Winston Smith is a 39-year-old man living in Oceania, one of three totalitarian superpowers ruling the world. He works rewriting historical documents to match the party's constantly changing narratives. Winston feels uncomfortable with the oppressive society and secretly longs to join an underground resistance. He has an affair with Julia, which is illegal. They are later captured and taken to the Ministry of Love, where Winston is tortured until he adopts the party's beliefs.

3. George Orwell

6. 1 Winston current party line.
Smith,39 years old
works as a clerk in
the Records
Department of
the Ministry of Truth,
where his job is
to rewrite historical
documents so they
match the constantly
changing

7. He is physically
scrawny and
pale. He looks
old for his
age. He is
uncomfortable
with the society
he lives in as he
knows
something more
can exist for him

8. The character was employed
by Orwell as an everyman in
the setting of the novel, a
"central eye ...

9. rebel.
2 Julia
Member of the
Junior Anti-Sex
league who
becomes
Winston’s
secret lover
and fellow

10. 3 Big Brother party.
Mysterious
omnipresent
figurehead
who is the
embodiment
of all the
ideals of the

12.  1984 is set in near-future Oceania. The city is
still named London, though the country is now
called Airstrip One. The super-country of Oceania
is in a constant state of war, and bomb explosions
are ubiquitous.
 One of the three totalitarian superpowers that rule
the world using censorship and pure terror.
 The living conditions are poor – very poor –
with the buildings dilapidated, the food synthetic
and rationed out, wages poor, and clothing
shoddy.

13. Mr. Charrington’s rented room - Winston and
Julia’s secret hideaway where they come to
make love and hide from the telescreens and
constant watch of the Party.
Ministry of Love - A rehabilitation center which
uses torture and brainwashing technique in
order to completely conform its prisoners into
the thinking and beliefs of the party only to be
later killed, sent to forced labor camps, or even
released back into society.

14. PLOT
IN 1984, WINSTON SMITH LIVES IN LONDON
WHICH IS PART OF THE COUNTRY
OCEANIA. THE WORLD IS DIVIDED INTO
THREE COUNTRIES THAT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE
GLOBE: OCEANIA, EURASIA, AND EASTASIA.
OCEANIA, AND BOTH OF THE OTHERS, IS A
TOTALITARIAN SOCIETY LED BY BIG
BROTHER, WHICH CENSORS EVERYONE’S
BEHAVIOR, EVEN THEIR THOUGHTS.

15.  Winston is disgusted with his oppressed
life and secretly longs to join the fabled
Brotherhood, a supposed group of
underground rebels intent on overthrowing
the government. Winston meets Julia and
they secretly fall in love and have an
affair, something which is considered a
crime.

16.  One day, while walking home, Winston encounters
O’Brian, an inner party member, who gives Winston
his address. Winston had exchanged glances with
O’Brian before and had dreams about him giving him
the impression that O’Brian was a member of the
Brotherhood.
 Since Julia hated the party as much as Winston did,
they went to O’Brian’s house together where they
were introduced into the Brotherhood. O’Brian is
actually a faithful member of the Inner-Party and this
is actually a trap for Winston, a trap that O’Brian has
been cleverly setting for seven years.

17. Winston and Julia are sent to the Ministry
of Love which is a sort of rehabilitation
center for criminals accused of
thoughtcrime.

18. There, Winston was separated from Julia,
and tortured until his beliefs coincided with
those of the Party.

19.  ScarletSash - emblem of the Junior Anti-Sex
league which all its members wear.

20. the final stage of the torture and rehab at the
ministry of love. The room symbolizes and
consists of the one thing each person
hates and fears most