English 2092F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Terror Management Theory, Doublethink, Thought Criminals
3 Feb 2016
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Self-testing questions nineteen eighty-four: orwell"s novel can be read in multiple ways: as a (false) prediction of life in the. West in 1984, as a (surprisingly accurate) prediction of life in the soviet-bloc countries in 1984, or as a reflection of the grimness of post-war british life in the. Penoctacon (circular prison) prisoners can always be observed and don"t know when they aren"t so have to police themselves. Distopia [worst case possible worlds] of order (society devised in a think tank constructed goldsteins manifesto) Pg. 206technology only used for party manipulation food production still uses plows. Life behind the iron curtain children required to report on their parents. Similar to communist east in real life. (in east berlin if your smiling your drunk) vs west berlin (wealth) Winstons lack of hop for the future and lack of pleasure in present: a central feature of the party"s political system is the deliberate manufacturing of misery.
