Blog #55
Joseph Nadler
Blog #55
Period 9
6/13/2020
Sophomores 2020
Aim: How are the readers of 1984 warned about the power
of manipulation?
Class notes:
Do now:
- Can you alter your own feelings by force of will? Why/Why Not? No, because feelings are a subconscious action.
- Can someone else alter another person’s innermost feelings? No, because, again, feelings are subconscious.
Discussion:
- Why was there such difficulty recording what happened? Memories change and/or get “corrupted”.
- Why is it so easy to forget what transpired, even though only a couple of days had passed? Human memory is easily malleable, thus we can forget a lot of things soon after the events transpire.
- How can forgetting leave people vulnerable? Forgetting can leave people vulnerable because then other people can implant false memories, causing unnecessary problems.
My thoughts:
Reflection:
Today we reflected upon the part of the book that we read as a whole, as well as the relationship between Julia and Winston. Their relationship shows us readers that, although there are activities that are illegal, if nobody sees anything it didn’t happen.
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