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I1984 #
George Orwell (1948)
, Noval Summery
*Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London, in the nation
of Oceania. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him
through telescreens; everywhere he looks he sees the face of the Party’s leader, Big
Brother.
*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.
*Winston dislikes the party and has illegally purchased a diary in which to write his
criminal thoughts.
*Winston has also become fixated on a powerful Party member named O’Brien
whom Winston believes is a secret member of the Brotherhood—a group that works
to overthrow the Party.
*Winston works in the Ministry of Truth, where he alters historical records to fit the
needs of the Party.
*He notices a coworker, a beautiful dark-haired girl, staring at him, and
worries that she is an informant who will turn him in for his thoughtcrime.
*Winston is troubled by the Party’s control of history: the Party claims that Oceania has
always been allied with Eastasia in a war against Eurasia, but Winston seems to recall
a time when this was not true.
*One day, Winston receives a note from the dark-haired girl that reads “I love you.”
She tells him her name, Julia, and they begin a secret affair, always on the lookout for
signs of Party monitoring. Eventually they rent a room above the secondhand store in
the prole district where Winston bought the diary.
*This relationship lasts for some time. Winston is sure that they will be caught
and punished sooner or later, while Julia is more pragmatic and optimistic.
*As Winston’s affair with Julia progresses, his hatred for the Party grows more and
more intense.
*At last, he receives the message that he has been waiting for: O’Brien wants to
see him.
*Winston and Julia travel to O’Brien’s luxurious apartment. O’Brien confirms to
Winston and Julia that, like them, he hates the Party, and says that he works against
it as a member of the Brotherhood. He indoctrinates Winston and Julia into the
Brotherhood, and gives Winston a copy of Emmanuel Goldstein’s book, the
manifesto of the Brotherhood.
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