What are the Key Themes in 1984? (+ Essay Examples) - Part 3

[@imogenparker8556]

these videos are great, thanks so much Leila

[@jeddle]

Thank you so much Neil :)

[@sophiagaris5966]

Hey! I Have my trial coming up in three weeks and I was wondering how you would advise re-learning and studying Mod A, Mod b and Mod C as well as Orwell for paper 1? Thanks so much these videos save me !!

[@jeddle]

Hey Sophia, thanks for the question! The best way to revise is to: 1. prepare a draft essay to a fairly generic question (but one that focuses on a theme/idea that you are comfortable with) for EACH module. Make sure to include at least ONE example of the FORM of the text (e.g. dramatic form, or third person limited narration in the case of 1984) in each paragraph, as well as ONE link to context in each paragraph (at least). 2. After making that essay perfect, time it and make sure you can write it out in 32 minutes. 3. Learn those essay wells (I would memorise them like a speech, as that's faster than writing them out each time) 4. While memorising and AFTER memorising, practice writing new introductions and topic sentences (and occasionally full essays) to a variety of different questions. Answering the actual question on the day is the number priority in the exam, but you can often keep a LOT of your memorised material.

[@Ashley-nu9xs]

I completely thought that the "blue bottle" in the novel was the jellyfish that you're talking about until my teacher told me Orwell was actually referring to a blue bottle fly haha. I suppose it makes sense because blue bottle flies can actually fly. Do you think maybe Orwell was talking about how flies are omnipresent and attracted to death? Could this foreshadow Winston's death? I'd really appreciate your opinion :).

[@jeddle]

I think you could interpret it either way! There doesn't seem to be a material distinction either way. The point is that the helicopter is ELUSIVE and MYSTERIOUS, like either of those specimens. Omnipresence is a trait that you could also ascribe to this image, though you may like to couple that analysis with the motif of the telescreen.

[@jojolionjoestar1621]

please make a video on all the light we cannot see by Anthony Doerr ;-;

[@jeddle]

We will try and cover this asap!

[@_FrozenPotato_]

Do you think they would ask a question which specifically mentions an idea like love or something which differs from ideas you have chosen?

[@jeddle]

Definitely possible. But you can almost certainly reframe a concept like 'love' through the lens of the concepts explained here. For example: totalitarian control = love for Big Brother