... to the Book: In the novel 1984 by George Orwell, the main character, Winston Smith is a low-ranking member of the ruling Party in London. Everywhere Winston goes, even his own home, the Party watches him through telescreens and everywhere Winston looks he sees the face of the Party's leader, a figure known only as Big Brother. The Party controls everything and Winston feels frustrated by the oppression and rigid control of the ... Plot: 1984 is organized much like any other novel with chapters, but is split into three separate parts called books within this novel. This method of organiz...

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... them to be enemies, yet they still understand each other completely (pg 225). The plot pattern in 1984 can be broken down into five significant events, which represent the conflict, complication, crisis, climax, and conclusion of the story. In the beginning, the conflict is introduced. The conflict is within Winston himself, and his disapproval for Oceania and Big Brother. He is unsure of what to do about this, and ... Parsons, a man who appeared to be the perfect, ignorant drone for the government, ended up in the Ministry of Love for thoughtcrime (pg 192). Big Brother and the governme...

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Introduction. My presentation is going to focus on the minor characters that make up the cast of 1984 written by George Orwell. Each character has an important part to play as the story would not be whole or complete with out the minor characters. The role of these minor characters creates the surroundings or environment that makes for an interesting and complete story. The characters that I will be concentrating on ... that a person could not be both. There are those who give the impression of being both but this is never the case. I will discuss these in a moment. First I am going to introd...

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