1984
Winston Smith- A man in his late 30's and a member of the 'outer party' - the lower of the two classes. Winston Smith works for the government in one of the four main government buildings called the Ministry of Truth where his job is to rewrite history books in order for people not to learn what the past used to be like. O'Brien- An intelligent executive at the Ministry of Truth who is a member of the Inner Party (the upper class). O'Brien also denounces to him his thoughts and ideas about the Brotherhood; in the end of the book he tortures Winston after he is captured. Almost the entire last 1/3 of the book is dedicated to the dialogue between these two characters. Julia- The third and final main character of the book, She is an attractive young female who works with Winston at the Ministry of Truth. She is a member of the Outer Party. They fall in love, but never marry because of existing laws in 1984. Julia eventually learns of Winston's plans, and even helps him. However, unlike O'Brien, she does not betray him. 1984 is a complicated story of a man named Winston Smith in a Post War England now known as Oceania, which includes most of Europe if Socialism had won. As the book is beginning,
I enjoyed the novel because it gave me an enlightening look at what could have been and even what has become as a result of a single idea, such as racism, or even "Thought Police" or "Big Brother" a term keyed by this author, still used today to describe behaviors in our own government which is supposed to be a democracy, the furthest thing from socialism. Everything in the novel that was started by a single idea shows exactly the reason why they would control thoughts, so nothing would change. By getting being able to change the past, and create a future in the novel, it gave the government a way to always be right, and always look like the only choice. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a dose of reality mixed with an unbelievable imagination from the author, never was his portrayal grandiose, or understated. But unlike in the novel we have the choice of what we can read, but it can change with one simple idea. Winston begins to contemplate setting himself against Big Brother and the Party, but of course is reluctant, knowing that even thinking about such a thing could easily result in his death. The society in 1984 revolves around 3 "super states" which are Eurasia, Eastasia, and Oceania. All of these states are in a constant state of war with one another, yet all
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Approximate Word count = 869
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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