essay feedback. introductions introduce the text including the author and title of the novel. define...
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Essay Feedback
Introductions
• Introduce the text including the author and title of the novel.
• Define the key terms!!!
What does it mean to be human?
E.g.. The Party has destroyed human qualities such as love,
complex emotion and rational thought.
Body
• Allow for a broader discussion of the text.
• We know that there are many ways the Party achieves the destruction of humanity.
• Acknowledge this! Even if you are only discussing some in further depth.
Topic Sentences
• Try to group your ideas to cover more ground.
• For example a paragraph about how the telescreens work will limit your discussion.
• The telescreen is one way of controlling people’s thoughts and actions. They are fearful of being watched.
But…
• If you spend a whole paragraph discussing the telescreens you will not be showing knowledge of all of the other ways fear is created by the Party.
So…
• Why not write a paragraph about fear?
• E.g.. The Party controls people’s thoughts and the opportunity for rebellion by keeping them in a state of constant fear.
Now you have more room to discuss….
• The fear of being reported to the Thought Police by your children.
• Fear of invasion through the state of constant war and how that controls people.
• Rocket bombs falling.
• Public hangings and trials.
• Fear of Goldstein.
Your turn…
• What do the following pieces of evidence have in common?
• War is Peace
• Doublethink
• 2 + 2 = 5
• The Party claims they invented aeroplanes
• The Party changes who they are war with
Conclusions
• Your conclusion should include a summary of your main ideas.
• It should also comment on Orwell’s purpose in writing the text.
• It should also consider why the Party has destroyed what it means to be human.