1984

1984

1. Characters

   • Winston
     • Diary
     • Julia
       • Characters
         • O'Brien
           • Inner Party
         • Syme
           • Newspeak Dictionary
         • Big Brother
           • Leader of Oceania
         • Mr. Charrington
           • Thought Police
         • Parsons
           • Ministry of Truth
         • Emmanuel Goldstein
           • Leader of the Brotherhood
         • Comrade Withers
           • Vaporized
         • Comrade Ogilvy
           • Replaces Comrade Withers
         • Katherine
           • Winston's "ex-wife"
       • Junior Anti-Sex League

2. Winston

   • The Brotherhood
   • Outer Party
   • Ministry of Truth
   • “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER”
   • Affair with Julia
   • Rebellious
   • 2 + 2 = 5
   • "Oranges and Lemons"
   • Varicose Ulcers

3. Connections to Real Life

   • Donald Trump
     • "Fake News"
   • National Security Agency
   • PATRIOT Act
   • Wars in the Middle East
     • Iraq
     • Syria
     • Afghanistan
     • Israel-Palestine
     • Authorization for Use of Military Force
   • China
   • North Korea
   • FOX News
   • Russia
   • Facebook
   • "Fake News"
   • Saudi Arabia

4. Locations

   • Airstrip One
   • London
   • Oceania
   • East Asia
   • Eurasia
   • Countryside
   • Mr. Charrington's Shop
   • Prole District
   • Room 101
   • Chestnut Café

5. "The Book"

   • Emmanuel Golstein
   • The Brotherhood
   • Oligarchical Collectivism
   • Chapter 1: Ignorance is Strength
   • Chapter 3: War is Peace
   • BlackWhite
   • Doublethink
   • Crimestop
   • Ingsoc
   • Neo-Bolshevism
   • Death Worship/Obliteration of the Self

6. Quotes

   • “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
   • “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”
   • “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
   • “Big Brother is Watching You.”
   • “It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.”
   • “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
   • “The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”
   • “Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else.”
   • “Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimetres inside your skull. ”
   • “Orthodoxy means not thinking--not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.”

7. Concepts and Terms

   • Doublethink
   • Ingsoc
   • Blackwhite
   • 2 + 2 = 5
   • Crimestop
   • Doublethink
   • Inner Party
   • Outer Party
   • Proles
   • 2 Minutes Hate
   • Hate Week

8. Themes

   • Totalitarianism
   • Control
   • Altered Reality
   • Constant Surveillance
   • Torture
   • Submission
   • Dominance
   • Language
   • Dystopia
   • Violence
   • War

9. Literature Devices

   • Irony
   • Allusion
   • Metaphors
   • Smilies
   • Tone
   • Symbolism
   • Allegory
   • Imagery
   • Oxymoron
   • Foreshadowing

10. Plot Points

    • Introduction of Winston
    • The Ministry of Truth and 2 minutes hate
    • Affair with Julia
    • Winston and Julia get turned in
    • Winston is tortured
    • Winston submits to the party
    • Winston is released
    • Winston joins the Brotherhood
    • Winston starts writing the diary
    • Winston and O'Brien meet

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