-main character of the novel and Party member; he struggles to deal with his feelings about life in Oceania and getting caught and imprisoned by The Party for treason
Who is Winston
100
-the official philosophy/belief system of The Party and Oceania
What is Ingsoc
100
-the official language of Oceania
What is Newspeak
100
-superstate comprising Britain, the American continents, and Australia
What is Oceania
100
-the institution that manages news, historical records, propaganda, and entertainment
What is the Ministry of Truth/Minitru
200
-Party member who eventually develops a serious private and sexual relationship with Winston
Who is Julia
200
-Party slogan regarding conflict; continuous ______________ with no threat of being destroyed equates to continuous ______________
What is War is Peace
200
-when Party members speak Party propaganda in conversations as if they aren’t even thinking about what they are saying
What is duckspeak
200
-superstate comprising Europe, Russia and central Asia
What is Eurasia
200
-the institution that manages issues of war
What is the Ministry of Peace/Minipax
300
-the god-like figure who watches over the citizens of Oceania
Who is Big Brother
300
-Party slogan regarding the lack of public knowledge of actual history and news and the related level of public indoctrination
What is Ignorance is Strength
300
-holding two contradictory ideas in your mind and accepting them both as the truth
What is doublethink
300
-superstate comprising China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan, and Indonesia
Eastasia
300
-the institution that manages Oceania’s economic affairs
What is the Ministry of Plenty/Miniplenty
400
-a high ranking Party member that Winston suspects of being in opposition to The Party
Who is O'Brien
400
-Party slogan regarding the redefinition of free will to make it appear that independent thought leads to a person becoming completely restricted and controlled by their own selfishness
What is Freedom is Slavery
400
-having private ideas against The Party as well as doubting or questioning The Party
What is thoughtcrime
400
-the new name for the former country in which Winston lives
What is Airstrip One
400
-the institution that maintains law and order in Oceania and functions as a prison
What is the Ministry of Love/Miniluv
500
-the largest % of the population of Oceania; they live in poverty and are not Party members
Who are the proles
500
-an example of a basic violation of logic that Winston refuses to accept; one of the most important elements of the story that represents the most significant aspect of The Party’s control over citizens’ perceptions of reality
What is 2 + 2 = 5
500
-a visual hint or clue on one’s face or in one’s gestures that suggests he is guilty of thoughts or actions that break Party rules
What is facecrime
500
-Winston’s vision/dream of a beautiful landscape with no sign that man or the Party had ever been there
What is the Golden Country
500
-the secret investigative branch of the Inner Party that seeks to identify and arrest any Party member who thinks, speaks, or acts in any way that could be interpreted to be against The Party, Ingsoc, and Big Brother