If you've finished reading Goldstein's Book, this one's for you....
BACKGROUND: After reading "The Book", Winston gains a sense of clarity that he never achieved before. In fact, he finishes reading it and then says the words "Sanity is not statistical". This prompt is designed to get you thinking about what that sentence means.
PROMPT: In a short response piece of no more than two pages, please explain what Orwell means by the sentence "Sanity is not statistical." In order to prove it, I'd like you to rely on evidence from both Part One of the novel, as well as from Goldstein's Book.
NB: Think about what "The Book" teaches Winston. Think about all the ideas that he had swirling around in his head in Part One that "The Book" confirms for him. Think about the way that certain passages from "The Book" echo passages from Part One. Think!
The same evaluation criteria and basic requirements from the Part One response still apply here.
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