Tzvetan's+Notes


 * Tzvetan notes on 1984:

2nd line - Winston Smith ** - Winston a hero name but Smith awfully plain (contradiction) ; talks in the 3rd person which sets the tone

Beginning of 2nd paragraph on pg. 3 **- boiled cabbage - it smells like an institute (in England it is how hospital hallways smell like), sets the tone to be dark**


 * Varicose ulcer above his right ankle** - dark and gloomy imagery, makes it sound like a prison


 * BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU** - ultimate control over everyone, someone is always keeping an eye on you wherever one goes


 * World looked cold** //-// no one is warm here, not even the people feel any warmth


 * Sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere** - the Big Brother portrayed as a godlike figure, bringing life to a otherwise dark world


 * WAR IS PEACE ; FREEDOM IS SLAVERY ; IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH** - paradoxical phrases, the first two lines are showing oximoron


 * Victory Mansions you could see all four of them simultaneously** - all of them controlled and had an eye on London, there is a sense of oppresion (constantly being watched on)


 * Winston had never been inside the Ministry of Love, nor within half a kilometre of it** - in this country, no one is in love so why does this Ministry of Love even exist


 * Dark coloured bread, bottle of colourless liquid, sickly, oily smell, as of Chinese rice-spirit** - description of food ; he is comparing it to the state of London


 * In small clumsy letters he wrote, APRIL 4th 1984** - 1st time we see Winston Smith break the law, referring back to his hero/coward name


 * Originally intended to say -** expressing emotion in this state is awfully hard