Audio Silence (1984): Literal and Figurative

Posted by David Roberts in College English · Giknis · B Band on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at 10:14 am

Group members: David, James, Kwan, Ayala, Eric

In today's podcast, Audio Silence discusses the book 1984 written by George Orwell. 1984 takes place in a totalitarian society governed by the Party and Big Brother. The Party rules with an iron fist, watching everyone all the time. One of the ways they accomplish this rock solid rule is by altering the past. In this podcast, we share and discuss some literal and figurative examples of the main character's investigation into this altered past.

Sources cited:

- pg 80 "The point was that at both...the confessions were lies."
- pg 100 "Winston came across to...he did not remember the statue."

- pg 98 "What appealed to him about it was not so much its beauty as the air it seemed to possess of belonging to an age quite different from the present one."

https://www.soundtrap.com/play/xN-r6ewgT9OfXWm7Lyh4mA/english-1984-pod-cast/

Comments (9)

Alan Lee Chan

I enjoyed how you guys talked so casual when recording the podcast. Sound like you all are having a good time! :D

Sharron Norton

First, I love Kwan's role in this podcast. His voice, everything with him not even trying just uplifts the video as a whole. This group does well into dissecting their evidence and explaining.

Thomas Conley

It seemed that you all had a good understanding of the book and even when you didn't it was very charming and entertaining. As everyone else has said, the personalities really shine in this group, and I was thoroughly entertained.

Tai-Monae Bailey

You guys were very familiar and comfortable with the reading and can back up your ideas and thoughts. Your voices flow nicely together.

Ethan Larrabee

The analysis was great, but I felt the standout aspect of the podcast are the different personalities. Each person has their own unique position within the discussion which, coupled with the humor, makes it more engaging.

Sashoya Dougan

many examples were used in this so it was very analytical and less opinionated which made listeners able to follow along with the book itself a lot better.

Lauren Nicolella

The clarity of this podcast was amazing! This was a great podcast and I loved how there was comedy was seamlessly apart of it and made it more enjoyable to listen to.

Autumn Lor

I enjoyed how you guys knew about the writing in the book. You guys really did you research about it and it was a good way to introduce it as the first episode

Miguel Rivera

I thought that Y'all were great. Your voices were clear and loud. The tone of the show was fun and a lot of back and front. I like the part that Silverman said: "That we are all wrong…" I thought the show had a clear story structure and outline of the topics. Good Job!