Quotes
The Party Slogan
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Extreme regime that dictates every area of a citizen's life, completely destroying individuality (think Soviet Union).
Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, Communism, Socialism, Marxism, etc.
Main character (39 years old) working at the Ministry of Truth.
Winston Smith
Occurrence or instance of controversial or socially unacceptable thoughts; a rejection of strong social or philosophical principles.
What year is it in the book?
1984
What is this quote about?
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
Winston on the Party's censorship.
To commit a thoughtcrime.
Crimethink
What is the country the book takes place in called?
Oceania
What is this quote about?
"We do not destroy the the heretic because he resists us... We convert him, we capture his inner mind, we reshape him."
When a thought criminal is caught, he is converted back into society and propaganda instead of being "unpersoned."
Brainwashes people into believing what the Party says is right or wants their citizens to think.
Propaganda
Winston's love interest (who he has an affair with).
Julia
Orthodox thought; opposite of crimethink.
Goodthink
Dystopian society
Who SAID this quote?
"Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows."
Winston
A person not only killed by the state, but effectively erased from existence.
Unperson
What is the mainland of Oceania called?
Airstrip One (formerly England)
What is INGSOC?
English Socialism
Erases history and alters truth (like fact checkers on Instagram and the Twitter controversy).
Censorship
Inner Party member who pretends to be a revolutionary in order to trap Winston.
O'Brien
To rid one's self of unwanted thoughts.
Crimestop
What does Oceania consist of (which countries)?
The Americas, the Atlantic islands, the British isles, Australia, and South Africa.