Friend or enemy? P. 25

Large, burly man, coarse, humorous, brutal(p. 10)

uses spectacles

Invites Winston and Julia to his home, turns off his telescreen and gets him to confess: "We are thought criminals." p.170

Employs Mr. Charrington as a spy

Gets Winston the secret manual of theBrotherhood

She tells Winston that while the Party'sMinistry of Love can torture you and makeyou say anything, "they can't make youbelieve it. They can't get inside you." (p. 166)

about 27 years old (p. 10)

INGSOC stands for English socialism, apolitical philosophy (p. 36)

Four Ministries: Minilove, Minitruth,Minipax and Miniplenty

Newspeak: eliminated words - "It's abeautiful thing, the destruction of words...The whole aim of Newspeak is to narrowthe range of thought." (p. 51-52)

Enemy of the People: Emanuel Goldstein(p. 11), commander of the Brotherhood (p.13)

Thoughtcrime is when you think against the government; facecrime is when you show displeasure (p. 62)

The Party aimed to prevent men and women from being loyal to each other; marriage had to be approved by the party and couldn't be for love. (p. 65)

Airstrip thirdmost populated province inOceana (p.3)

bombed out cities, old 19th centuryhouses patched and rotting

atom bombs fell in the 1950s (p. 27)

In the first part of the novel, we see how hebecomes aware of the manipulation ofwhich he is a victim. This provokes in him,anxious to know the way of life existingbefore the revolution. In addition, hemeditates on his life, embodying everythinghe feels in a little journal. That is to say, hethinks of everything he can and does notpossess, because the Big Brother(concretion that the party presents to theworld) wants to maintain power at anyprice. He sacrifices all human value in orderto possess absolute power. Therefore, let ussay that Winston ultimately understandshow to live in that society, withoutunderstanding why to live this way and notin a different way. He does not find anysense in his way of life. In the second part,the discontent in his person impels him torebel against the party, carrying out actsthat the party considers criminal. Thus,through Julia (another member of theparty), which falls in love, violates thedoctrine of the party, since, according tothis, the only love that a member of theparty.

The Parsons

Mr. Charrington

Symes

1984 places its action in a totalitarian statecalled Oceania, which, has been implantedafter a revolution of the population againstthe capitalist system. This state is governedby a single party, whose ideology isdenominated INGSOC (English Socialism). Heexercises absolute control over his subjects,through various instruments of control, andover the aspects that concern people, such astheir past, present and future. Consequently,this level of control has ended with someaspect of freedom and true human affection.