Reaction to the Movie

I think that the movie is good.It does relate to 1984 alot with the manipulation.The way that in the movie he just plants a record in the history files and it just all of a sudden became true that it did exist. It also realtes in the way that Comrad believed what was on the television without even a single question, like in 1984 the people watched the telescreen and believed everything on it. I like the book better then the movie in the sense of being able to read at my own pace. If i didn't understand it i could just look back but you can't do that with a movie. This made the movie to me somewhat hard to follow because I couldn't go back.

HW:Chapter 8 review

I think that Chapter 8 was a very intresting chapter. Now it starts to get good becuase now Winston and Julia will be doing all these jobs and actually going against the party in any way possible. I think that it is very noble of Winston and Julia to just put their lives on the line for the BrotherHood. I am also surprised that the members of the brotherhood have so many resoures to be able to reconstruct people's faces and change them so much. Another thing that was stated in the chapter was that it is not an organization but a group of people slowing putting in effort to change the future. I believe this to be very much true, because the menbers know that they are going to die but somehow still go on fighting and changing themselves to hurt the Party in anyway possible just with the hope of making the future brighter.

HW:Chapter 6 Review

In chapter 6 O'Brien finally makes contact with Winston. I think that this is abad mistake by O'Brien to just show the address and them to talk just right in front of the telescreen. However I also found O'Brien to very samrt considering he made it seem innocent by bringing up the dictonary and how he should go to his house and pick it up.The thing that i am thinking about is that by O'Brien doing it out in the open it will trick the police into thinking it is just a meeting of comrades and not care. Winston surprises me by just talking to somebody he has no evidence is on his side besides a gut feeling, like right now O'Brien could betray him and he wouldn't suspect it.

HW:Chapter 5 Response

I think that Chpater5 was boring.It has too much talking and explanation. At the very beginning of the chapter it talks about Syme getting vaporized and nothing else. Like they don't explain it at all. I tihnk he got vaporized because they found out he was too smart and could easily rebel against the party. Then it went into Winston and Julia once again going to that room above Mr. Charrington's shop. So boring at this point. Goes on and on with the way Winston talks to Mr.Charrington and him trying to explain to Julia about The Party and then he starts insulting her saying "You're only a rebel from the waist down". Winston also states that the people do not know what is going on adn don't really care to look for answers which is why The Party is so successful.

Political Act

I think that Winston means that when him and Julia have sex it is rebellion. So what I'm trying to say is like Winston is another political party. When having sex with julia it is saying we will take down the Party and do it for everyones benefit just like they "do it" for their pleasure.

HW:Book review and thoughts

The book is alright but could be boring at times.Also in some parts it is very confusing.For example when he talks about his ex wife, then it jumps to him with his job. Loses me sometimes. The book is still good but sometimes i just don't feel like reading because its boring, that's why i read when i feel like it. Also the book sort of sets a dreary feeling like just a boring place with really no life. Then you have like in part 8 of chapter 1 when they get bombed which is when it gets good.I don't get how it went from being bombed to him having a girl fall in love with him. The book also have sort of a romatic feel now with all the love yet still maintains that fear as the theme. (ex:Winston even though he know the girl likes him he has to sneak around.)The book made me question more things then usally. I tend to think about everything when i have the time. Even though its getting to the lubby dubby stuff i think that Winston will end up getting caught and will get vaporized.Their is only one question i have which if he tries to rebel won't he get vaporized the moment he says something so how is he supposed to make a change.Aren't the people brainwashed so who's gonna believe him or remember him if they change the history so that he doesn't exist?

HW:Am I A Prole?

I am a prole because I do make up most of the population and middle class and we can over throw the government if they don't protect us. But I still would say we aren't because we have no say as kids only when we get older and get authority would we matter in what the government does.

Vocabulary

Align- To be or be put into precise adjustments or correct relative position
Arable-Fit for or used for the growing of crops
Benign-gentle deposition or showing gentle and kindness
Bovine-of or relating to an ox or cow
Canine-of or resembling to a dog
Enshrine-to preserves or cherish as sacred
Ecstatic-relating to ecstasy (state of overwhelming emotion)
Exceed-to goes beyond a limit
Peruse-to examines or consider with attention and detail
Definitely-having distinct or certain limit
Voracious-Excessively eager
Vignette-a short descriptive literary sketch
Vituperative-Uttering or given to censure, characterized by verbal abuse
Vortex-something resembling a whirlpool
Vacuous-emptied of or lacking content
Veracity-Devotion to the truth
Vehemently-marked by forceful energy
Viscous-having or characterized by viscosity (resistance of fluid)
Venal-originating in or characterized corrupt bribery
Predicate-a term designating a property or relation
Penchant-a strong and continued inclination
Paroxysm-a sudden violent emotion or action
Perfidy- an act or an instance of disloyalty
Photovoltaic- conducting voltage using radiation
Purveyor-a distributor
Putrescent-of or being rotten
Plebiscite-a vote by a common person
Effervescent- to show liveliness or exhilaration
Endemic- restricted or peculiar to a locality or region
Excoriate- to censure scathingly
Erudite- possessing or displaying erudition
Ephemeral- lasting a very short time
Empathy-understanding
Ebullient- lasting a very short time
Elephantine-relating to an elephant
Emollient-smoothing, making soft or supple
Epiphany- an appearance or manifestation especially of a divine being
Abate-to reduce in degree or intensity
Abdicate-to cast off (relinquish)
Ameliorate- to make better or more tolerable
Asphyxiate-to cause a lack of oxygen
Castigate- to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
Conflagrate-cause to start burning
Ebb- a point or condition of decline
Remonstrate- to present and urge reasons in opposition
Depreciate- to lower in estimation or esteem
Emulate- to strive to equal or excel
Fabricate- to construct from diverse and usually standardized parts
Adjudicate-to act as judge, to settle judicially
bereave- to take away a valued possession especially by force
cacophony- harsh or discordant sound
fanciful- marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience.
Gregarious-tending to associate with others of the same kind
lummox- a clumsy person
medley a diverse assortment or mixture
serendipity- the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
surreptitious- done, made, or acquired by stealth
xenophobe- one unduly fearful of what is foreign and especially of people of foreign origin
yearn- to long persistently, wistfully, or sadly, to fell tenderness or compassion
zealous- marked by fervent partisanship for a person, a cause, or an ideal

HW#3:Big Brother concept.

I do think that it can happen and sort of already is happening.Since they have GPS on phones,cameras near/in every store we are sort of being watched all the time.Also they have satellites in space that are always orbitting the earth.So I think it is already happening.

HW2:Government has full control?

I think it's not possible because it would be to difficult to put into motion.To either convince or to just make us by force to give full control to them would be hard.Also wouldn't that be against our rights to have freedom of speech and freedom do what we want.The government can control information to only a certain degree considering we can say what we want. If we see them doing something we can tell the news so people will know the situation.

Goverment Holding Of The Truth

They can control the speakers that inform us about problems and tell the speaker to lie.Also they can control what is shown on the media(T.V and Radio) to make sure we don't see or hear anything we're not supposed to.

The government might want to control what we see to prevent panic.Also they would keep anything they did wrong to themselves so we won't question there tactics and what they are doing.They would lie to buy time until they know the truth themselves cause you always have all the facts