1984 Book 3

Part I
- “There is no difference between night and day in this place. I do not see how one can
calculate the time” (Orwell 191).
o What is the larger significance of time and the blurring of night/day? Consider the
opening line of the novel as well as O’Brien’s promise they would meet where there
is no darkness.
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- Analyze the passage that begins, “He hardly thought of Julia,” and goes until, “with a
flickering hope” (Orwell 191) in relation to the passage that begins, “More dimly he thought
of Julia,” and goes until, “But that question was not answerable yet” (Orwell 197). What is
the larger significance of these passages?
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coat
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thoughts of nor become morefloating ashe lives on inside his cell

- What is Ampleforth’s crime? What is the significance of this, in terms of language, religion,
and the connection between the two?

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Part II
- “in the eyes of the Party there was no distinction between the thought and the deed” (Orwell
200) à How does this connect to Winston’s understanding of thought and action?

- “Reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else” (Orwell 205)

- Analyze the paragraph beginning, “He was starting up from the plank bed” (Orwell 201).
What is Winston’s relationship to O’Brien (consider the four words Winston lists)? What
does he imagine/remember O’Brien telling him, and why is this important? Compare this to
the passage, “For a moment he clung to O’Brien like a baby, curiously comforted by the
heavy arm round his shoulders. He had the feeling that O’Brien was his protector, that the
pain was something that came from outside, from some other source, and that it was
O’Brien who would save him from it” (Orwell 207).

- “It did not matter whether O’Brien was a friend or an enemy. O’Brien was a person who
could be talked to. Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood…In
some sense that went deeper than friendship, they were intimates” (Orwell 208).
From homework response:
- What does O’Brien claim is the reason they bring people to the Ministry of Love?
- Why do they interrogate and torture Winston before they destroy him?
- What is significant about the type of language and allusions that O’Brien uses in these two
explanations?

Part III
- List the stages of reintegration named at the beginning of this chapter.

Learningunderstandingacceptance

From homework response:

- Imagine a conversation between O’Brien and Mustapha Mond. What would they agree and
disagree on? Use textual evidence from both 1984 and Brave New World.

- Reread last page of chapter and list interesting things you notice:
Part IV
- How has Winston changed? What thoughts prove this?

- Hallucination of Julia

- Winston’s new definition of freedom

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- Notice the divide between intellect and emotions in O’Brien’s discussion with Winston at
the end of this chapter

Part V
- “He was blind, helpless, mindless” (Orwell 235). How much freedom does Winston have?

- Close-read the last three paragraphs

o Consider the word “hope” in this context

o Effect of Winston’s dialogue

o Take notes of interesting images in the last paragraph

Part VI
- What does the gin smell like? What is interesting about Winston’s refusal to speak their
name?

- What is the larger symbolism of the chess match?

- “Almost unconsciously he traced with his finger in the dust on the table: 2+2=5. ‘They can’t
get inside you,’ she had said. But they could get inside you…There were things, your own
acts, from which you could not recover” (Orwell 239).
- Analyze his conversation with Julia

- What is “his life, his death, his resurrection” (Orwell 241)?

- What memory does Winston have? What is his reaction to it?

- Class debate: Does Winston truly love Big Brother at the end?