Eng Lit, LAP 4, Day 2

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Eng Lit, LAP 4, Day 2

• Discuss Book 1 Chapters 1-3
• Historical Background
• Setting, Political System
• Orwell Biography

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Homework

• LAP 3 test is due today
• Read Book 1 Chapters 4-6
• Journalat least 200 words
• BIG QUESTION Is Newspeak a good or a bad idea?
  Defend your response using your own knowledge as
  well as information from the book.
• Vocab unit 12 quiz is due K day.
• Start looking for extra credit!

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Book 1, Chapters 1-3
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Quiz

• 1. Name the main character in Nineteen
  Eighty-Four.
• 2. Name the building the main character lives in.
• 3. What is the main characters political party
  called?
• 4. What is one of the activities the main
  character must participate in each day?
• 5. Who hits the main character with something in
  the back of the head?

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Historical Background

• Nineteen Eighty-Four was written in 1948 what
  was going on in England/ the rest of the world
  during this time?

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Orwell Biography

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Government Types

• Socialism economic and political arrangements
  that emphasize public or community ownership of
  productive property.
• Communism government ownership rather than
  private ownership of land, factories, and other
  economic resources.
• Communists and socialists both seek public
  ownership or regulation of the principal means of
  production. But most socialists favor peaceful
  and legal methods to achieve their goals, while
  Communists have often used force without regard
  to law.

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Totalitarianism

• A government in which the state has absolute
  control over almost every aspect of people's
  lives. The individual is considered a servant of
  the state and is allowed almost no freedom of
  choice or expression.
• A totalitarian government is ruled by one
  political party headed by, in most cases, a
  dictator. The party sets certain economic and
  social goals for the state, and it outlaws any
  activity that could interfere with the
  achievement of these goals. Most totalitarian
  governments prohibit such groups as labor unions
  and trade associations. Religious practices are
  forbidden unless they promote the policies of the
  state.

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Totalitarianism

• Under a totalitarian system, the government uses
  terror tactics to suppress individuals or groups
  who oppose the state. These tactics are carried
  out by a secret police force and the armed
  services. The government also uses censorship to
  silence anyone who criticizes its policies. The
  media spread government propaganda, and the
  schools teach absolute loyalty to the state.
• A totalitarian government controls the nation's
  economy through ownership or management of
  farmland and industry. Thus, it determines the
  type and quantity of crops and goods that are
  produced.

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Book Background

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Freedom

• What freedoms do you enjoy in your home and in
  your community?
• Which freedoms are you denied? Why? Do you
  accept why you are denied those freedoms? Why or
  why not?