1984 Chapter Summaries

The Two Minutes Hate, implemented by the Party, is a time frame in which the Party’s enemies (especially Emmanuel Goldstein) are ridiculed and hated by members of Oceania. The crowd is always a violent uproar and the citizens are all absorbed in the energy of it, even if they secretly don’t actually feel the hatred. During this time Winston sees the dark-haired girl, who is behind him, participating in the action. (Pages

In April, 1984, Winston Smith returns to his apartment in Victory Mansions. Winston is an insignificant official in the Party, the totalitarian political regime that rules Oceania (this used to be England). In his apartment, an instrument called a telescreen spreads propaganda, and allows the Thought Police to monitor the actions of citizens. Winston works at the Ministry of Truth, where he alters historical records to match the Party’s official version of past events. Winston pulls out a small diary he recently purchased and begins writing in it despite realizing that this constitutes an act of rebellion against the Party. He writes about his lust and hatred towards a dark-haired girl who works in the Fiction Department at the Ministry of

Winston is walking around in Oceania when he notices the dark haired girl with her arm in a sling. Next thing he knows the girl trips and Winston cannot help staring at her. He knows the danger

1984’s protagonist goes by the name of Winston Smith. Winston is a citizen of Oceania and works at the Ministry of Truth, where his job is to alter historical documents to make it look like The Party is always right.There are three classes in Oceania, the Inner Party (the wealthy elites), the Outer Party (of which Winston is a member) and the proles, who are the poor people. The Inner Party is the

1984 by George Orwell describes a dystopian society in which Winston Smith, the main character, resides. The society, Oceania, is controlled by The Party, which maintains its regime by employing Thought Police that apprehend anyone with grievances against The Party, or its figure head, Big Brother. The story begins when Winston purchases a blank diary, in which he writes anything he finds necessary to document; this ranges from daily events to anti-Party messages. The first part of the novel describes the totalitarian nature of The Party through the daily experiences of Winston. When Winston bumps into a girl he until this point despised, he receives a note from her saying that she loves him. Upon reading this note, Winston is initially paranoid

The city of Oceania is so deprived of their freedom, that even thinking is considered a crime. This crime is called “thoughtcrime” Winston realizes that he is not like the others so he begins to write his thoughts in a

The Party controls everything in Oceania, even the people’s history and language. Currently, the Party is forcing the implementation of an invented language called Newspeak, which attempts to prevent political rebellion by eliminating all words related to it. Even thinking rebellious thoughts is illegal. Such thoughtcrime is, in fact, the worst of all crimes. The party completely abolishes free thoughts, sex, and any oppression or expression of individuality. It is an absolute abysmal time; Winston has not been brainwashed by the “thought police” or the party. Winston spends his evenings wandering through the poorest neighborhoods in London, where the proletarians, live grimy lives, proportionately free of Party monitoring. Winston, with his thoughts of overthrowing the government is part of a committee called “The Ministry of Truth.” His occupation is to amend historical records to for the needs of the party. To review records of what really happened and then to amend them to please the party would drive someone off the edge. He then notices a secret admirer who has been staring at him. He has concerns that she might be working for the thoughtpolice and would turn him in if he expressed any interest. Formerly, he receives a spontaneously written letter from this girl. The letter reads, “I love you” from Julia. The couple begin an unpublished affair in the shadows, constantly looking out for the party

In 1984 the world is at war, Oceania a ‘totalitarian super country’ fighting for control “in a constant state of war with either Eurasia or Eastasia…(Brussat, Frederic and Mary Ann. Web), while emitting propaganda to their cause of being the right country that ‘values you.’ In this film fear and

George Orwell was the pseudonym for Eric Arthur Blair, and he was famous for his personnel vendetta against totalitarian regimes and in particular the Stalinist brand of communism. In his novel, 1984, Orwell has produced a brilliant social critique on totalitarianism and a future dystopia, that has made the world pause and think about our past, present and future, as the situation of 1984 always remains menacingly possible. The story is set in a futuristic 1984 London, where a common man Winston Smith has turned against the totalitarian government. Orwell has portrayed the concepts of power, marginalization, and resistance through physical, psychological, sexual and political control. The way that Winston Smith, the central

However, Winston is a living illustration of the antonym of a hero, for a myriad of reasons. The society that Winston unwillingly resides in is inscrutably an evil place, a vapid void of meaninglessness, with the citizens greatest aspiration being mediocrity. This quicksand of a society is called Oceania, a place existing as an allusion to tyrannical and imperialistic societies of the world during World World II. It is ruled by Big Brother, the enigmatic figurehead of the Party.

Winston 's current situation working there is the major factor which lets him realize how Big brothers hold back the peoples opportunity to freedom. However, Winston keeps his thoughts and hate about Big Brother and the party for his own secret in his diary because the party will not allow anyone keeping a rebellious idea. After a while Big Brother realizes Winston’s suspicious behavior and has an individual named O’Brien sent to watch over Winston. O’Brien is a very smart man from the Ministry of truth, who is a member of the 'inner party '(the higher class). Winston comes to trust him and shares his inner secrets and ideas about the rebellion against Big Brother. O 'Brien tells Winston about a man named Emmanuel Goldstein whom claims to know the leader of the rebels against Big Brother. This also promises Winston to get a copy of the book he Longley desires. Suddenly O’Brien goes against Winston as Big Brother had already planned. Showing major secretive external conflict.

In 1984 the main character, Winston, lives in the country of Oceania where only three types of people exist. Proles, who

Sexual repression theme: this is Winston's dream- the only safe place for independent thought. Citizens of Oceania are not allowed to have sexual pleasure; only reproduction of more Party members. He is rebelling- which is against the law and he can be caught by the thought police for having these thoughts.

Written by George Orwell, 1984 is a utopian and dystopian fiction novel follows the rebellious life of the main character, Winston Smith. Winston’s strictly confined and deprived life takes place in London, under the manipulative rule of the nation of Oceania. The Party, which controls every aspect of Oceania, eliminates every form of rebellion in every possible manner, and keeps a close eye on Winston through telescreens. Winston, angry at the Party for oppressing individuality, rebels in secret by writing his criminal thoughts in a diary he purchased. This small but illegal action leads into a string of complications for Winston as he tries to connect with the Brotherhood, a rebellious group Winston has heard of. The novel’s well-executed plot and cleverness has earned it the Prometheus award, an award for libertarian science fiction novels.

Winston Smith, George Orwell’s main character from 1984, contributes greatly to the novel in many ways. While he is presented to be a simple man, Winston adds many complex ideas to the classic piece of literature. Orwell uses internal and external characteristics, symbols, and significant quotes to develop Winston’s role in 1984.