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__**A Hero of Our Time**__

//**Character of Pechorin**

“The turmoil of life has left me with a few ideas, but no feelings.”

“The air is pure, as the kiss of a child, the sun in bright, the sky blue – what more does one want? What need have we here of passions, desires, regrets?”

"I'll hazard my life, even my honor, twenty times, but I will not sell my freedom."

"What is happiness but gratified pride?"

////**Inability to enjoy life**//

"I might recover, or I might just as easily die: one thing or the other, it's all in the way of nature."

"This is how the hero of our time must be. He will be characterized either by decisive inaction, or else by futile activity."

“What of it? If I die, I die. It will be no great loss to the world, and I am thoroughly bored with life. I am like a man yawning at a ball; the only reason he does not go home to bed is that his carriage has not arrived yet.”

//**Role of Women**

"It is hard to convince women of anything--they must be brought to a point where they will convince themselves."

"Oh women, women! Who really does understand them? Their smiles contradict their glances, their words promise and beguile, but their tone of voice repulses. They either figure out in a flash your innermost thought or they don't get the most obvious hint."

"She was a strange creature"

"Women! Women! Who can understand them?" //

**//Fate//**

"For a long time now I've lived by intellect, not feeling."

“My soul is been corrupted by the society. My imagination knows no peace, my heart no satisfaction”.

“If only people thought more about it, they would see that life is not woth worrying about so much.”

"In this fruitless struggle I wasted all the ardour of spirit and firmness of will that are needed in real life; when I then came into this life, I had lived through already in my mind and found it boring and disgusting, like reading a poor pastiche of a long familiar book."

//**Inability to experience Emotions**

"I make fun of everything, feelings especially, and this is beginning to alarm her."

//Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other, though often neither will admit it. I can never be a slave, and to command in these circumstances is too exacting. For you have to pretend at the same time.’

‘What is happiness but gratified pride? If I thought myself better and more powerful than everyone else in the world, I should be happy.’

‘Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage. They are the property of youth, and anyone who expects to feel their thrill throughout his life is a fool.’


 * //Setting//**

‘ // Roaring songs at the top of his voice, the Ossete driver relentlessly urged on his horses so as to reach the top of Koyshaur by nightfall’

// //**Heroic Failure**

"Passions are nothing more than ideas at the first stage of their development."

"My whole life has been a mere chain of sad and futile opposition to the dictates of either heart or reason. The presence of an enthusiast makes me as cold as a midwinter's day." // 

"When I think of imminent and possible death, I think only of myself, some do not even do that."

**//Love//**

"And then we had one of those conversations which make no sense on paper, which you can't repeat and can't even remember."

"He who has experienced them knows their languor and sweetness; there is no way in explaining them to someone who has not."

__**1984**__


 * //Totalitarianism//**


 * // "It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times it was seldom working..."

"To begin with he did not know with any certainty that this was 1984."

"Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right"

"BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU" //**


 * //Role of Women

"He disliked nearly all women, and especially the young and pretty ones."

“Sexual intercourse was to be looked on as a slightly disgusting minor operation, like having an enema”

Rebellion

"DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER"

"But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire."

"And what he wanted, more even than to be loved, was to break down that wall of virtue, even if it were only once in his whole life. The sexual act, successfully performed, was rebellion. Desire was thoughtcrime." //**

//**Memory**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">"Comrade Ogilvy, who had never existed in the present, now existed in the past, and when once the act of forgery was forgotten, he would exist just as authentically, and upon the same evidence, as Charlemagne or Julius Caesar."

"Actually he was not used to writing by hand. Apart from very short notes, it was usual to dictate everything into the speakwrite which was of course impossible for his present purpose."

"And so it was with every class of recorded fact, great or small. Everything faded away into a shadow-world in which, finally, even the date of the year had become uncertain."

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Power - Control** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">

"Winston kept his back turned to the telescreen. It was safer, though, as he well knew, even a back can be revealing."

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">"You knew this Winston,' said O'Brien. 'Dont deceive yourself. You did know it-- you have always known it."

"We control matter because we control the mind. Reality is inside the skull."

//**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brainwashing

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">"Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me."

"Behind Winston’s back the voice from the telescreen was still babbling away about pig-iron and the overfulfilment of the Ninth Three-Year Plan."

"…VICTORY GIN. It gave off a sickly, oily smell, as of Chinese rice-spirit." **

//**Propaganda**//


 * "WAR IS PEACE; FREEDOM IS SLAVERY; IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH"

"To begin with he did not know with any certainty that this was 1984."

"Before the Hate had proceeded for thirty seconds, uncontrollable exclamations of rage were breaking out from half the people in the room." **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//**Irony**//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">"He disliked nearly all women, and especially the young and pretty ones"

"He could never see the face of Goldsetein without a painful mixture of emotions"

"There were times when the fact of impending death seemed as palpable as the bed they lay on"

"But where did that knowledge exist? Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated"

**//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oppression

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">"It was no use trying the lift. Even at the best of times it was seldom working..."

"A varicose ulcer above his right ankle"

"The Ministry of Love was the really frightening one"

"Room 101,' he said." //**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//Foreshadowing//**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">"Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me."

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">"You knew this Winston,' said O'Brien. 'Dont deceive yourself. You did know it-- you have always known it."


 * //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thoughtcrime

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">"Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference."

"Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull." //**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//Doublethink//**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">"War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength"

"Victory gin/cigarettes"

"A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war."

**//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Newspeak

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">"There was truth and there was untruth"

"War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength"

__**God of Small Things**__

//**  <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘Whisper and scurry of small lives’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘The God of Loss’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘And these are only the small things’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘And the air was full of Thoughts and Things to Say. But at times like these only the Small Things are ever said. The Big Things lurk unsaid inside.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘She thought of what would happen if the rope snapped. She imagined him dropping like a dark star out of the sky that he had made. Lying broken on the hot church floor, dark blood spilling from his skull like a secret.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘Incinerated corpses littered the floor.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘Naked women lying in pools of fake blood.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘Put his arm around her to comfort her.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘Of the two men, only one recognized the sexual excitement that rose like a tide in the slender girl who hovered around the table long after lunch had been cleared away.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘That it really began in the days when the Love Laws were made. The laws that lay down who should be loved, and how much. And how much.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘By then Esthappen and Rahel had learned that the world had other ways of breaking men. They were already familiar with the smell. Sicksweet. Like old roses on a breeze.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘Welcome home, our Sophie Mol.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘Two weeks later, Estha was Returned.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">‘And now, twenty-three years later, their father had re-Returned Estha.’ <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
 * //<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Small Things //**
 * //<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Grotesque setting //**
 * //<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Love //**
 * //<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR-CH; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Homecoming/Returning //**

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