continent of America and the British Isles. Most of the action

takes place in London. The other setting is the village of

Paddington, which is not very far from London. In addition,

there are two other superstates with which Oceania is

constantly at war. These states are Eurasia, which includes the

entire northern region of Europe, and Eastasia. Authoritarian

governments or oligarchies control all three superstates.

Written in 1949, the story is set in 1984, 35 years into the

future. The novel attempts to give a picture of what modern

society will look like. It is not a pleasant view, for the story is

about the struggle of an individual to retain his human spirit,

sanity, and freedom in the fiercely automated and strictly

The protagonist and main character of the novel. He is an

intellectual middle aged man of 39 and a member of the Outer

Party. He is also an honest man who questions and rebels

against the lonely and insecure life, stripped of all human

feelings, in the state of Oceania. He falls in love with Julia and

him to death due to his blunt and frank nature.

feeling of reverence for Big Brother.

to identify with him and experience his pain and agony, caused

brainwashed into accepting the ideas of the Party. After being

novel experiences. His detailed negative descriptions of the

Crimethink (thoughtcrime): "He had committed?would still have committed, even

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