Describe what happens when Winston goes to the antique shop, and who he sees when he comes out. He buys an old paperweight that has a piece of coral in it. Charrington tells Winston the part of an old nursery rhyme. When he leaves the shop he sees the girl from the Fiction Department.

Winston Smith works in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth, where his job is to rewrite historical documents so they match the constantly changing current party line. This involves revising newspaper articles and doctoring photographs—mostly to remove “unpersons”, people who have fallen afoul of the party.

Winston introduces the theory behind the work he does at the Ministry of Truth. The Party understands that by rewriting the events of the past and controlling the narrative of history, they can maintain their position of authority.

Even though Winston is constantly manipulating the truth, he is profoundly affected by this discovery: But this was concrete evidence; it was a fragment of the abolished past, like a fossil bone which turns up in the wrong stratum and destroys a geological theory.

Thesis: In the novel 1984 George Orwell uses the chocolate to symbolize the past. TS2: The chocolate along with Winston’s regret of his past actions also symbolizes his realization that the past couldn’t have been as bad as the party put it to be. …

Big Brother is a fictional character and symbol in George Orwell’s dystopian 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is ostensibly the leader of Oceania, a totalitarian state wherein the ruling party Ingsoc wields total power “for its own sake” over the inhabitants.

Totalitarianism is one of the major themes of the novel, 1984. It presents the type of government where even the head of the government is unknown to the public. This theme serves as a warning to the people because such regime unleashes propaganda to make people believe in the lies presented by the government.

In 1984 book, the rats represent Winston’s deepest fears because he is more afraid of them than of anything else. On a deeper level, however, the rats also symbolize the extent of the Party’s control over the people of Oceania.

Meaning of Big Brother is Watching You The phrase refers to the government’s surveillance of the people with listening devices and cameras, in a totalitarian society, where Big Brother is the head of the totalitarian regime.

1 : an older brother. 2 : a man who serves as a companion, father figure, and role model for a boy. 3 capitalized both Bs [Big Brother, personification of the power of the state in 1984 (1949) by George Orwell] a : the leader of an authoritarian state or movement.

“Big Brother is really, really bad” would be translated into “Big Brother is double plus ungood”.

Whatnot is another word for odds and ends. Whatnot also means etcetera, so it often comes at the end of a list. You can use this word to indicate additional things of any kind that you don’t feel like naming. At the zoo, you might see lions, zebras, giraffes, and whatnot.

Q From Mark Lord: I am looking for the origin and meaning of the phrase Heavens to Betsy. A The meaning is simple enough: it’s a mild American exclamation of shock or surprise. It’s dated, only rarely encountered in print and then most often as an evocation of times past.

A Paddy is still used by the English to refer to the Irish. Whack means to hit once hard and forcefully. A knick-knack is a trinket or other trivial object. Knick-knack may also refer to the practice of tapping out a rhythm using spoons.

“What not” meaning “other undefined stuff” is two words. “When the display shows values — speed, temperature, torque and what not — does it show the maximum values?” “What have you” could be used in the same way in that sentence. “And so on” implies more strongly that there are in fact more items in the list.

In grammatical terms, “What have you done?” is present perfect; “What did you do?” is past simple. You are right in a way – in some contexts they are interchangeable and there isn’t a difference, but as always, context is everything.

Also, the “what have you done” is commonly used for stating shock, anger and/or sadness, e.g. “what have you done to my car!”

phrase. You say what have you at the end of a list in order to refer generally to other things of the same kind. [vagueness] So many things are unsafe these days–milk, cranberry sauce, what have you.