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1984
Terminology and Background
Information
The Characters
• Winston Smith
– Protagonist
– Churchill
• Julia
– 25yrs. Old. Minitruth
• O’Brien
– Inner Party
• Big Brother
– Always watching
• Goldstein
– Scapegoat
• Syme
– newspeak
• Parsons
– neighbor
• Mr. Charrington
– shop owner
Terminology
• Newspeak
– Language of the party
• Doublethink
– Denial of reality
• Thoughtcrime
– death
• The Golden Country
– Winston’s dreams
• Thought Police
– Monitor the Party
• Two Minutes Hate
– Daily public event
• Ingsoc
– English Socialism
• Chestnut Tree Café
– Location of the
doomed
Timeline
• 1903 – Eric Blair, pen
name George Orwell born
in Motihari, India.
• 1922 – Orwell returns to
India and joins Imperial
Police in Burma.
• 1938 – An Homage to
Catalonia released.
Account of Orwell’s
experiences with Loyalists
in Spanish Civil War.
• 1945 – Release of Animal
Farm, “modern beast fable
attacking Stalinism.”
• 1949 – Release of 1984.
Dystopia.
• 1950 – Orwell dies of
tuberculosis.
• 1984 – Orwell’s future.
• 2050 – Our future.
The Political Structure
• Oceania
– The Country
• Airstrip One
– England
• The Outer Party
– 18% of pop.
• The Inner Party
– 1% of pop.
– Control wealth
• The Proles
– 81 % of pop.
The Countries
• Eurasia
– Country with which
they are at war.
– Russia
• Eastasia
– Country with which
they are at peace (for
now)
– China
The Ministries
• Ministry of Love
– miniluv
• Ministry of Plenty
– miniplenty
• Ministry of Peace
– minipax
• Ministry of Truth
– Minitrue
The Slogans of the Party
• War is Peace
• Freedom is Slavery
• Ignorance is Strength