Winston, Julia, O'Brien, Big Brother, Newspeak, surveillance, and key terms.
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- Who is the protagonist of 1984?
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Winston Smith
- What is Newspeak?
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A simplified language designed to make rebellion and complex thought impossible
- What is doublethink?
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The ability to hold two contradictory beliefs in one's mind and accept both
- Who is Julia in the novel?
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A woman with whom Winston falls in love
- Who is O'Brien?
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A Party member who Winston believes is part of the resistance but actually works for the Thought Police
- What does Big Brother represent?
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The symbolic leader and face of the totalitarian Party state
- What is a thoughtcrime?
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An illegal thought or belief that goes against Party ideology
- What is a facecrime?
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Displaying forbidden emotions or expressions that reveal doubt about the Party
- What are telescreens?
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Two-way screens that broadcast propaganda and simultaneously monitor citizens at all times
- Who are the Thought Police?
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The secret police force that arrests and tortures those guilty of thoughtcrime
- Where does Winston work?
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The Ministry of Truth
- What is a memory hole?
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A system for destroying documents and records so they are erased from history
- What is Room 101?
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A torture chamber where prisoners face their worst fears
- What are the proles?
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The working class masses kept deliberately poor and uneducated by the Party
- Who is Emmanuel Goldstein?
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The supposed enemy of the state and alleged author of a subversive book against the Party