source of your information by using MLA Works Cited and documentation. CONSULT YOUR TEXTBOOK OR mla.org
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