Introduction to the LAP

ERWC

What is the LAP?

• “Literary Analysis Paper”

• Senior project

• Twenty-percent of your final grade

• Designed to show research, analysis and writing skills

What are the parts of the LAP?

• Research: Three academic articles

• Literary Analysis: Apply articles to the novel 1984

• Introduction

• Three body sections

• Conclusion

You have four choices…

• Government Monitoring & Technology

• Language and Control

• Propaganda & Psychological Manipulation

• Totalitarianism

Government Monitoring & Technology

Definition… • Study of how technology may be used to

regulate social behavior and promote government goals.

You will…• Consider current events in the U.S. today related

to government monitoring and technology • Consider specific advancements in technology

that make government monitoring possible• Study how government monitoring and

technology influence the novel.

Language and Control

Definition… • Consider how limits placed on language by

society and governments can be used to control the flow of thoughts and ideas.

You will…• Research the history of language development

as it parallels the distribution of power• Consider language that is taboo or even legally

dangerous in the U.S. today• Evaluate the use of language to promote Party

goals in the novel

Propaganda & Psychological Manipulation

Definition… • How an organization or government uses

widespread distribution of biased information to control the thoughts and behavior of the masses.

You will…• Research psychological basis for the use of

propaganda• Reflect on propaganda techniques historically

used to influence human behavior • Study how the use of propaganda influences the

novel.

Totalitarianism

Definition… • A totalitarian system of government is one in

which a single party with no opposition makes decisions for all citizens.

You will…• Research totalitarian governments in history.• Research totalitarian government systems in the

world today. • Study how the novel is a cautionary tale to show

the dangers of this type of government.