Winston Smith is a minor member of the ruling Party in London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous of the provinces of Oceania. Winston is a thin, frail, and philosophical thirty-nine-year-old. He detests the totalitarian control and enforced repression distinguishing his government and wants to achieve freedom and independence. Winston, who is the protagonist of the novel, perceives the harsh ethics and domination of the Party, Big Brother, and the Thought Police institute.
Meditative and curious, Winston is frantic to understand how and why the Party exhibits absolute power in Oceania. He observes the psychological and physical manipulation of the people by the government and surroundings of the environment which is present. Throughout London, Winston sees posters showing a man gazing down over the words ˇ°BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOUˇ± everywhere he goes. The citizens are told that Big Brother is the leader of the nation and the head of the Party, but Winston......
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