Transcript 1984 Cover Analysis

1984
Cover Analysis
What can you see
in the background?
Where are these people at?
-Possibly a communications
room for the army, or society.
What are they doing?
What are the men in the
blue suits doing?
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Why are the buildings in the background
pyramids?
It represents slavery; just like in the
Bible, where the Jews were slaves to the
Egyptians and built pyramids and
monuments for them.
On the pyramid it says: Ignorance is
Strength, Freedom is Slavery, War is
Peace.
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Why does the woman have an anti sex
emblem/pin and wears dress so open?
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The illustration has many contradictions
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What is the man in the black clothing
doing?
He is either breaking the wall or
building; another contradiction.
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Symbolizes Berlin wall
Building it represents totalitarian control
Destroying it represents free will
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Main Characters are usually on the front
cover. Man behind the woman and the
woman possibly main charaters
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What does the eye symbolize?
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Biblical view: Hamsa that has the eye of Miriam Judaism; each finger is one of the five books of the
torah, or eye of Fatima, Fatima is daughter Muhammad; the five fingers represent the five Pillars of
Islam. Hamsa main purpose is to protect people from the evil eye, which is like bad karma.
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Natural view: The eye means that some one or something is watching you.
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What or Whom do you think Big Brother is?
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What do you see in this picture?
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The eye, the colors and stars of the Soviet Union Flag
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Represents the Totalitarian government or authority in the novel.
Soviet Communism, Fascism, and Nazism are Totalitarian movements
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What do you see on this cover?
- Red, White and Blue; colors of the American flag.
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What do these colors make you think about the book?
- Freedom, democracy, unification of nationalities.