I actually have not made the connection of the gin as its own theme within the book nor have I seen the importance of the gin scented tears in the ending phrase. But it absolutely is its own narrative that has a role from beginning to end! Thank you for this video, the analysis is brilliant and although I've not read the book for school or any essay purpose your video helped in understanding the symbolic nature of the ending.
Absolutely, the motif of the gin throughout the novel really does hammer home the point that Big Brother is trying to saturate the human psyche with his ideology.
I feel like the Gin scented tears were mentioned to remove doubt whether he was actually 'at liberty' (I use that very loosely!) or still in the Ministry of Love being executed.
i don't think he gets shot but maybe it's his premonition that he will get shot, since he has now learned how to love big brother, like o'brien always said would happen to him
No, not sex, LOVE, which really just means the true central self, the heart, the innermost being, which is where Julia resides; the very real estate that The Party insists on total ownership. The key scene, the pivotal dialogue, is when O’Brien asks Smith if he believes in God, because without God there is no Objective Truth, and The Party has already won.
I am deeply curious to know the political beliefs of those who have a masterful understanding of 1984. Obviously, there is no absolute path one takes when understanding the novel so intricately but I wonder if those who understand the words on a deeper level are able to better mark the parallels between the book and modernity.
They did NOT overthrow Big Brother. The novel is a cautionary tale, which means Orwell is scaring us into action. He is saying 'Look what can/will happen if we allow ourselves to be this oppressed. You all need to speak out and defend your freedom or you will lose your freedom forever'.
@@jeddle oh oh.....now I get it....Thanks a lot...The ending was indeee very dark....I am accustomed to reading stories with a decent happy ending but this book....its brilliantly written...thanks again!
Great point! The appendix is certainly worth reading IN DETAIL. It suggests that despite the 'ending' of the story, which is quite pessimistic, there remains a glimmer of hope due to the difficulty of completely eradicating timeless texts and languages such as Shakespeare.
@@abjajyotisarma6372 but I didn't understood where that killing took place, he was at the coffee house and at this moment he was killed at court, it left me very confused
Given that the 'long-hoped-for bullet' entered Winston's brain while daydreaming about the Ministry of Love, this is a matter of interpretation. It is arguable that this moment of psychological defeat is simultaneous with his actual murder, as the novel makes it clear that an execution is inevitable for anyone who has committed thoughtcrime. However, whether you take his death as literal or metaphorical in this particular moment, in both cases it is clear that Winston's soul, autonomy, and his rebellious potential, have all been completely extinguished. His 'self' has been executed, even if his physical body continues to exist.
@@jeddle Thank you very much for your elaborate answer, I personally took the bullet metaphorically as his mind got killed, and you made me understand it fully. Thank you!
"Of course, no one at the Ministry of Love murdered Winston, even though O'Brien threatened (or promised?) that Winston would eventually be shot. But O'Brien and the Ministry of Love did murder Winston's self. At the end of the novel, Winston no longer exists as a thinking individual. He exists only as a puppet of the Party, forever selfless, forever loving Big Brother. Winston's self is the part that makes him human and unique - it essentially is Winston. And now that it is dead, he waits only for his soulless shell of a body to die as well."
I definitely see the potential irony (i.e. controlling how they think), but when it comes to structuring thought and writing, sometimes you have to learn how to crawl before you can walk, so to speak. If a student feels confident with their writing, they can branch off from recommended structures, but I don't feel that recommending ideas about body paragraphs in an essay is akin to Big Brother's repression of thought. We welcome new ideas and diverse structures; Big Brother does not.
Hey can someone explain to me in short terms if Oceania was actually in war? Are there really people getting killed somewhere in a war? and if not who are the people who the regime is showing of as prisoners of war? Thanks in advance!
