LITERATURE QUESTIONS
DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He had not yet committed a thought crime
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Keeping a diary was a crime
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He had written DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER 5 times
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It made no difference if he wrote or didn’t write it
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Detailed explanation-1: -He did not do so, however, because he knew that it was useless. Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference.
Detailed explanation-2: -He writes in the diary to get his thoughts out in the only way he can without immediately being caught by the Thought Police (although they do eventually find it).
Detailed explanation-3: -Why does Winston abruptly stop writing in his diary? Partly because of his cramps, and so that he cannot be arrested.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Winston writes in his journal, “If there is hope it lies in the proles.” “Proles” is short for “proletarians, ” which is a word for the working class. He reflects on the current situation in Oceania where 85% of the population is proles. He thought about the percentage. The proles could easily take over the Party.