ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What’s the first thing Winston writes in his diary?
A
A film review
B
Report on Hate Week
C
His feelings about O’Brien
D
His views on Oceania
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -That evening, Winston records in his diary his memory of his last sexual encounter, which was with a prole prostitute. He thinks about the Party’s hatred of sex, and decides that their goal is to remove pleasure from the sexual act, so that it becomes merely a duty to the Party, a way of producing new Party members.

Detailed explanation-2: -Winston looks down and realizes that he has written “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER” over and over again in his diary. He has committed thoughtcrime-the most unpardonable crime-and he knows that the Thought Police will seize him sooner or later.

Detailed explanation-3: -Winston muses a bit on the Party’s control over thought and realizes that he is writing the diary for O’Brien, the only person he believes to be on is side. He finishes this diary entry with the line “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four.

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