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Summary Of 1984

The story begins with Winston, the main character, coming back to his
apartment from his job at the Ministry of Truth. Winstonšs job was to change
recorded events, predictions made by the Party, and documents to make then ł
correct˛. In actuality his job was to falsify history to whatever was in the
Partyšs current best interest. Whatever the Party said must always be correct
and undisputable, there fore history was constantly being rewritten by people
like Winston. One of the Partyšs slogans was łHe who controls the past, controls
the future. He who controls the present, controls the past.˛
Every word anyone said was heard by the inner Party, also, every motion
anyone made could be seen ...

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had heard of an
anti-Party organization called the Brotherhood, but there was no way of knowing
if it really existed. He didnšt know if anyone felt the same way he did, but he
was sure there must be.
The Party was reconstructing society as a whole, and no one seemed to
notice. it was done so systematically and effectively, it was hard to believe
the world had ever been otherwise. Children were raised to love Big Brother (the
human face the Party took on). They were taught to turn anyone in who showed
signs of deviation from the Party, even their own parents. they were born not
knowing anything of the past, and without anyway of finding out. Anything that
was taught to them as true, was taken as the truth. Even a whole new language
had been in development, called Newspeak. Newspeak effectively limited the
amount of words to a bare minimum. The goal was to completely get rid of any
words that allowed for individual or original thought. Words such as Love,
science, God, and freedom ...

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Added: 5/6/2007 01:50:22 AM
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