1984 Part One

Setting Three Superstates: Oceania Eurasia Eastasia

Oceania Major City is Airstrip One (used to be London) The Party – Big Brother 3 Slogans: War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength Home of the 4 Ministries Ministry of Truth – news, education, fine art, and entertainment; Thought Police and Thought Crime Ministry of Peace – war Ministry of Love – law and order Ministry of Plenty – economic affairs

Thought Police Agency that detects those who are against the Party by subversive actions – committing thought crime Thought Crime – any thought or action of intelligence against the Party; punishable by vaporizing Doublethink – knowing something to be true but believing in its opposite at the same time Winston knows that there was a “normal” way of life before the Party took over, but is forced to believe that the Party brought about a better way of life

Newspeak A new language to make understanding simpler Doubleplusungood – really, really bad A control mechanism If control the language people use and destroy words one can control thought by only allowing certain words to be used

Winston Smith Works in the Ministry of Truth; rewrites articles and other works to maintain Big Brother’s importance Party and Big Brother should always be right, Winston rewrites the history to make this fact Appears to be against Party Discusses rebellion – only achieved by the proles Has a diary that is about the evils of the Party and his daily events with it