In George Orwell's Orwell's 1984, 1984, Winston Smith wrestles Smith wrestles with oppression in Oceania, a place where the Party scrutinizes human actions with everwatchful Big Brother !efying a "an on in#ivi#uality, Winston #ares to e$press his thoughts in a #iary an# pursues a relationship with %ulia %ulia &hese criminal #ee#s "ring Winston into the eye of the opposition, who then must reform the nonconformist George Orwell's 1984 intro#uce# 1984 intro#uce# the watchwor#s for life without free#om BIG B(O&)*( IS W+&)IG .O/ .O/ Written "y George Orwell &ype of Wor0 novel Genres utopian literature1 social criticism 2irst Pu"lishe# 3454 Setting Oceania 6ain haracters Winston Smith1 Smith1 %ulia1 %ulia1 O'Brien1 O'Brien1 Big Brother7*mmanuel Gol#stein 6a8or &hematic &opics muta"ility of the past1 past1 the e$istence of fact through memory1 memory1 history1 language1 language1 oppression of writers 6otifs represse# se$uality1 #reams 6a8or Sym"ols ewspea01 ewspea01 prole woman1 "ir#s1 telescreens1 glass paperweight &he three most important aspects of 1984 1984 •
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&he setting of 1984 is 1984 is a dystopia dystopia an imagine# worl# that is far worse than our own, as oppose# to a utopia, utopia, which is an i#eal place or state Other #ystopian novels inclu#e +l#ous )u$ley's Brave New World , (ay Bra#"ury's Fahrenheit 451, 451, an# Orwell's own Animal own Animal Farm Farm •
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When George Orwell wrote 1984, the year that gives the "oo0 its title was still almost 59 years in the future Some of t he things Orwell imagine# that woul# come to pass were the telescreen, a &: that o"serves those who are watching it, an# a worl# consisting of three megastates rather than hun#re#s of countries In the novel, the country of Eastasia apparently consists of hina an# its satellite nations1 Eurasia is the Soviet /nion1 an# ceania comprises the /nite# States, the /nite# ;ing#om, an# their allies •
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+nother of Orwell's creations for 1984 is ewspea0, a form of *nglish that the "oo0's totalitarian government utilizes to #iscourage free thin0ing Orwell "elieve# that, without a wor# or wor#s to e$press an i#ea, the i#ea itself was impossi"le to conceive an# retain &hus ewspea0 has eliminate# the wor# <"a#,< replacing it with the less-harsh
Winston Smith is a mem"er of the Outer Party )e wor0s in the (ecor#s !epartment in the 6inistry of &ruth, rewriting an# #istorting history &o escape Big Brother 's tyranny, at least insi#e his own min#, Winston "egins a #iary = an act punisha"le "y #eath Winston is #etermine# to remain human un#er inhuman circumstances .et telescreens are place# everywhere = in his home, in his cu"icle at wor0, in the cafeteria where he eats, even in the "athroom stalls )is every move is watche# o place is safe One #ay, while at the man#atory &wo 6inutes )ate, Winston catches the eye of an Inner Party 6em"er, O'Brien, whom he "elieves to "e an ally )e also catches the eye of a #ar0-haire# girl from the 2iction !epartment, whom he "elieves is his enemy an# wants him #estroye# + few #ays later, %ulia, the #ar0-haire# girl whom Winston "elieves to "e against him, secretly han#s him a note that rea#s,
each other can never "e ta0en from them, even un#er the worst circumstances *ventually, Winston an# %ulia confess to O'Brien, whom they "elieve to "e a mem"er of the Brotherhoo# >an un#ergroun# organization aime# at "ringing #own the Party?, their hatre# of the Party O'Brien welcomes them into the Brotherhoo# with an array of @uestions an# arranges for Winston to "e given a copy of
