BOOK 2.

1. Propaganda is a way to share ideas as well as influence the ideas and viewpoints of others. Propaganda can be done by hanging posters and distributing fliers, but by also the parroting of ideas. In older times, the posters and fliers were much more popular, but in modern times, spoken propaganda has become more popular. In past conflicts, propaganda has been used to mainly influence the ideas of the masses, and to recruit soldiers for war. During WW1 and WW2, propaganda was used with slogans like Uncle Sam’s “I Want You,” telling men to enlist for the protection of their country, and “It Can Happen Here,” trying to influence the people to keep the war going. In major conflicts, there is usually a lot of propaganda, simply because the ideas and views of the opposing sides are different, and each side is trying to influence as many people as possible to believe like they do. Propaganda is still used today, but not so much in posters as it is in speeches by leaders, newspaper articles, television, and media coverage. Today, we are continually manipulated by the ideas of others. In things such as presidential elections, and new laws in Congress, the masses are always being manipulated into thinking the same way as others. Though propaganda has changed it’s medium, it is still widely used today as a way to make an opinion known.Propaganda is a huge part of 1984. All the posters advertising the Party’s views, and the posters of Big Brother help to manipulate the people of Oceania into supporting the Party, and the posters also help to keep the people from rebelling. The famous slogan, “Big Brother is Watching” for example, makes the people feel as if they cannot fight back because they will be caught as soon as they even think about committing the crime. The Party is manipulating the people to believe that there is no hope for them at all.

2. The dark haired girl handed Winston a small folded piece of paper, while he helped her up from her fall. The message read; "I love you."

3. Winston wanted to meet the girl, so he tried to get her by herself, in the canteen, but this took about a week for him to do so. People kept sitting with her, or other people where distracting him, but finally he got her alone. They arranged their meeting quietly, without looking at each other. When the lunch was over, they left without any contact.

4. The commotion in Victory Square was caused by a caravan of prisoners being brought through town. Most of the people had never seen Eastasian prisoners, so they considered it a rare treat, and everyone went out to yell & scream out thoughts, and abuse the enemy.

5. Julia’s first gift to Winston was a piece of real chocolate, which she got at the black market.

6. The second meeting was planned at an old church. The church was located in the country, where an atomic bomb had fallen many years before. This way they knew they weren't being watched

7. Talking in installments was Julia and Winston’s way of communicating between meetings. When they would walk together in the street, or sit together in the canteen, they would talk, but sometimes the conversation would have to end quickly. Then when they meet again, they would have to begin where they left off.

8. Julia thought life was just living as long as you could live, and doing as much as you can to defy the Party. Julia was the perfect Party woman on the outside, but on the inside, she did everything she could to corrupt the Party.

9. The main change in Winston compared to the beginning of the novel, is that now he is against the Party. Winston is seeking out the Brotherhood, and is committing a major crime (like always) by sleeping with Julia. Winston has become an enemy of the Party.

10. The Brotherhood is the people who are against the Party. They worked secretly to tear down the party. They'll do anything they can to destroy the Party, even if it costs them their lives.

11. Julia didn’t think that taking down the Party was important, only breaking their rules where they touched her life. She didn’t understand or want to understand the Party. Julia just wanted to break the rules, she liked it.

12. Winston first spoke to O’Brian in the hallway, same place as Julia, right in front of the telescreen.

13. Winston’s dream brings up one of the last memories he has of his mother and little sister. He remembered his mother always loved him, and gave her life to protect him, though he still couldn’t remember how. Winston’s mother always put him first and tried to give him what he wanted, no mater the consequence for her or Winston’s little sister.

14. Winston told O’Brian about how he hated the Party and would do anything to bring them down. Winston admitted that he and Julia commited thoughtcrime, and they were willing to do anything for the brotherhood

15. When you were a member of the Brotherhood, you have to be willing to do anything, no matter how horrible , if it would help to bring down the Party. You had to be cut off from those you loved and it might even put them in danger, and if they asked you to do the weirdest things, you had to do it. If you got caught, well your pretty much dead.

16. The thing that caused the great flurry of activity in the Ministry of Truth during hate Week was that Oceania went to war with Eastasia instead of Eurasia, and they didn't know this because the party changed the records.

17. “The Book” is the manual of principles that all Brotherhood members must read. The book explains everything about the party and it’s motives, and how they should stop the party. It was written by the leader of the Brotherhood, Goldstein.

18. Totalitarianism is a form of government in which all resources, labor, and people are controlled by the government. A modern totalitarian government would be the Nazi regime from the early nineteen hundreds. Aldolf Hitler started the Nazi regime by discriminating and controlling everything. In a sense Hitler is like Big Brother in the book 1984, because- although Big Brother was not a real person, just a figurative idea- he ruled the totalitarian regime know in the book as Ingsoc. In 1984, Big brother and the Party control everything. They control the resources, the people, how the resources are used, and even how people think. Even people’s everyday lives were controlled.This is very similar to Hitler’s rule. Hitler controlled all the people, and pretty much killed those he didn’t like. Hitler controlled the resources, and how they were used. He even controlled the everyday lives of people, just like big brother and the Party in the book.Although the Nazis and the totalitarian regime in 1984 are very similar n some ways, they are also very different. Hitler, was only trying to destroy a certain group of people, which was the Jews. But the Party people wanted to be able to kill everyone, no matter what they were. The Party wanted to get rid of all independence in people, and all Hitler wanted to do was kill all the Jewish people.Another difference in the Party and the Nazis was that the party controlled history and was always changing it to fit what they were doing at the time. Hitler and his Nazis never did this. They did not have the resources or the means in which to do this. The past still existed under Hitler’s rule, though just like in 1984, the past doesn’t really matter. Both of these totalitarian regimes oppress and ultimately destroy the people they seek to control. Someone who wants power, whether it is one person or the collective minds of many people, rules both. Both Hitler and the party did the things they did to get power over others, and that is the most important similarity.