Hey Artur, great question! I think whether Oceania was actually in a war is a matter of speculation (so there is no definite answer). The important point, however, is that it does not matter. There always APPEARS to be a war and thus the people of Oceania are always in a state of fear (which strips them of their capacity to think critically about Big Brother and the kind of world in which they are living). Let us assume that there is no war going on with the other superpowers and that all of Big Brother's propaganda (including images of people as prisoners of war) about the war is entirely fabricated (which personally I believe to be the case); to the people of Oceania, it appears to be real and thus is just as effective as rendering them afraid, compliant, and psychologically vulnerable to totalitarian control.
If that's directed towards Leila or Jonny, that's a deceptively deep question. If you had not yet been born, where were 'you' in 1984? For those born after 1984, perhaps the question is 'WHAT were you in 1984'? The answer obviously isn't 'I was me'. I was not me, for there was no 'I' at that point, so perhaps 'I' was unmanifested human potential residing unconsciously in the universe?
I recently finished the book and I was devastated by the ending. very scary and you gave clarity to the conclusion. Thank you so much!
I actually have not made the connection of the gin as its own theme within the book nor have I seen the importance of the gin scented tears in the ending phrase. But it absolutely is its own narrative that has a role from beginning to end!
Thank you for this video, the analysis is brilliant and although I've not read the book for school or any essay purpose your video helped in understanding the symbolic nature of the ending.
Absolutely, the motif of the gin throughout the novel really does hammer home the point that Big Brother is trying to saturate the human psyche with his ideology.
I feel like the Gin scented tears were mentioned to remove doubt whether he was actually 'at liberty' (I use that very loosely!) or still in the Ministry of Love being executed.
So he didn’t physically get shot at the end correct? It was a metaphor for him giving in?
That’s what I’m trying to figure out
he didnt get shot. he was fantasizing it in his head
i don't think he gets shot but maybe it's his premonition that he will get shot, since he has now learned how to love big brother, like o'brien always said would happen to him
It was his 'self' that recieved the metaphorical bullet.
I would rather be shot... But I've read it.. what a god damn nightmare..
Watching this a day before the hsc. Thank you..
Hope you nail it!
I never thought about that fact that The Party's words could be taken as a symbolic rape of Winston. That's an awesome analysis
No, not sex, LOVE, which really just means the true central self, the heart, the innermost being, which is where Julia resides; the very real estate that The Party insists on total ownership.
The key scene, the pivotal dialogue, is when O’Brien asks Smith if he believes in God, because without God there is no Objective Truth, and The Party has already won.
I am deeply curious to know the political beliefs of those who have a masterful understanding of 1984. Obviously, there is no absolute path one takes when understanding the novel so intricately but I wonder if those who understand the words on a deeper level are able to better mark the parallels between the book and modernity.
So its not a happy ending..?
I don't understand if winston and the proles did not overthrow Big brother ..then what was the purpose of the book?
They did NOT overthrow Big Brother. The novel is a cautionary tale, which means Orwell is scaring us into action. He is saying 'Look what can/will happen if we allow ourselves to be this oppressed. You all need to speak out and defend your freedom or you will lose your freedom forever'.
@@jeddle oh oh.....now I get it....Thanks a lot...The ending was indeee very dark....I am accustomed to reading stories with a decent happy ending but this book....its brilliantly written...thanks again!
@@jeddleI just finished reading the book. I think your interpretation of the book and the conclusion you drew from it are really interesting!
what about the appendix?
Great point! The appendix is certainly worth reading IN DETAIL. It suggests that despite the 'ending' of the story, which is quite pessimistic, there remains a glimmer of hope due to the difficulty of completely eradicating timeless texts and languages such as Shakespeare.
Funny an Australian school is talking abt this book rn
Freedom day only days away...
@@jeddle lol
@@jeddle 'Freedom Day" is Orwellian in itself.
@@jeddle Hows that freedom day working out?
i didnt understood if he really died at the end or no
Yes he was killed. Not a happy ending if you are expecting.
