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1984 (Characters (Big Brother, O'brien, Winston Smith, Parsons, Mrs.…
1984
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Plot
Ch 4
- Winston works in an office where everyone feels as though they are in competition with each other.
- The Chocolate ration changes 35 grams to 25 grams after the party had promised that there would be no reduction.
- Winston works at the Ministrry of Truth where he changes the old news stories to make the Party and BB look like they are always right.
- Introduced to various co-workers.
- Winston thinks that everyone is looking for a chance to stab each other in the back.
- Learn that winston loves doing his job.
- Get our first examples of Newspeak.
- Winston creates Comrade Olgevy to replace Comrade Withers (who has become an UNPERSON)
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Ch 7
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- Winston describes the way in which the Proles live. They are simple, they work hard, they live in dilapidated buildings. They are not political just patriotic. Beer, football, and above all, gambling filled up the horizons of their minds.
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- He remembers how, once walking down a street there was a huge commotion over some sauce pans for sale. It's so loud that he thinks a riot has started but it's just about 300ish people fussing with each other.
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- Winston is writing in his diary again. He muses that the Proles are the only hope of overthrowing the party since they are 85% of the population.
Book I (Winston)
- There is a tv with a camera in his apt that watches him all the time while at the same time spewing propaganda about how great the government is
- Winston describes London as old and decayed except for the Gov. buildings.
- Winston Lunch break at his apartment
- Winston indicates that his behavior is changed because he knows he's being watched all the time
- Winston commits a capital crime in ch1 by beginning to write in a diary
- In his diary, he describes going to the movies where the films are about blowing up refugees and immigrants while the audience laughs and enjoys the show.
- Winston begins thinking about the 2 minutes hate from that morning: where ever they are (like the pledge) and spend 2 mins watching, screaming, and shouting at a commercial about the counties enemies (Eruasia) and the terrorist Goldstein. The commercial ends with Big Brother who calms crowd.
- Winston catches O'Brien's eye during the Hate and feels that O'Brien feels the same way about the Party that Winston does: that he hates Big Brother
The chapter ends with a knock at Winston door and he thinks the Thought police has already caught him.
Ch 5
- Winston listens and thinks about how Syme will be vaporized. That he's too smart and speaks too plainly about things--things that other people are trying to ignore.
- Parsons shows up and begins to hound Winston about collecting money for the decorations for the APT building during the hate week later in the summer.
- He says that the point of Newspeak is to limit the range of language so that it limits the range of thought-since humans think in language, if you can't say it you can't think it.
- Mr. Duckspeak (some guy from the
- Syme is working on Newspeak and explains that Newspeak is the national language
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