lease try to answer these questions and give us a conclusion about the parts of space described in the abstract for your team. 1the following questions and make a conclusion about the characteristic features of the place described:
1. Is Winston s home comfortable? Which words from the abstract can you name to prove your answer?
2. Is Winston s apartment safe enough? Can Winston do what he wants to do being at home?
. Which elements of space make Winston feel locked?
(Conclusion of the first team: Winston Smith, the main character of the novel, lives in poor living conditions. The Victory Mansions is extremely shabby building with unpleasant smells of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. Besides the lift inside of the building is always broken so Winston whose leg hurts has to go up on the seventh floor by foot. Moreover we can see two specific detail of the interior which prevent Winston from feeling calm and secure in his own house and flat. These are the poster with the enormous face of Big Brother gazed from the wall and caption: BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU and the telescreen, device for watching people. The telescreen can t be shut off completely and this device can pick up every Winston s word and movement. And the poster on the wall was so contrived that the eyes follow could follow Winston about when he moved. We can make a conclusion that Winston s home is particularly shabby, uncomfortable place where a person can t feel safe even for a second. We would say that this building itself looks like a prison where Winston s flat is his cell and Big Brother is the main prison guard. Winston is a prisoner in his own house) .2the following questions and make a conclusion about the characteristic features of the place described:
1. Does Winston like the place of his date with Julia? What emotions and feelings does he feel while being there?
2. Why does Julia ask Winston to keep silent?
. Which details of the space calm Julia down and allow her to start speaking?
(Conclusion of the second team: though the space chosen by Julia for their first date is characterized by safe from telescreens and Big Brother s eyes place, Winston feels uncomfortable here. The sunshine which must give energy and good mood makes Winston feel dirty and etiolated as he has got used to dusty London streets and buildings. Besides Julia herself feels scared of microphones which might be hidden somewhere on the trees. That is why she forbids Winston to talk and herself keeps silence until the branches of the trees are thin so that the microphone can t be hidden there. As we can see the open area still can t be safe enough, fresh air and sunshine become the reason for feeling unwell for Winston. We can make a conclusion that this part of the space can be viewed as a closed space where anyone can t help feeling scared of the possibility to be arrested) .3the following questions and make a conclusion about the characteristic features of the place described:
1. Which details of the interior make Winston think that he is in the cell of Ministry of love?
2. Which details of space prevent Winston from sleeping and eating?
. Why can t Winston tell what time it is?
(Conclusion of the second team: The third abstract describes the cell in the Ministry of love. Though Winston can t say for sure where he is placed such details of the interior as high-ceilinged windowless cell and walls of glittering white porcelain assure Winston and the reader that it is prison cell. Thus we can see closed space where amenity such as bed and lavatory are absent. Moreover the devises for watching are quadruplicated - there are four telescreens on the walls instead of one. Every slightest movement is immediately noticed by those who are watching Winston. Another important detail in the description of this place is absolute absence of any temporal references - Winston can t tell for how long he has already been sitting here. The only thing which Winston could understand, the last thing which connected him with outer world, time, was stolen from him in this prison cell. We can make a conclusion that the part of space described in abstract three is shown as a perfect closed space where even time stops for a prisoner)..: Thank you for wonderful observations that you ve made. We found out that in all three parts of the novel closed kinds of space are given. We can see how separate details of interior make up the world of fear and captivity. Every next place where Winston finds himself turns out to be unsafe for him. The main character constantly feels discomfort, cold, constraints and fear for his life. These are life conditions in a c...
