ENG110Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Stoping, George Orwell
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With reference to two or three works you have studied, discuss to what extent the opening pages establish the nature and development of the remainder of the work. Introduction: the opening pages of works often introduce themes, settings, and major characters to readers for the first time. Both 1984 by george orwell and the handmaid"s. Tale by margaret atwood are presented through a dystopian lens. There is an overlap of how the dystopias came to be: once-great nations fell and were replaced with totalitarian regimes. In orwell"s 1984 and atwood"s the handmaid"s tale, the opening pages establish important themes, ideas, and characters of the novel, but they do not necessarily develop the remainder of the work. P1: the chosen openings of a novel set up the approach the writer makes to their subject material. Big brother is watching you, the caption beneath it ran. (orwell, 3) Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen.
