2 directions – terrible things happen to characters and A) they escape their fate B) the establishment wins.

2 directions – terrible things happen to characters and

◦A) they escape their fate◦B) the “establishment” wins”

◦ Act 1 Exposition which establishes parameters of society Event at end introduces conflict

◦ Act 2 Rising action Attempts by main character to escape or change

society Climax at the end - one side or other must win

◦ Act 3 The aftermath – theme derived from resolution Escape successful/society changed vs. failure

POV - Inside Representative of powerful; those in control Typical citizen- happy or blissfully unaware

◦ Patriotic & can’t comprehend dissatisfaction◦ Naively take for granted the way things are◦ Passive/philosophical – understand, but no need

or point in change At least one disenfranchised who desires

escape/change◦ Begin w/+ feelings, high rank◦ Begin w/desire to change but feel powerless

Individual worth nothing more than value as part of government machine

Power can reside in a single dictator or larger organization

Forms of control include means of communication, education, mass media, pop culture, military, society

Controlling group uses pop culture to distract members

Controlling body uses a scapegoat to deflect blame for suffering

Born Eric Blair in Bengal, India Attended prestigious prep school Eton

◦ on scholarship◦ unpopular◦ skeptical of English class system

Joined British Civil Service◦ Imperial Police stationed in Burma◦ resigned in 1927

Lived in poverty Poverty as punishment for his job in Burma

◦ oppressive British government

means that it expresses a pessimistic view of a dull, uniform world where every aspect of life is controlled and organized by the State

Spanish Civil War ◦ evidence of the falsification of news ◦ invention of false news◦ " I saw history being written not in terms of

what happened but of what ought to have happened, according to the party ; this kind of thing is frightening to me. If a leader says of such-and-such an event that it never happened - well, it never happened. If he says that two and two are five -well, two and two are five. "

Twisted and corrupted for political ends language controls people Newspeak

◦ restrictive◦ no word = no ability to comprehend concept