What is Eurasia? – Jasper
• Eurasia is one of the three Superstates in the world: Eurasia, Eastasia, and Oceania
Is O’Brien the thought police or is he a normal citizen? – Mike
• We don’t know much about O’Brien at this point. He could be either.
Are the government trying to hide a date in time? - Mike
• It seems like so. Winston says that he doesn’t know the exact year and has know way of knowing what it could be.
Does Winston hate women in general or only during the 2 minutes of hate it seems he hates women more that are part of the anti-sex league? – John Paul
• The book states that Winston hates most women because they are often the most passionate supporters of the government. He also hates them because he wants to have sex with them but they refuse because they are members of the anti-sex league.
What is the point of the two minutes of Hate? –
• The point is to focus on enemies of the government so that people automatically support the government, feel that they need the government to protect them, and don’t notice when the government does something oppressive.
If Goldstein is the enemy why do they have to watch the 2 minutes of him everyday? – Erica
• They need to focus their hate on Goldstein since he is the supposed enemy of Oceania.
What is the inner party? – Syrena
• The inner party is a group of citizens in Oceania who have a lot of power. This is weird because this inequality doesn’t match with the philosophy of socialism.
What exactly do the people think about English socialism? - Claudia
• It seems like most people like INGSOC. But, obviously, Winston doesn’t. So, there may be more who don’t as well.
What is the ‘Bigoted Adherence’ mean? – Alex & Michelle
• This phrase refers to the women at Winston hates. “Bigoted” means extremely discriminatory, and “adherence” means loyal. So, these woman discriminate against others a lot because they are so loyal to the Party.
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