@@abjajyotisarma6372 but I didn't understood where that killing took place, he was at the coffee house and at this moment he was killed at court, it left me very confused
Given that the 'long-hoped-for bullet' entered Winston's brain while daydreaming about the Ministry of Love, this is a matter of interpretation. It is arguable that this moment of psychological defeat is simultaneous with his actual murder, as the novel makes it clear that an execution is inevitable for anyone who has committed thoughtcrime. However, whether you take his death as literal or metaphorical in this particular moment, in both cases it is clear that Winston's soul, autonomy, and his rebellious potential, have all been completely extinguished. His 'self' has been executed, even if his physical body continues to exist.
@@jeddle Thank you very much for your elaborate answer, I personally took the bullet metaphorically as his mind got killed, and you made me understand it fully.
Thank you!
"Of course, no one at the Ministry of Love murdered Winston, even though O'Brien threatened (or promised?) that Winston would eventually be shot. But O'Brien and the Ministry of Love did murder Winston's self. At the end of the novel, Winston no longer exists as a thinking individual. He exists only as a puppet of the Party, forever selfless, forever loving Big Brother.
Winston's self is the part that makes him human and unique - it essentially is Winston. And now that it is dead, he waits only for his soulless shell of a body to die as well."
I love how you tell "students" exactly what to write for each paragraph. Ironically.
I definitely see the potential irony (i.e. controlling how they think), but when it comes to structuring thought and writing, sometimes you have to learn how to crawl before you can walk, so to speak. If a student feels confident with their writing, they can branch off from recommended structures, but I don't feel that recommending ideas about body paragraphs in an essay is akin to Big Brother's repression of thought. We welcome new ideas and diverse structures; Big Brother does not.
I’m distracted
You can do it.
Hey can someone explain to me in short terms if
Oceania was actually in war?
Are there really people getting killed somewhere in a war?
and if not who are the people who the regime is showing of as prisoners of war?
Thanks in advance!
Hey Artur, great question! I think whether Oceania was actually in a war is a matter of speculation (so there is no definite answer). The important point, however, is that it does not matter. There always APPEARS to be a war and thus the people of Oceania are always in a state of fear (which strips them of their capacity to think critically about Big Brother and the kind of world in which they are living).
Let us assume that there is no war going on with the other superpowers and that all of Big Brother's propaganda (including images of people as prisoners of war) about the war is entirely fabricated (which personally I believe to be the case); to the people of Oceania, it appears to be real and thus is just as effective as rendering them afraid, compliant, and psychologically vulnerable to totalitarian control.
Oceaniana is at war with Eurasia...Oceaniana has always been at war with Eurasia.
@@GeneralFuct 😂
this was supposed to be a warning .. but some are using its as a playbook
Where were you in 1984?
If that's directed towards Leila or Jonny, that's a deceptively deep question. If you had not yet been born, where were 'you' in 1984? For those born after 1984, perhaps the question is 'WHAT were you in 1984'? The answer obviously isn't 'I was me'. I was not me, for there was no 'I' at that point, so perhaps 'I' was unmanifested human potential residing unconsciously in the universe?
2 + 2 = Men can be women, women can be men... 2024.
That's rightthink they didn't say how it took over
Careful y'all! It's a member of the Inner Party!
This book should be banned! A newspaper editor gave me this book in the seventies when I was 14 years old. It ruined my entire life.
Because of the way it made you view the world? Or something else
Because you are in the upper *TOP CLASS* who get the all privilege they want...?
@@Ben-tf8dc yes that is correct. It was like it opened my eyes. And of course I did not like what I saw.
@@poplarboy7129 ignorance is strength. freedom is slavery.
You’re speaking really fast which makes it extremely difficult to grasp the content. Could be please be slower in your future videos?
Thanks so much for the feedback!
you literally can slow it down. I had this on 1.75x speed and could comprehend everything she said
You can always slow the playback speed. Her speed was fine 😍