Carolynn’s Comments (group member since Jan 22, 2017)

Carolynn’s comments from the Reading for the Resistance group.

Orwell, George. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story. New York: Signet Classic, 1996.

http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-t...

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/...

So, 1984 is pretty bleak, spoiler alert: there are no rainbows and unicorns in this novel. That said, the appendix is under appreciated as a ray of hope in the darkness. So, read the novel, study the appendix and read the article below.

https://qz.com/95696/you-probably-did...

Discussion questions:

Discuss the idea of doublethink. How important is doublethink to the Party’s control of Oceania? How important is it to Winston’s brainwashing
and to what degree are we seeing this play out in current media?

What is clever about Orwell's attempt to control thought by controlling the language?

Does Newspeak shrink the language or make it more vague? Is there a difference?