CHAPTERS
STUDY GUIDE
1984
Winston Smith quietly resists a totalitarian state that controls language, memory and private thought, only to discover how completely power can reshape truth and the self.
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CHARACTERS
Who matters
- Winston Smith
- Julia
- O’Brien
- Big Brother
THEMES
Ideas to track
SYMBOLS
Recurring images and objects
Big BrotherTelescreensRoom 101
KEY QUOTES
Important lines to understand
“Big Brother is watching you.”
“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four.”
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