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1984 Q6 - Rebellion - Coggle Diagram
1984 Q6 - Rebellion
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Differences in Rebellion
Winston
more political - wants a grand-scale revolution, believes only the proles are capable due to their numbers; however they are too docile and unaware - understands he won't see change in his lifetime
"DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER"
involuntary act of rebellion and hatred of authority - perhaps a warning to totalitarian leaders that there will always be those who oppose them
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Julia
more personal - breaks small rules which gives her pleasure (black market shopping, sexual relationships) - more juvenile? ultimately ineffective?
creates irony and power to her visage as a devoted party member, as she believes none of the propaganda truly
her youth means she has not seen a rebellion work like Winston has so she lacks hope and motivation for large scale change
Outro
summarise the points made, and how they relate to the modern world (context of reception)
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Intro
“Every line of serious work I have produced since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against Totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it.”
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witnessed the atrocities of the communist party during the spanish civil war when fighting for the poum; shot in the neck and eventually forced to flee
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Necessity for Rebellion
Orwell creates a seemingly inverted society to show how twisted and dystopian this world has become (paradoxical language is a convention of dystopian fiction - genre theory)
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No one is as they appear
Julia initially appears devout to party, but is a rebel
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O'Brien + Mr Charrington initially appear as trustworthy, but end up betraying Winston and Julia
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Some believe this is why the title is an inversion of the publication year - however critic Dorian Lynskey argued this was more coincidental
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