1984 Chapter 1-4 Summary

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Chapters 1–2: One afternoon in London in 1984 Winston Smith begins a diary. He wants to write about his feelings about the society he lives in. In the state of Oceania, Big Brother and the Thought Police watch everyone, with the help of telescreens everywhere. As he begins his diary, Winston remembers a pretty, dark woman at the Ministry during the Two Minutes Hate for Emmanuel Goldstein, the enemy of the People. He is afraid of her. He also thinks of O’Brien, an important member of the Inner Party who may share Winston’s feelings about Oceania. Winston is interrupted by his neighbour Mrs Parsons. She is the wife of Tom Parsons, a faithful and stupid Party member. She asks Winston for help with her sink. While Winston helps her…show more content…
O’Brien tells them that he is part of the Brotherhood and later he gives them a book by Goldstein. Winston and Julia return to their secret room and Winston reads Goldstein’s book. Winston and Julia are arrested in the room by the Thought Police. Chapters 9–10: Winston is in a prison cell in the Ministry of Love, Miniluv. O’Brien has tricked him. He tells Winston that Julia has betrayed him. O’Brien tortures Winston systematically. He wants Winston to doublethink – to believe something that he knows is untrue – in order to prove his loyalty to the Party. Tom Parsons appears in the cell. His daughter has told the police that her father is guilty of thoughtcrime. Chapters 11–12: O’Brien admits that he wrote a large part of Goldstein’s book and that the Party only wants power. O’Brien sends Winston to Room 101 where rats, the thing that Winston most fears, are waiting to eat him. Finally, he begs O’Brien to kill Julia rather than himself and so betrays her. Later, Winston is freed and he meets Julia. They both realise they have been changed and no longer love each other. Winston’s ability to think independently or to feel genuine emotion is

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