Back to the Future: Reading 1984 (continued)
Topics: Reading, High School
Facing his biggest fear proves too much for Winston, and he snaps- screaming out, “Do it to Julia!” Winston betrays his love, and Big Brother chalks up another win. The now broken, and therefore harmless, Winston is released – not even a chance meeting with Julia, whom he now finds disgusting- is enough to heal him. Instead he is convinced of his one true love- for Big Brother.
Useful vocabulary to describe the ending:
- Depravity- Moral corruption
- Capitulate- Surrender
- Submission- Yielding to another
- Acquiescence- Acceptance
- Coercion- To impose one’s will on another
Jessica Buck taught middle school language arts and high school English for seven years, as well as served as the Head of the English Department. She is currently taking on her greatest teaching challenge: raising her one-year-old daughter.
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