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1984 | Book 1 | Chapter 1 Summary & Analysis |
George Orwell
English Literature

- Starts out in London, England, now called Airstrip One, and part of a wider
community of Nations called Oceania
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- We meet the protagonist, Winston Smith, who works at the Ministry of Truth
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• London itself is pretty rundown

• The main feature of the apartment is a tele-screen, a device like a TV, and it can
dimmed but never turned off, and it transmits both ways:

• When you watch, it can watch you


- As long as Winston is within its field of vision, everything he des is heard and
every movement is seen


- Winston moves to an alcove out of range of the tele-screen to write a diary which
we find out quickly is illegal

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- He writes of a monologue that’s been running through his head:

• Here, April 4th, 1984, that morning two people were going to a daily ritual, called
two minutes hate
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• That morning it had been a Emmanuel Goldstein as the target of the two minutes
hate
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• When the programme ended, Winston had glanced at O’Brien
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• This is considered thought crime, he’ll be vaporised for it
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• At the onset of 1894, the description of Winston Smith’s home and workplace,
reveal a new London Society in 1984
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• Winston’s decision to write a diary is a dangerous act; the words that he writes
are even more dangerous
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Winston is a natural
rebel in a conformist world
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• They’re encouraged to fear enemies, real or imagined
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• Orwell links the two minutes hate with fear, and once fear manifests, it becomes
a permanent state that controls everyone

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