1984 Book3 Prep sheet4

Part 1: Summarization 

O'Brien is an operative of the Ministry of Love, he comes to visit Winston in his cell. Winston is tortured in the cell and O'Brien informs Winston about different pieces of information. Winston is then brought to Room 101 but subjects Julia to a torture instead of him and is then released free.

Part 2: Question Development

6 Level 2 questions:

1. What does the action of Winston's neighbors getting thrown into the cell due to their own children turning them in for committing thoughtcrime, say about this society? It just tells reveals how controlling and successful Big Brother is at teaching the new generation (the children) to have society's back in his rule and turn anybody in whose even thinking anything too intelligent since it can lead on to the act of rebellion. (pg193) Logical Appeal
2.Why was Winston given a  physical beating consequence for his thoughtcrime action rather than just killed?
I believe it is because of his position that he had in the community that first played a role in what his consequence what be. Winston isn't just any ordinary guy, and he had quite a good amount of responsibilities in the way this society runs. I also think its because of the connection that he had built with O'Brien earlier, that also lessened what he would of gotten in the aftermath. Because O'Brien knew Winston and also because he knew that him and Winston had shared some pretty unique critiques about Big Brother and also the community they live in. (198-199) Ethical and Logical appeal.
3. What influence does O'Brien make on Winston when he tells Winston things such as how the Party has perfected the system practiced by Inquisition or how Julia was immediately betrayed Winston? It helps to almost persuade Winston to forget his old mindset of going against the Party and come back to the mind set that Big Brother is best for him and that he should follow the footsteps that Big Brother has to offer for everyone else in this community. O'Brien is able to do so by explaining how great the Party is and how they were doing this and that and perfecting society, while saying all the bad things that Julia was oding to him such as betraying him. It makes it seem almost as if Big Brother understands that Winston has made a huge mistake and is willing to give him another chance.(pg203,213) Logical and Emotional appeal.
4.What does Winston's dreams about Julia, his mother, and O'Brien in the Golden country reveal about Winston as a person ? It just simply emphasizes the different characters in the book that Winston values and explains how no matter how hard the society tries to condemn this idea of ignorance and value only yourself, that deep down this people in the book have still yet to adapt to this. ( pg227-229) Emotional Appeal
5. What is the process they go through to slowly almost hypnotize people into thinking that Big Brother is the best option for everyone? They torture then they just simply continue to say things such as "You must love Big Brother" they do this until the person themselves has develop that mindset due to the torture they;ve been through. And once they slowly show that, that's what they truely believe the torture lessens, (All of of part IV) Logical appeal.
6.Why does just the simply action of Winston's betrayal to Julia, lead to something as big as his freedom and him being released from this torture?Winston had a pretty big role in this society, so something as his decision to betray Julia, shows how the Party was able to turn Winston against his own thoughts of the act of rebellion against the Party. (All of V) Logical appeal.

3 Level Three Questions:

1.If we were to have places such as Room 101, do you think our society would advance even more or do the opposite? I feel like due to how our society was raised, if we were to start having the use of places such as room 101 it won't be as effective. Having features such as the option to let someone get tortured instead of you, or having you just mysteriously be gone is definitely not what our citizens would be used to at all. And if anything, if our leader really were to come up with such a thing like this, I feel like citizens would rebel until this action is put to an end. ( Emotional and Ethical)

2. Is it really possible to completely turn yourself against someone you truly even worse, your first true love? I feel like it may not but then again, it varies on the type of situation. If what the two partners have been through were truely truely the worst, then maybe they could completely turn against each other. But there had to be a reason why the two loved each other, so I don't think that you can COMPLETELY turn against each other, you may just deep deep deep down still have feelings for them without even realizing it. (Emotional)

3. You've made a wrong decision, you were punished for it then you were forgiven. Would you commit that crime again? I think it depends on how harsh you were tortured and what the bad action was. Sometimes you could stop for years, but then end up doing it again. But some may be so frightened by the torture they received, they would never commit that crime again. (Emotional and Logical)

