Hi, doing 1984/Brave New World for Common Module
What techniques/literary devices are used in these quotes?
"'Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it." (Syme)
“‘We do not destroy the heretic because he resists us. . . . We convert him, we capture his inner mind, we reshape him.’” (O'Brien)
BNW: ‘Murder kills only the individual – and, after all, what is an individual? We can make a new one with the greatest ease. Unorthodoxy threatens more than the life of a mere individual; it strikes at society itself.’ (DHC)
I need a quote (with its techniques) that demonstrates the actions of the party in destroying individual freedoms and thinking.
Thanks
Hey, UStoleMyBike!
I would recommend using the second half of the second quote for
1984 and the one you currently have for
Brave New World but to choose a smaller part of it since it's really long. Here's what I found for those quotes
“‘We convert him, we capture his inner mind, we reshape him.’”
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Anaphora of "we" emphasising the party's collective motivations against individual freedoms and thinking.
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Commas to simulate the gradual process of freedom destruction for the individual by the party.
"what is an individual? We can make a new one with the greatest ease."
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Juxtaposition of the "individual" with the
plural pronoun "we", suggesting the destruction of individual identity through mass production under collective authorities.
OR
"Unorthodoxy threatens more than the life of a mere individual; it strikes at society itself."
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Syntax of the sentence with the
semi-colon signifying how an individual's "unorthodoxy" is destroyed to preserve collective interests and stability.
Hope this helps
Let me know if you have any further questions.
Angelina