7 Answered Questions for the topic nineteen eighty four

Nineteen Eighty Four English George Orwell

09/10/19

Why does Emmanuel Goldstein's book in 1984 have a title page?
I was rereading 1984 when I noticed something amiss in this passage: >A heavy black volume, amateurishly bound, with no name or title on the cover. The print also looked slightly irregular. The... more
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Nineteen Eighty Four English George Orwell Rudyard Kipling

09/05/19

Were the three slogans in Orwell's 1984 partly inspired by Kipling's poem "The White Man's Burden"?
George Orwell did not like Kipling at all. I quote from [this essay by Orwell](http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300011h.html#part17):> Kipling is a jingo imperialist, he is morally insensitive... more
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Nineteen Eighty Four English

08/15/19

What is the significance of Goldstein's book in 1984?
In 1984 by George Orwell, Goldstein's book *The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism* is given roughly 30 pages of text, is largely drawn out, and seems unimportant compared to the rest... more
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07/10/19

What might Syme have been thinking when he was captured?
I understand that Syme was vaporised because he overthought the concept of the newspeak, but would he have regretted being an avid follower of Big Brother and destroyer of language?
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06/20/19

Why wasn't O'Brien considered a thought criminal?
Given that O'Brien shows a high level of awareness of the Party's deceptiveness and malice (e.g. the fact that he admitted to being involved in creating and promoting the Goldstein myth), to what... more
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Nineteen Eighty Four Literature Symbolism George Orwell

04/18/19

What's the significance of "Oranges and Lemons" in 1984?
The popular London nursery rhyme [Oranges and Lemons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oranges_and_Lemons) is quoted and partially recited several times throughout *1984*. Winston learns about it from... more
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Nineteen Eighty Four Literature Symbolism George Orwell

04/16/19

What is the greater meaning of the thrush?
In *1984*, Orwell devotes a few lines to a singing thrush that lands several feet away from Julia and Winston during their first secret meeting. > A thrush had alighted on a bough not five... more
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