1984
Winston Smith works in London at the Ministry of Truth. London is a city in Airstrip One, a Province of Oceania. The Party with Big Brother as its leader rules Oceania, a totalitarian state and one of the great powers of the world. Winston is secretly dissatisfied with his life under the inflexible and paternalistic government and decides to keep a diary of his thoughts. This is considered a crime in Oceania and Winston knows that he will be eventually discovered by the Thought Police. To bind the party members, frequent two minute Hate Sessions are held to accuse the enemies of the party such as Emmanuel Goldstein who questioned party doctrines. Winston dreams of an idyllic Golden Country which represents freedom from the drabness of London, and from the always pervading presence of the Party, the Thought Police and Big Brother. A Golden country in which any form of expression is considered natural. The party discourages sexual fulfilment and makes any love affair with a party member impossible. Winston notices two people, O`Brien a party leader, and a young girl by the
They have several encounters and finally manage to meet in privacy. The Parsons' are neighbours of Winston. She stumbles and when Winston tries to help her she slips him a paper with "I love you" written on it. It is a society which cannot allow Freedom of thought and expression, it cannot allow peace, it teaches nothing else but hatred, it must keep its members ignorant so that they cannot question the validity of its decisions. Winston had often dreams of his mother and sister who were eaten by rats. Winston is physically and mentally tortured by O'Brien in the infamous room 101 until he confesses to many crimes he never committed. Winston hates Julia for what she represents and yet he lusts for her. He discovers that O`Brien has deceived him. The inevitable happens, the Thought Police arrives at their place and separates them violently. Towards the end it is not quite clear whether Winston has been rehabilitated or not. It gives the reader an insight into an ugly society where personal values of love and family loyalty are destroyed and replaced by emotional loyalty to Big Brother, who alone has the power to create and to destroy. He is being brain-washed so that he conforms to the party doctrine.
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