Winston
This is where Winston decides to walk around at the start of Chapter 8.
What is the proletarian district?
These are the people Winston must avoid making eye contact with while walking.
Who are the Thought Police?
This is the nickname given to the lower class that makes up the majority of the population.
Who are the proles?
This is the reason Winston believes the proles could potentially overthrow the Party.
What is they make up 85% of the population or they are large in size?
Winston walks into this type of establishment, a place frequented by the proles. This is where he met the old man.
What is the pub?
This is the memory Winston has about his mother while walking.
What is feeling responsible for her death?
Winston recalls this constant action by the Party regarding historical records.
What is falsifying history?
This is the main topic of conversation Winston overhears among the proles in the pub.
What is the Lottery?
Winston realizes the proles care more about this than political issues.
What is the Lottery?
This is the act Winston knows is forbidden by the Party but continues to do secretly.
What is thinking independently (thoughtcrime)?
This is the name of the Party’s mass information and misinformation system.
What is the Ministry of Truth?
Winston reflects on the fact that this is the reason the proles haven’t risen up.
What is their ignorance of their power?
This is the tool the Party uses to keep proles and Party members in line.
What is constant surveillance?
Winston believes that proles are unconscious of this.
What is the Party's oppression?
Winston tries to talk to an old man in the pub about this.
What is life before the revolution?
This is the frustrating experience Winston has when questioning the old man in the pub.
What is the old man’s inability to recall anything meaningful about the past?
The Party keeps power by controlling this, according to Winston.
What is the past (history)?
Winston secretly hopes this group will rise up and overthrow the Party.
Who are the proles?
Winston finds himself drawn to this location in the prole district, which he has visited before.
What is Mr. Charrington’s shop?
Winston buys this from Mr. Charrington’s shop, though it is considered a relic of the past.
What is a paperweight?
This is what Winston notices about the children playing in the streets of the prole district.
What is they are playing war games with enthusiasm?
This is what Winston discovers Mr. Charrington shares with him.
What is a love for old things (antiques)?
This is the form of entertainment the proles are most interested in, according to Winston.
What is gambling and the Lottery?
This is what Winston feels as he realizes the proles have no interest in rebellion.
Frustration and hopelessness
What is Mrs. Obie's favorite color?
Pink, green, and black