1984

Coralie Casimir
English Honors
Mr. George
02-21-09
Outline
Chapter VII
Power of the Proles
1. “If there was hope it must lie in the proles” (69).
2. All hope of Oceania lie on those who are not even considered as human.
3. There is no brotherhood in the city.
4. Everyone for themselves.
5. No way of destroying the party because no one will come together.
6. “Until they become conscious they will never rebel and after they rebelled they cannot become.
The Proles
1. According to the Party, they have liberated the proles who were oppressed by the capitalist. The capitalist made the women and children countless hour but women still worked now.
2. They were considered as animals by the Party, which made them free. The party said, “Proles and animals are free”
3. Life time in the gutter, expected to live up to go 65, went to work a 12. Heavy physical labor, and expect to be loyal to the party.
4. Proles were poor and could not afford a telescreen. They were permitted to do many things; for example, did now have to be pure, could practice religion, and could divorce.
Capitalist
1. The party said they were fat ugly man, they had servants, and their master was called a King.
2. The children history books made it look like before the revolution everything was bad.
Winston
1. He does not really know what to believe in. He really wanted to know if the world was really a chaos before the revolution.
2. Due to the fact that the past was always changing he was not sure what was real.
3. He does not fear death but actually starting to believe what the party says is true. He also had a problem because there was no way of proving if things are true or false.
The Revolution
1. It happened in the mid 60s.
2. Original leaders were wiped out because they were accused of being traitors, all but Big Brother.
3. Goldstein fled before he was captured.
4. Last three were Jones, Aaronson, and Rutherford they confessed to the usual crimes of being traitors, sabotage, intrigues with other leaders who Big Brother did not like. They were pardon but many people stayed away from them.
The denial the party makes the people feel
1. “Deny the evidence of your senses” (80).
2. Winston feels like the party is trying to take away the people’s common sense.
3. He scared that one day he will think that the party is right.
4. He realized that his journal was for O’ Brien.

Chapter VIII
Winston not obeying party rules
1. Winston missed Community Center for the second time.
2. He knows that attendance is carefully checked.
3. Party rule is no one should have some alone time or “Ownlife”.
4. He is going around the city, particularly where the proles lived. It was dirty, rat holes, filthy puddles of water, broken windows.
Neighborhood of the proles
1. They seem to know when the bombs were coming but right after the bombing things went back to normal.
2. Proles played the lottery a lot but big prices never went to them or anyone. They play a lot and fight about it.
The older generation
1. Winston seems determined to find out, was the world a better before the revolution.
2. He sees a man about 80 years old and follow him and try to see if could give him some answers.
3. The man was not much help. He danced around the subject but never gave Winston a straight answer.
In the store
1. Winston wonders off and ends at the store where he bought the journal.
2. The store clerk quickly recognized him.
3. They talked about antique. He showed Winston an apartment he has full with antiques.
4. Winston seems to like them very much, like a reminder of his pass. Winton thought it would be great to come back again. Because the man (named Mr. Charrington) talked to him about life before the revolution.
Encounter with the girl with dark hair
1. When Winston was on his way home he way the girl with dark.
2. He believes that she is a spy following and she about to report him to the Thought Police.
3. Winston was scary, he felt sick and wanted to go home and wait for the Thought Police to come for him.
4. He was also angry a thought about killing her.