Part 3: Tracking Evidence

"A needle slid into Winston's arm. Almost in the same instant a blissful, healing warmth spread all through his body. The pain was already half-forgotten." (pg208)

"We have beaten you, Winston. We have broken you up. You have seen what your body is like. Your mind is in the same state. I do not think there can be much pride left in you." (pg225)

1984 Socratic Seminar Reflection #3

      The seminar influenced my thinking in which the different things that could of happened to Syme was brought to my attention. After reading the book by myself, I just thought that Syme was killed by the Party. But after talking with my seminar group, the idea that he may have not been really gone came up. He could of just been trapped in some place or taken to some concentration camp, helped my ideas spread a little more abroad about Syme. Also i was able to get a more insight of how others had reacted to when readers were exposed that Mr.Charrington was actually a thought police.
     A statement  that I agreed with the most was made by Victoria when she answered my question. Her statement was when she said that Winston most likely wasn't only attracted to Julia just because she met his sexual needs, but because he had developed stronger and deeper feelings for her. The statement that i disagreed with the most was that O'Brien was considered an innocent character. Because as I'm analyzing the story of 1984, I feel like he may turn out to be one of those surprising antagonists where he may even turn out to be Big Brother if anything. I say this because the fact that he knew how to turn off the telescreen and magically turn it back on, is definitely something unusual.
     Something that worked well for this seminar was how focused and on-topic everyone was throughout the conversation. I felt as though the fact that everyone was so eager to start the seminar even though Ms.Hunter was not there should definitely mean something. I also feel like because there was so many interesting plots to talk about, everyone wanted to start.
     Something that needs improvement within this group is probably just the idea of getting more in-text conversation in the discussion. I feel as though we've done lots of text-to-world connections and that we've kind of gotten a bit away from the book itself and discussing more about how the situations in the book relate more and play a role more in our society today. Now, dont get me wrong, the fact that we are able to make a connection should also show our understanding, but I think if we could talk a bit more in depth about the things happening in the book more would be great.!

1984 Socratic Seminar #2 Reflection

     The seminar influenced my thinking about  the way our society works today. The more people made connections to our world today to the dystopian society of 1984,  makes me realize how we do have some similar characteristics. Yet there are major features in the book that definitely differentiate our world to the society of 1984. One thing that  was brought up that made me think of something I had never thought of before, was how the Proles and the people of the Party were recruited. The more people talked about how the Proles may have the most freedom in the society, made me wonder how these people even became the Proles and how probably everyone wished they could be part of the Proles.
     A statement made by Rachel  is what I had agreed with most, she said that the society gives out newspapers to help supplement the illusion that the citizens do have some freedom in their hands and that they aren't just completely being over controlled and under surveillance. I agree with Rachel because, having newspapers not only helps the citizens feel like they live in a perfect society but it also helps the people of the Party and Big Brother help spread some information they would like the citizens to know. Although,  There was no statement that was said where I had disagreed with the most because the conversation within the group was basically just people building off of one another's ideas rather than overlapping ideas. If there was anything else that I could of said was probably agree with Rachel and her statement about the newspaper and I would of analyzed my ideas and thoughts about that situation as well.
     Something that worked really well for the seminar was how everyone was given the chance to talk as well as have their say on each of the topics that were brought up. I feel like nooone was really dominating the conversation this time. I also liked how our group was also able to get in more ethical and emotional appeals this time around, rather than just straight up logical appeals. Another thing that worked really well was how we started off by reading our summaries. I feel like by having us do this, we were able to all start off on the same page and know how everyone had taken in the information that we read about 1984 and  interpreted the events.
     Something that needs improvement is probably just the idea that we need more arguements within this group. This idea was brought up by Lina. She was saying how the conversation is getting a little boring since everyone is just agreeing with one another. So I feel like if we were to have added some spice into this group, having some arguements then using bits and pieces of information from the book to help support our statement would help make the conversation a bit more entertaining. But other than that, i feel like everything was good.