1984+-+Synopsis

=1984 =



**__Main Characters__**:

 * ===__Winston Smith__- works as a clerk in the Records Department of the Ministry of Truth where his job is to rewrite historical documents so they match the constantly changing current party line. ===
 * ===__Julia__- Winston's lover, a covert "rebel from the waist down" who militantly praises the Party's doctrines while secretly lives in contradiction of them. ===
 * ===__O'Brien__- A government agent who deceives Winston and Julia into believing that he is a member of the resistance, convinces them to join it, and later uses this against them to torture them. He convinces them that they must not only obey, but love Big Brother. O'Brien can be viewed as the novel's main antagonist. ===


===**__Central Conflict__**: The central conflict of 1984 is basically the story of Winston and Julia's attempts to stay away from the thought police. At the beginning of the book Winston finds a spot in his house that can not be seen by the telescreen which is a futuristic device that sees all. He begins to have thoughts about how to bring down the party which is the main government in 1984. He and his later lover Julia do all they can to try to stop the party but are foiled and eventually killed by O'Brien. ===

===**__How it is related to the theme and how the theme is developed__**: The main premise of the book is FEAR of the Thought Police. Winston and Julia spend the whole book evading the thought police and being afraid of them. The fear keeps on building up until finally both main characters are killed. ===

**__Symbols Representing the Theme: __**

 * ===__Thought Police__- A futuristic police that can investigate everything about you. Even your thoughts. ===
 * ===__The Party__- The futuristic government of Oceania which is a superstate consisting of most of the Western Hemisphere ===
 * ===__Big Brother__- The dictator of Oceania ===

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