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„1984“ von George Orwell ist eines der bekanntesten Bücher weltweit.
Fürs Abi in Englisch steht der Roman ebenfalls oft auf dem Lehrplan.
Ich mag das Buch 🙂
Falls es dir (noch) nicht so geht, dann helfen dir die folgenden Infografiken dabei, einen besseren Überblick über den Roman zu bekommen.
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„1984“ George Orwell: Diese Infografik gibt dir einen Überblick über:
- Big Brother und die Ministerien
- die Themen
- die Symbole
- die Hauptcharaktere.
Der Roman wird häufig als dystopischer Zukunftsroman bezeichnet.
Inwiefern sich die dort behandelten Zukunfsthemen bereits verwirklicht haben, stellt diese Infografik dar:
1984 George Orwell: Infografik Themen
Hier bekommst du einen tollen Überblick über die wichtigsten Charaktere auf Englisch.
1984 George Orwell| Characters
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Winston Smith | Winston Smith is the protagonist through whose eyes the story is told. Winston belongs to the Outer Party, yet he hates all it stands for and secretly rebels. |
| Big Brother | Big Brother is the mustachioed embodiment of the Party who rules Oceania and who is likely only a symbol for totalitarian rule rather than a real person. |
| O’Brien | O’Brien is a member of the Inner Party whom Winston instinctively follows as a man who seems to share his hatred for the Party. |
| Julia | Julia is a young woman and fellow hater of Big Brother with whom Winston builds a romantic relationship. |
| Emmanuel Goldstein | Emmanuel Goldstein is a former leader of the Party who now leads the Brotherhood, the counterrevolutionary group against the Party that may or may not actually exist. |
| Mr. Charrington | Mr. Charrington appears to be a member of the proles (or working class) who owns an antique shop in London and from whom Winston rents a room for secret rendezvous with Julia. |
| Thought Police | The Thought Police is a Party branch that uses telescreens and other surveillance to report thoughtcrimes. |
| Mr. Parsons | Mr. Parsons is the ideal Outer Party member. He is Winston’s neighbor at Victory Mansions and a lower-level coworker at the Ministry of Truth. |
| Mrs. Parsons | Mrs. Parsons is married to Mr. Parsons and is an overworked homemaker. She is raising two children whom she worries are spies likely to turn either parent into the Thought Police. |
| Syme | Syme is a creative, intelligent, yet orthodox member of the Outer Party. He is a colleague of Winston’s at the Ministry of Truth who is helping to write the 11th edition of the Newspeak dictionary. |
| The Singing Prole Woman | The singing prole woman beneath Winston’s rented room symbolizes the freedom of the proles and the only hope for all of society to regain its freedom. |
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